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Eric Rignot

Professor of Earth System Science

Chair of Department of Earth System Science, Sr. Research Scientist, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Radar Science and Engineering

Earth System Science

erignot@uci.edu

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Rignot's a glaciologist who studies ice in the Arctic and Antarctic, and how much ice in those places is melting as the planet warms.

Can speak to:

Glaciers, Climate

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Stories

The Arctic’s greening, but it won’t save us

The Arctic is getting greener as the climate warms — but it’s not greening fast enough to absorb very much carbon dioxide, Boston University and UC Irvine scientists find.

Apr 29, 2021

Can something the size of a few washing machines find the biggest thing in the universe?

UCI physicists have designed and built a new particle detector called FASER that could lift the veil on one of the universe’s most enduring mysteries.

Dec 7, 2020

UCI scientists decrypt key HIV transmission pathways

Understanding how HIV propagates in the body could help with the development of new treatments for the disease it causes — AIDS.

Apr 8, 2021

Press Releases

Dust around a young star

Astronomers reveal tasty insights into exoplanet formation using SPAM

Study serves up the closest-ever view of a planet-forming disk around young star HD 34282.

Nov 6, 2025

UC Irvine scientists devise method for cities to measure greenhouse gas emissions

Municipalities may employ the tool to evaluate initiatives to curb emissions.

Nov 3, 2025

UC Irvine astronomers discover nearby exoplanet in habitable zone

The team found that the surface may have liquid water on its surface – a necessary ingredient for life.

Oct 23, 2025

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