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THREE IN UCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES BECOME 2021 AAAS FELLOWS
They join a list that includes scientists like Thomas Edison.
Nov 9, 2021
Critics of renewable energy have often said that they wouldn’t be able to replace fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas.
Nov 5, 2021
UCI-led team analyzes options for filling the gaps in generation.
Nov 3, 2021
Climate change is making wildfires in the western United States larger and more destructive, and the effects are felt across the country, according to a study by Steve Davis, a professor of Earth systems science at the University of California Irvine
Nov 3, 2021
Davis ran a study looking into the cost of wildfires, which was published in the journal Nature Sustainability.   According to Davis, “It’s not just relegated to California, there’s places…
Nov 1, 2021
Physical Sciences SciComm Fellow Bryant Pahl interviews new UCI climate scientist Jane Baldwin.
Oct 27, 2021
Chinese emissions rose substantially while those in Europe and the U.S. remained lower.
Oct 27, 2021
On a simmering afternoon in late July, against a hazy background of sun and sky, the Colville Indian Reservation was burning. Again. 
Oct 24, 2021
A powerful storm system known as an atmospheric river is heading for northern California and Oregon, a region in the midst of an historic drought.
Oct 21, 2021
The research will help scientists understand ozone pollution in the New York Metropolitan Area.
Oct 21, 2021
The new role will help the paleoclimatologist promote diversity, equity and inclusion in the geosciences here at UCI and elsewhere. 
Oct 20, 2021
The work, done by scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCI, reveals the surprising role of icy mélange.
Oct 15, 2021
The work, done by scientists from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and UCI, reveals the surprising role of icy mélange.

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.