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Jessica Pratt is looking for the most cost-effective way to save unique and precious California habitat.

Airborne gases get sucked into stubborn smog particles from which they cannot escape, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published Feb. 21 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

On the occasion of the Earth system science department’s 20th anniversary, Chancellor Emeritus Ralph Cicerone says UCI was the first to study human impact on the environment in an interdisciplinary way.

UCI invents way to turn sewage into hydrogen power.

UCI’s fuel cell center technology powers new sewage-to-hydrogen fuel station.

Renowned chemist, physical sciences dean is a ‘committed campus collaborator.’

Physical sciences dean since 2006, the renowned chemist is a ‘committed campus collaborator.’

Latinos, Asians disproportionately exposed to toxic waste. UCI study finds certain neighborhoods more likely to be near polluting facilities.

On a clear spring day at Crystal Cove State Park, UC Irvine professor William Cooper and undergraduate Tova Handelman sift though a mound of seaweed and sand, oblivious to the curious stares of beachgoers. They’re too busy studying trash. “Look at all this plastic!” says Cooper, picking out a pellet no bigger than a grain […]

“Global Environmental Change & Human Security,” recently published by the MIT Press, features content and editing by several UC Irvine scholars.