In the Media
Jul 12, 2021
Researchers looked at the greater Anza-Borrego area, but similar long-term trends are found elsewhere.
Jul 10, 2021
Hello Borrego Springs. This is a wake-up call. Living in Borrego and the amazing Sonoran Desert that surrounds the community, you probably thought the desert was heat tolerant and immune to global warming. Hey, it’s already a desert, how bad can it get?
Jun 24, 2021
Since the 80's, plant life in the Anza-Borrego Desert in East San Diego County has died off by 35 percent according to a study from UC Irvine. The study's culprit? Major droughts and climate change.
Jun 23, 2021
Climate change is causing plants to die off in massive numbers in Southern California’s deserts and mountains, UC Irvine researchers have found.
Jun 22, 2021
Desert plants — famous for tolerance of torrid landscapes — are dying at an alarming rate due to the twin threats of even hotter temperatures and less rain, according to new research published this week.
Jun 21, 2021
"They're absolutely on the brink," said one scientist.
May 19, 2021
For decades, mathematicians have debated a simple question about graphs and the number of connections they have. Now using arguments an undergraduate math student could have come up with, Asaf Ferber of the University of California, Irvine and Michael Krivelevich of Tel Aviv University have finally provided the answer in the form of a proof posted in March.
May 18, 2021
This month, climate research from the Randerson group made the headlines.
May 17, 2021
From desert to gold mine — Frederick Reines was a larger-than-life physicist who did larger-than-life experiments.
Apr 29, 2021
A new test accurately predicts who faces the highest risk for hospitalization, ventilator-supported breathing and death from COVID-19, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the journal mSphere.
Apr 28, 2021
In 2019, hundreds of fires across the Amazon burned through enough rain forest to fill the state of New Jersey. At the peak of the fires in August, smoke plunged São Paulo, hundreds of kilometers away, into midday darkness.
Apr 26, 2021
For many professors, grading student work is the least enjoyable part of their jobs. “None of us get into teaching to grade,” says Renée Link, a professor of teaching in the Chemistry Department at the University of California, Irvine.