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A glacier in a fjord in Greenland.

Grounding zone discovery explains accelerated melting under Greenland’s glaciers

UC Irvine researchers suggest we may be underestimating severity of sea level rise

Greenland is dotted with frozen meltwater lakes such as the one above, photographed during a NASA expedition in 2012.

Ice sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica

UC Irvine-led researchers identify contributions of downslope winds and ozone layer

Photo of research team in cave.

UC Irvine-led study links ice sheet retreat with autumnal monsoons in central Vietnam

Stalagmites used to characterize precipitation over tens of thousands of years

UCI, NASA JPL researchers discover a cause of rapid ice melting in Greenland

Study suggests extent of future sea level rise could be vastly underestimated

UCI undergrad advocates for equitable climate solutions before the New Zealand Parliament

Jonpaul Cohen, a native New Zealander who has family on the Pacific islands of Samoa and Tuvalu, is passionate about protecting Polynesian culture, lives and livelihoods from the ravages of climate change. In a presentation to an environmental committee of the New Zealand Parliament on Aug. 4, the UCI undergraduate majoring in psychology advocated for […]

NASA grant supports UCI-led project to remotely monitor changes in beaches, dunes

New techniques to measure coastal topography will improve understanding of flood risk

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UCI Podcast: Oceans Melting Greenland mission ends

UCI, NASA scientists studied the role of warming sea water on the island’s land ice

UCI, NASA JPL researchers detail causes of glacier retreat in West Antarctica

Ice-ocean interactions are accelerating melting into Amundsen Sea Embayment

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California’s climate crisis examined on UCI special report website

Cross-disciplinary expertise shared through stories, videos, podcasts and more

UCI, NASA JPL scientists uncover additional threat to Antarctica’s floating ice shelves

Thinning of rift-healing slush is identified as a major cause of iceberg calving events