Earth System Science

Sep 24, 2021
The lecture honors Zender’s work to manage and analyze scientific data related to climate science.
Sep 15, 2021
The instrument will allow scientists the world over to study how permafrost thaw, wildfires and land use change are contributing to greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, and to evaluate efforts to decarbonize economies and reign in climate change.
Sep 14, 2021
Initiative will create paths for first-generation and underrepresented students
Sep 14, 2021
One studies waves and patterns in nature, one studies how climate change will affect agriculture, and one uses math to understand how DNA moves around our cells. Meet the new faculty of the UCI School of Physical Sciences.
Sep 9, 2021
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…
Sep 3, 2021
UC Irvine Earth System scientists prepare to head to the Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe to study the fire's smoke. 
Sep 3, 2021
Becoming an AMS fellow requires a slate of field-defining advances in the meteorological sciences.
Sep 1, 2021
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. 
Aug 2, 2021
Professor Emeritus William “Bill” S. Reeburgh, a founding professor of UCI’s Department of Earth System Science, died on July 9, 2021. 
Jul 22, 2021
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2.
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?