Press Releases

Sep 27, 2021
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
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Sep 23, 2021
AirUCI institute awarded nearly $2 million to study non-tailpipe vehicle emissions
Interdisciplinary researchers will examine impacts on overburdened communities
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Sep 9, 2021
UCI researchers analyzed Antarctic air samples to learn of a 70-percent increase in atmospheric hydrogen over the past 150 years
Earth system scientists at UCI studied air trapped in compacted layers of Antarctic ice and snow to come up with some answers and a few new questions about the amount of molecular hydrogen in our…
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Sep 1, 2021
Study Shows Impacts of Deforestation and Forest Burning on Biodiversity in the Amazon
Combining extensive species mapping with remote sensing records of deforestation and fire reveals that the Amazon's biodiversity is extraordinarily vulnerable to changes in forest management and policy enforcement. 
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Jul 22, 2021
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2.
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Jul 20, 2021
UCI scientists make X-ray vision-like camera to rapidly retrieve 3D images
Tech can visualize various materials, structures with detailed chemical information
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Jun 21, 2021
Climate change is driving plant die-offs in Southern California, UCI study finds
Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability.
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May 18, 2021
Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument team begins 3D mapping of universe
The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument collaboration launched a new era in cosmology today with a five-year endeavor to construct the largest three-dimensional map of the universe.
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May 18, 2021
UCI-led team challenges existence of recently proposed exoplanet at Barnard’s star
In 2018, astronomers announced that they had discovered an exoplanet orbiting Barnard’s star, our solar system’s second-closest stellar neighbor, but further analysis by an international group of researchers headed by a graduate student at the University of California, Irvine has cast doubt on the finding.
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May 17, 2021
Greenhouse gas and aerosol emissions are lengthening and intensifying droughts
Greenhouse gases and aerosol pollution emitted by human activities are responsible for increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts around the world, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
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May 6, 2021
UCI’s Velicogna contributes to study stressing benefits of limiting greenhouse gas emissions
Climate model predictions made more precise through use of NASA GRACE satellite data.
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May 5, 2021
UCI researchers identify primary causes of Greenland’s rapid ice sheet surface melt
Intense, wide-spread melting events in Greenland, such as one in July 2012 that touched nearly every part of the massive island’s frozen slab, are catastrophic, but they still account for only a small portion of the total deterioration of the ice sheet, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine. 
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