California gas well blowout caused nation’s largest methane release, study finds
UCI chemist and partners also discover elevated levels of harmful pollutants
February 25, 2016
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environment
UCI maps methane leaks across Los Angeles Basin
Mobile measurements pinpoint greenhouse gas hot spots
February 24, 2016
UCI biologist named to Salton Sea science advisory committee
Professor Tim Bradley to aid efforts to save state’s largest lake
February 02, 2016
Sea change
UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems
December 21, 2015
Forecast: cloudy
Predicting intensity, impact of this winter’s El Nino complicated by unprecedented confluence of weather anomalies
November 17, 2015
UCI-led group suggests ways to better manage urban stormwater runoff
Rain barrels, absorbent roofs, permeable pavement could help reduce waste
October 16, 2015
Southern California wildfires exhibit split personalities
UCI, other researchers examine differences between summer, Santa Ana fires
September 08, 2015
Economic slump, not natural gas boom, responsible for drop in CO2 emissions
The 11 percent decrease in climate change-causing carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S. between 2007 and 2013 was caused by the global financial recession – not the reduced use of coal, research from the University of California Irvine, the University of Maryland, and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis shows.
July 21, 2015
A focus on fungi
UCI doctoral candidate seeks to maximize the health of native plants in restored environments
June 29, 2015
A third of the world’s biggest groundwater basins are in distress
Irvine, Calif., June 16, 2015 – Two new studies led by UC Irvine using data from NASA Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites show that human consumption is rapidly draining some of its largest groundwater basins, yet there is little to no accurate data about how much water remains in them. The result is that significant […]
June 16, 2015