climate change

The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science has awarded UCI researchers $1.15 million to study and mitigate sea level rise and storm surge impacts on changing shores. They will develop modeling tools to analyze how sediment management practices affect the stability of communities and wetlands facing the tests of climate change. “Sediment […]

The U.S. Department of Energy recently awarded a UCI research team $3 million over three years to explore how drought affects microbes in surface soil that are vital to plant life and to the exchange of carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas – among the Earth’s oceans, plants, soil and air. Steven Allison, associate professor of […]

UCI-led study tracks the decline of important coastal shellfish

UCI atmospheric chemist Don Blake is about to rack up some serious air miles. As co-principal investigator, along with UCI Earth system scientist Michael Prather, on the upcoming NASA Atmospheric Tomography Mission, Blake will fly from the North Pole to New Zealand, east to the tip of South America, and then north to Greenland. He will […]

Surcharge would reduce airline consumption, lower carbon emissions, UCI study finds

UCI study of valerian is first to detail gender-specific species responses to global warming

UCI, NASA analysis suggests higher risk than previous drought years

Oceangoing study characterizes dark, sunlight-absorbing compound

Five takeaways from the campus summit on sustainable solutions

UCI’s Mallory Hinks places second in UC-wide Grad Slam finals