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THREE IN UCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES BECOME 2021 AAAS FELLOWS
They join a list that includes scientists like Thomas Edison.
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.
Jun 9, 2021
The ESS undergrad, who just graduated, is working to help native California plants come back from the edge.
Jun 9, 2021
Elevation of Central American orography significantly reduces the pervasive tropical rainfall bias by blocking the easterlies and consequently warming the northeastern tropical Pacific.
Jun 2, 2021
A chat between three different scientists on the similar methods they each use. 
May 26, 2021
The fellowship provides an annual stipend of $34,000 as well as tuition support.  
May 18, 2021
ESS Alum Dave Valentine has been inducted into UCI School of Physical Sciences Hall of Fame. Dave was a doctoral student in the 1990s, a student of Bill Reeburgh.
May 18, 2021
This month, climate research from the Randerson group made the headlines.
May 17, 2021
Greenhouse gases and aerosol pollution emitted by human activities are responsible for increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts around the world, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
May 17, 2021
UCI study shows human-sourced boost to drying in Americas, Africa and Asia
May 6, 2021
Climate model predictions made more precise through use of NASA GRACE satellite data.
May 5, 2021
Weather station data point to wind- and solar-driven heating as leading culprits

The Department of Earth System Science acknowledges our presence on the ancestral and unceded territory of the Acjachemen and Tongva peoples, who still hold strong cultural, spiritual and physical ties to this region.