China’s ecological restoration projects deplete terrestrial water stores
UCI scientists quantify impact with NASA satellite data and simulations
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What’s next: The future of compassion
How to ward off emotional exhaustion as the pandemic is poised to strike the developing world
UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires
A University of California, Irvine-led team has received $3.6 million over three years for a project that uses science and engineering to help California fight wildfires. The funding comes from the University of California Laboratory Fees Research Program competition, a contest designed to promote the development of multicampus projects and collaborations that advance the missions […]
Middle Earth – elevated
New towers add modern touch to student housing community inspired by Tolkien mythology
UCI scientists awarded $2.7 million for soil nutrient microbiome research
Microorganisms’ reaction to drought could hold clue to surviving climate change
Amir AghaKouchak to receive American Geophysical Union’s Macelwane Medal
The American Geophysical Union will award its 2019 James B. Macelwane Medal to Amir AghaKouchak, UCI professor of civil & environmental engineering. The medal is given annually to a small group of early career researchers for significant contributions to the geophysical sciences. The AGU recognized AghaKouchak for his fundamental and innovative contributions to the study of […]
UCI, UC Merced: California forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water
Study warns of threats from future concurrent drought and heat events
Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk
UCI-led study examines consumption patterns and suggests resilience strategies
Improved land management project co-led by UCI gets $4.6 million in state funding
Data science will help identify best practices to preserve California’s forests, wildlands
2 UCI studies ranked among the 10 most popular climate research papers of 2018
Carbon Brief, a website devoted to the analysis of energy policy and climate change science, has published a list of the 10 climate research papers in 2018 that received the most global media attention, and two originated at UCI. The rankings are based on scores tabulated by Altmetric, which tracks and measures exposure of academic […]