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Based on a variety of satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA researchers expect Amazon forests this year to see a below-average wildfire season.

Titanium golf clubs can generate sparks, ignite brush in the rough, UCI study finds

Irvine, Calif., March 19, 2014-Titanium alloy golf clubs can cause dangerous wildfires, according to UC Irvine scientists. When a club coated with the lightweight metal is swung and strikes a rock, it creates sparks that can heat to more than 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit for long enough to ignite dry foliage, according to findings published recently in the […]

Service-minded UCI students spend the spring recess doing volunteer work

Wildfire risk will grow due to climate change, new research finds, but unhealthy controlled burns for farming are the leading type of blaze in the U.S.  UC Irvine Earth system scientist Hsiao-Wen Lin found that such fires have increased by 30% nationally in the past decade, mostly in the south. Thanks to stricter air pollution regulations, California, Oregon and Washington have slashed their agricultural burn rates though.

UCI researchers can forecast wildfires using sea surface temperatures.

UCI seismologist Lisa Grant Ludwig finds far more frequent earthquakes along the San Andreas fault.

Study finds they’ve occurred every 45 to 144 years, most recently in 1857.

UCI staff member Bernadette Strobel-Lopez makes weekly trek to bring basic necessities to victims of the Mexicali earthquake.

UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.