The Future of Energy and the Environment

Feb 14, 2023
A recent federal survey found that California lost more than 36 million trees just in the last year. The large-scale die-off is alarming ecologists and policymakers.
Feb 6, 2023
Net-zero-emissions flying is possible by 2050 with new technologies and habits
Jan 31, 2023
Undergraduate students Kumalie Wijesekare and Cynthia Abuede on their fieldwork in Vietnam.
Jan 20, 2023
The seal and robot helped scientists find a climate change disaster waiting to happen in one of the most mysterious regions on Earth: vast glaciers in West Antarctica.
Jan 18, 2023
Southern California has so far escaped the worst impact of recent rainstorms, but a new study shows a 100-year-flood event would disproportionately impact Black residents.
Jan 18, 2023
New research in the northern part of Greenland finds temperatures are already 2.7 degrees warmer than they were in the 20th century.
Jan 12, 2023
Earth system science professor teaches first session of climate change course from Antarctica.
Jan 12, 2023
The heavy inundation of rain is likely preventing mass die-offs in forests.
Jan 11, 2023
Human activity has damaged this protective layer of the stratosphere, but scientists say the ozone layer is on track for recovery.
Jan 11, 2023
Research by F. Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina is at the heart of a recent positive U.N. report
Jan 10, 2023
For Californians, a classic El Niño means big waves, white mountains and lots of rain, just like the phenomenon's opposite, La Niña, has been serving up.
Jan 6, 2023
Making batteries for electric vehicles can come with a human cost in poorer countries. Huolin Xin, professor of physics and astronomy at the University of California, Irvine, discusses one way to change this.