Ice loss in Antarctica is increasingly contributing to global sea level rise
UCI scientists are part of international team conducting 25-year assessment
June 13, 2018
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Antarctica
UCI Earth system scientist joins international team studying Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
Mathieu Morlighem, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science, is contributing his expertise in ice sheet numerical modeling to the newly launched International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration. The five-year, $25 million project, co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.K.’s Natural Environment Research Council, aims to provide answers to some of the most pressing inquiries […]
May 01, 2018
Global fisheries to be, on average, 20 percent less productive in 2300, UCI study finds
Warming-induced plankton growth near Antarctica will impair marine food chain
March 08, 2018
UCI, JPL investigators find direct evidence of sea level ‘fingerprints'
Indicators of global climate change are detected in tropical oceans
September 07, 2017
UCI researchers map oceanic troughs below ice sheets in West Antarctica
Channels give warm ocean water access to their undersides, speeding glacier retreat
January 18, 2017
Measuring Earth's Meltdown
An expedition to Greenland with UCI glaciologists reveals ‘time bomb’ effects of global warming
April 01, 2015
Weighing the Earth's fate
Isabella Velicogna‘s office in UC Irvine’s Croul Hall looks like it belongs to an artist instead of a university scientist. Her paintings and drawings — including charming sketches of mice — adorn the walls, and colorful, handcrafted mobiles dangle from the ceiling. “In my next life, I will be a children’s book illustrator,” says Velicogna, […]
June 01, 2012