The Future of Energy and the Environment

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.
Jan 4, 2023
Deep overturning circulation collapses with strong warming.
Dec 23, 2022
In Southern California, automobile emissions are the biggest source of carbon dioxide in the air. But during the pandemic, when there were fewer cars on the road, those levels decreased.
Dec 14, 2022
UCI researchers’ results could help cities curb future greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 1, 2022
Many of the companies promising “net-zero” emissions to protect the climate are relying on vast swaths of forests and what are known as carbon offsets to meet that goal.
Dec 1, 2022
Ion chemistry research, Ardo explained, is playing a central role in the development of better batteries for electric vehicles.
Nov 30, 2022
Professor Shane Ardo’s lab is helping UCI Physics & Astronomy alumnus CX Xiang develop field-defining carbon capture technology.
Nov 29, 2022
The award will stimulate the Patterson lab’s research into sustainable plastics as well as its education efforts.