climate

UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes

UCI graduate students, researchers traveled the world to chart major ocean regions

Tool helps to track abrupt yet temporary emissions declines during pandemic

New assessment from UCI, other institutions used near-real-time data to track emissions

Long-lived greenhouse gas could hinder international climate goals, researchers say

Susan Trumbore, UCI professor of Earth system science, is among four recipients of the 2020 Balzan Prize, one of the most prestigious international awards in natural science and humanities. She was recognized for her contributions in the field of Earth system dynamics. Trumbore, who is also a director of the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry […]

UCI scientists quantify impact with NASA satellite data and simulations

Previously unknown mid-Holocene event led to major changes in human settlement

Deficit in Western United States found to be of increased intensity in recent years

Analyzing radiocarbon dating on a massive database of soil samples from around the world, University of California, Irvine researchers have determined that globally, the average age of the carbon in the ground is about 5,000 years old. In a study published today in Nature Geoscience, a team led by Zheng Shi, UCI postdoctoral scholar in […]