climate

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 […]

UCI Earth system science professor is an expert in the ocean carbon cycle

U.N.-sponsored Earth School will help children learn about environment

Existing, planned fossil fuel-burning infrastructure must be retired early, replaced

To make better predictions about future wildfires around the world, climate scientists want to know the prevalence and intensity of past outbreaks. For a study published recently in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Melinda Nicewonger, a UCI graduate student in Earth system science, examined ice cores from Greenland and Antarctica to measure changes […]