newspage

THREE IN UCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES BECOME 2021 AAAS FELLOWS
They join a list that includes scientists like Thomas Edison.
Jun 12, 2023
The amount of land scorched by wildfires in Northern and Central California has increased fivefold in the last two decades and nearly all of that increase can be attributed to human-caused climate change. 
Jun 12, 2023
Reporter David Nazar with Sustaining US on PBS visits Dr. Jack Brouwer with the University of California Irvine for this simple electric car tutorial.
Jun 8, 2023
 Now, a groundbreaking report titled “Microbes in Models: Integrating Microbes into Earth System Models for Understanding Climate Change,” released by the American Academy of Microbiology, sheds light on a previously overlooked aspect of climate change: microorganisms.
May 31, 2023
Under climate change, moist heat stress is expected to worsen public health outcomes.
May 23, 2023
New research warns that nearly 800,000 residents would need emergency medical care for heat stroke and other illnesses in an extended power failure. Other cities are also at risk.
May 9, 2023
While conducting a study of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory uncovered a previously unseen way in which the ice and ocean interact.
May 9, 2023
A shocking study of Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland by researchers from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has revealed a previously unknown interaction between ice and ocean. 
May 9, 2023
Their research ranges from a search for new eye disease treatments to developing next-gen nanotechnology.
May 8, 2023
A group of researchers from the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have uncovered a surprising new way in which ice and the ocean interact.
May 8, 2023
Study suggests extent of future sea level rise could be vastly underestimated
May 8, 2023
Scientists studying one of Greenland’s largest glaciers say it is melting far faster than expected in its most vulnerable region, a worrying sign that glaciers perched in the ocean could contribute to sea level rise more quickly than currently forecast.
May 8, 2023
A major glacier in northwest Greenland is interacting with the ocean tides, scientists reported Monday, resulting in previously unaccounted-for melting and potentially faster sea level rise.

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.