Dalai Lama

14th Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday to be celebrated with a Global Compassion Summit July 5-7

Three-day summit is presented by Friends of the Dalai Lama in partnership with UCI and Center for Living Peace, with a special world birthday event at Anaheim’s Honda Center

World’s challenges demand science itself change – and fast, UCI’s Steve Davis, others say in article

UCI Earth system scientist Steve Davis is among a group of leading scientists who make a case in the journal Science this week that growing global challenges have rendered obsolete sharply segregated research and expertise. The world has little use, and precious little time, for one-subject experts, they argue. Traditional, single-discipline approaches to such crises as air pollution, […]

Tree species influence boreal forest fire behavior and subsequent effects on climate

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 2, 2015 – For a better understanding of how forest fires behave and interact with climate, scientists are turning to the trees. A new study out of UC Irvine shows that differences in individual tree species between Eurasia and North America alter the continental patterns of fire – and that blazes burning […]

UCI’s global sustainability program is selected for White House’s Climate Education & Literacy Initiative

UC Irvine’s global sustainability effort has been chosen to be part of a White House initiative aimed at climate education and literacy that will distribute science-based information to students, teachers and the broader public.

A gamble of global proportions

UCI’s Michael Prather is a lead author on the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report.

UCI honored by EPA for exemplary climate leadership

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 25, 2014 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized UC Irvine with the 2014 Climate Leadership Award for Organizational Leadership for reducing carbon pollution and addressing climate change. The EPA announced the award in conjunction with the Association of Climate Change Officers, the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, and The Climate Registry. “We […]

UCI-led team develops more accurate model of climate change’s effect on soil

Scientists from UC Irvine and the National Center for Atmospheric Research have developed a new computer model to measure global warming’s effect on soil worldwide that accounts for how bacteria and fungi in soil control carbon.

UCI undergrads’ work key to global ocean algae count

A new study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that identifies critical marine life relies on work done by UC Irvine undergraduates, according to Earth system science professor Adam Martiny, the lead author.

UCI students attend Clinton Global Initiative University conference

UC Irvine students Elaine Truong, Deshani Senewiratne, Nithin Jilla and Michelle Le recently attended the annual Clinton Global Initiative University Conference, held April 5-7 in St. Louis.

UCI students attend Clinton Global Initiative University conference

UC Irvine students Elaine Truong, Deshani Senewiratne, Nithin Jilla and Michelle Le recently attended the annual Clinton Global Initiative University Conference, held April 5-7 in St. Louis.