The Future of Energy and the Environment

Apr 12, 2022
UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data.
Apr 10, 2022
We don't know exactly what a net-zero-emissions energy system will look like, but we know enough to keep us busy for at least a decade.
Apr 7, 2022
The northern U.S. city has some of the most polluted air in the country.   
Apr 6, 2022
The lab of Professor Jim Smith is researching how sea spray aerosols affect Earth’s climate.
Mar 24, 2022
New tool enables year-round, direct measurements of frozen arctic soils.
Mar 22, 2022
Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) recently announced their proposal to develop the Angeles Link — an initiative that would develop the nation’s largest green hydrogen energy infrastructure system.…
Mar 19, 2022
From wetlands to badlands, plants and wildlife in eastern San Diego County are struggling to survive. Ecologists face tough decisions about how to respond.
Mar 19, 2022
Under a crescent moon, a Baja California treefrog wades among rushes and water hyacinth in San Felipe Creek — a wetland along the western edge of Anza-Borrego Desert State Park that researchers fear could be rapidly shrinking as the climate changes.
Mar 10, 2022
Ice-ocean interactions are accelerating melting into Amundsen Sea Embayment.
Mar 7, 2022
Satellites spot troubling signals that may portend a transformation from rainforest to savanna, with profound implications for the planet.
Mar 7, 2022
The region is nearing a threshold beyond which its forests may be replaced by grasslands, with huge repercussions for biodiversity and climate change.
Mar 2, 2022
The Earth System Science postdoc works to ensure her science informs policy makers.