pollution

Improved Earth system models paint bleak climate change picture

Approach tackles most commonly used synthetic plastic

UCI chemist and partners also discover elevated levels of harmful pollutants

Mobile measurements pinpoint greenhouse gas hot spots

UCI oceanographer studies effects of global climate fluctuations on aquatic ecosystems

Article in Nature Climate Change casts doubt on carbon-capture technologies

UCI, other researchers link products made there with higher 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.

Adam Martiny, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, and study co-author Eric D. Galbraith of McGill University show that frugal phytoplankton may obtain more CO2 in warm, nutrient-depleted parts of the ocean than previously thought. By doing so, they can have a significant impact on marine ecosystems and the level of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

March 4 symposium highlights how citizens have partnered with scientists, politicians and bureaucrats to protect public access to the coast and ensure its continued health.