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CLIMATE CHANGE IS OVERHAULING MARINE NUTRIENT CYCLES, UC IRVINE SCIENTISTS SAY
The research is the first field-based confirmation of such climate impacts
Photograph of Greenland's ice sheet with a helicopter shadow
May 5, 2021
Weather station data point to wind- and solar-driven heating as leading culprits
Photograph of Nizhoni Tallas and Kathleen Johnson
Apr 30, 2021
Physical Sciences AISIESS program helped Native American students connect with their tribal lands on a new level.
A timelapse of a region of British Columbia experiencing frequent timber harvests each year.
Apr 29, 2021
The Arctic is getting greener as the climate warms — but it’s not greening fast enough to absorb very much carbon dioxide, Boston University and UC Irvine scientists find.
Photograph of northern forests that highlight the contrast between areas damaged by wildfire and regenerating trees.
Apr 29, 2021
BU researchers used NASA satellite imaging data to analyze 30 years of Earth’s northern forests—and found that fires are increasingly hampering forests’ ability to capture and store atmospheric carbon
Photograph that's showcasing wildfires and deforestation.
Apr 28, 2021
In 2019, hundreds of fires across the Amazon burned through enough rain forest to fill the state of New Jersey. At the peak of the fires in August, smoke plunged São Paulo, hundreds of kilometers away, into midday darkness.
A promotional graphic for an event focusing on the future of energy and the environment featuring: James Bullock, Don Blake, Paulo Brando, and Eric Saltzman
Apr 23, 2021
In this panel discussion, three UCI Physical Sciences experts chat about the current state climate change science.
Photograph of Eric Rignot
Apr 22, 2021
UCI glaciologist Eric Rignot broadcasted live from Greenland to answer questions about everything from ice sheets to climate change.
A photograph of UCI graduate students in front of the RRS James Clark Ross.
Apr 15, 2021
UCI graduate students, researchers traveled the world to chart major ocean regions
A photograph of lightning in the Arctic.
Apr 9, 2021
Lightning in the Arctic used to be so vanishingly rare that people could go their whole lives without seeing a flash. But as the region warms rapidly, it may become more common—with effects that…
A photograph of a wildfire in the Arctic.
Apr 7, 2021
THE ARCTIC ISN’T doing so hot. That’s because it is, in fact, too hot. It’s warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the planet, which is setting off vicious feedback…
A data visualization from the U.S. Carbon Monitor.
Apr 7, 2021
Tool helps to track abrupt yet temporary emissions declines during pandemic.
A photograph of a lightning bolt.
Apr 6, 2021
Over the course of 2019 and 2020, hundreds of fires burned in the tundra of Siberia, releasing stores of carbon similar to the entire annual emissions of France. As the Arctic continues to warm,…