The Future of Energy and the Environment
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.
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 12, 2021
The grants will bolster Finkeldei’s work on nuclear waste management and her work to update UCI’s nuclear reactor.
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.
Jun 21, 2021
Loss of vegetation cover is most stark in desert ecosystems already on edge of habitability.