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California

Meeting on UCI campus addressed coastal problems and solutions

Elected officials, community leaders, deans and faculty experts were in attendance

Decarbonization leads to more equable air quality in California

UCI study shows how climate mitigation options would affect health of various communities

Photos of Maura Allaire, assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, and Jun Wu, professor of public health.

NSF supports UCI team investigating inequities in drinking water

California water districts and ratepayers will serve as test subjects

Study shows how restoring overstocked forests can yield multiple, diverse benefits

Mechanical thinning of California’s forests can reduce the severity of wildfires by eliminating built-up vegetation that fuels blazes. According to researchers at UCI, UC Merced and the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, scientifically based forest management practices could also curtail CO2 emissions from fires, promote carbon storage in remaining trees, and improve the […]

UCI study: California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back

Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985

UCI-led research recommends extending California’s prescribed burning season  

Practice viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires

Michael Méndez, UCI assistant professor of urban planning & public policy, in front of #UCOP26 signage at the 2021 U.N. Climate Change Conference

Michael Méndez’s COP26 adventure

The UCI professor reflects on his first trip to the UN Climate Change Conference

Michael Méndez

UCI’s Michael Méndez to lead press conference at UN climate change summit

Event will focus on California’s efforts to advance environmental justice

UCI Podcast Indicator

California’s climate crisis examined on UCI special report website

Cross-disciplinary expertise shared through stories, videos, podcasts and more

UCI Podcast Indicator

UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts

Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says David Feldman