wildfires

NSF-funded CareDEX project tests Internet of Things technologies in mock emergency

Mechanical thinning of California’s forests can reduce the severity of wildfires by eliminating built-up vegetation that fuels blazes. According to researchers at UCI, UC Merced and the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, scientifically based forest management practices could also curtail CO2 emissions from fires, promote carbon storage in remaining trees, and improve the […]

Assistant professor of urban planning and public policy is one of 28 recipients across US

Joint project will investigate their disproportionate impact on vulnerable population

Interdisciplinary researchers will examine infrastructure and public preparedness

UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2

Research will address the fundamental knowledge gaps in the science and engineering aspects of wildfires

UCI partners with Irvine Ranch Conservancy for climate change adaptation study of plant and microbial ecosystems on Loma Ridge

California’s wildfire burn area has increased by more than 23,000 acres per year over the past two decades, and the number of people who have been adversely affected has nearly doubled. In a paper published recently in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, UCI researchers show that elderly and low-income residents have […]

UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century’s worth of the Golden State’s blazes