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THREE IN UCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES BECOME 2021 AAAS FELLOWS
They join a list that includes scientists like Thomas Edison.
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Dec 1, 2022
Satellites detect no real climate benefit from 10 years of forest carbon offsets in California
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.
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Dec 1, 2022
A brief interview with Rick Fruchey, Director of Facilities for the School of Physical Sciences
Meet the Physical Sciences staff member in charge of designing and building laboratories and much, much else around the school. 
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Nov 29, 2022
Op-Ed: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better
Op-Ed: California’s carbon-offset forests aren’t trapping much carbon. Here’s how to do better
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Nov 29, 2022
Op-Ed: California's carbon-offset forests aren't trapping much carbon. Here's how to do better
Satellite images since 1986 show that land set aside for protection is performing much like land that isn't protected. Companies claiming offsets are skating by.
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Nov 27, 2022
Fed up with the ocean’s plastic problems, UC Irvine post-grads open zero-waste market
Jessica Walden and Chris McGuire, owners of Amis de la Terre Zero-Waste Market, want to give people a way to stem plastic pollution.
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Nov 21, 2022
SciComm fellow spotlight: Bryant Pahl, UCI Department of Earth System Science
Pahl wants to not only tell the science stories coming out of his department, but to help others tell stories, too. 
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Nov 17, 2022
Every Rock Has A Story #71 - "Caves and Climate" with Kathleen Johnson
This episode is one of eight filmed during summer of 2022 in partnership with the Center for Digital Innovation in Learning made possible by an IGNITE grant from Boston College. These episodes include a diverse slate of co-hosts and kids who share their own rock stories and observations. In Season Three, we take our show on the road, filming scientists in their laboratories and field sites around the country. Many of the rocks and stories presented would not have been available without support…
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Nov 17, 2022
13 UCI faculty members listed among Highly Cited Researchers
Thirteen UCI faculty members are part of the Highly Cited Researchers list for 2022. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses are used to identify individuals from across the globe who have…
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Nov 16, 2022
Susan Trumbore and Efi Foufoula-Giergiou honored by American Geophysical Union
The UCI Physical Sciences professors work to elevate the union’s science and its publications, too.
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Nov 9, 2022
Northeast Greenland ice sheet is melting so rapidly it could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5-INCHES by the end of the century, study warns
Northeast Greenland ice sheet is melting so rapidly it could cause sea levels to rise by 0.5-INCHES by the end of the century, study warns
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Nov 1, 2022
Respiration Quotient Variability and Ocean Oxygen Levels
Respiration Quotient Variability and Ocean Oxygen Levels
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Oct 24, 2022
Fact check: Greenland still losing ice due to greenhouse gas emissions, experts say
The claim: Greenland ice sheet is recovering and earlier melting was caused by 'natural warming'
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