Earth System Science

A major government assessment lays out both the far-reaching perils of global warming and the cost-effective fixes that are available today.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation covers new research from Professor Steve Davis in the Department of Earth System Science.

Chances are you don’t know where your pie crust came from and don’t care, so would you switch to artificial oils to save the planet?

“Such ‘food without the farm’ could avoid enormous quantities of climate-warming emissions while also safeguarding biodiverse lands that might otherwise be cleared for farms.”

Researchers explore the benefits of producing farm-free food.

Hidden rivers of meltwater are decaying Antarctica’s glaciers from beneath, a new study has found — meaning sea levels are likely rising faster than scientists had feared.

Researchers will use data from upcoming and existing international satellite missions.

Thwaites glacier is showing quickening ice losses, but has thus far only contributed a few millimeters to sea level rise since the late 1970s, according to data shared by UCI's Professor Eric Rignot.

UC Irvine-led researchers identify contributions of downslope winds and ozone layer.

A. Park Williams to use funding to study climate change and its connection to droughts, wildfires.

The researchers believe the large-diameter fuel produced longer flames and caused the fire to jump to the forest canopy.

Undergraduate Earth system science major Chloe Selby talks about navigating life as an anteater.