KEYWORD

environmental justice

Researchers in field.

UC Irvine leads regional project to reduce climate change risks in California

$5.5 million effort will prioritize community engagement, environmental justice

Alana LeBrón (left) and Jun Wu (right).

UC Irvine receives grant to study lead exposure effects on children’s learning, behavior

Santa Ana-based project continues past successful community-academic partnership

UC Irvine-led interdisciplinary team delves into a heated debate about humidity

Under climate change, moist heat stress is expected to worsen public health outcomes

For Phase 1 of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students, UCI team members created maps pinpointing soil lead contamination hot spots in Santa Ana; the red areas above show where the dirt contains unhealthy levels of the metal. Following Phase 2 of the competition, UCI students and community activists are partnering in a project to use plants and fungus to remove lead from affected locations.

Meeting the environmental justice challenge

UCI graduate students honored by EPA for bioremediation project video

UCI Water director David Feldman standing behind a pool of water.

Water warriors

UCI experts work to inform public policy and educate about California’s water future

Decarbonization leads to more equable air quality in California

UCI study shows how climate mitigation options would affect health of various communities

UCI researchers awarded $7.5 million for environmental justice initiative

NSF funding will support diversification, community engagement in Earth system science

UCI and national lab researchers develop a cobalt-free cathode for lithium-ion batteries

Innovation could lead to safer, longer-lasting power storage for electric vehicles and devices

Photo of dean of UCI's School of Social Ecology, Jon B. Gould
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UCI Podcast: What is social ecology?

Jon B. Gould, new dean of social ecology, explains what’s going on at one of UCI’s epicenters for change

The UCI cross-disciplinary graduate student team won first place in Phase 1 of the EPA’s Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students, in which they revealed the lead soil contamination threat in Santa Ana. (From left: Annika Hjelmstad, Ashley Green, David Bañuelas, Tim Schütz, Ariane Jong, and Alexis Guerra.)

UCI takes first place in EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge for Students

Cross-disciplinary graduate student team reveals lead soil contamination threat in Santa Ana