environment

Professor Tim Bradley to aid efforts to save state’s largest lake

UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems

Predicting intensity, impact of this winter’s El Nino complicated by unprecedented confluence of weather anomalies

Rain barrels, absorbent roofs, permeable pavement could help reduce waste

UCI, other researchers examine differences between summer, Santa Ana fires

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.

UCI doctoral candidate seeks to maximize the health of native plants in restored environments

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 […]

The Millennium Drought in southeastern Australia forced Greater Melbourne, a city of 4.3 million people, to successfully implement innovations that hold critical lessons for water-stressed regions around the world, according to findings by UC Irvine and Australian researchers.

UCI ranks 16th among the most environmentally responsible universities worldwide, according to the just-released “Princeton Review’s Guide to 353 Green Colleges.”