Katherine Mackey studies the boundary between the living and the nonliving worlds. She wants to know how those two worlds define one other, as things like aquatic microorganisms can alter the chemistry of the water they live in, and the chemistry of the water can then affect the kinds of organisms able to live there.
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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
Apr 21, 2020
As the pandemic rages, Department of Earth System Science Chair Eric Rignot defines what coronavirus means for climate change and those who study it.
Apr 20, 2020
Please join UCI Sustainability for their week of Earth Day events! Please find the full programming schedule here.
Apr 17, 2020
ESS will still be offering courses for Summer Session 2020! In Summer Session I, the Department will offer ESS 3: Oceanography and ESS 5: Earth's Atmosphere; and it will offer ESS 1: Intro to Earth…
Apr 7, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed life as we know it with tremendous impact to our work, our homes, families and everything in between. With so many changes, staying motivated and connected to research interests is hard! Through the Physical Sciences #UCIReignite campaign we hope to spur our research community to reconnect with their passion for science.
Apr 7, 2020
Could a vaccine for Valley fever finally be within reach?
Mar 31, 2020
The glaciers of Antarctica are melting at unprecedented rates, and a giant canyon in the continent's rocky underbelly could make matters much worse.
Mar 26, 2020
Greenland Ice Melt Shows Why Global Warming Matters
Greenland lost so much ice last summer, it actually raised global sea levels. Here’s why that’s a huge problem.
Mar 26, 2020
After an unusually warm summer, Greenland’s ice sheet has lost 600 billion tons of ice, according to recently released NASA data.
Mar 24, 2020
It's getting warmer down at the bottom of the world.
As the global climate heats up, some of the great ice sheets and glaciers in Antarctica are melting, a few of them rapidly. One, East…
Mar 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on countries around the world, causing a global health crisis while forcing economies to shut down in the face of strict quarantine measures. But the outbreak…
Mar 23, 2020
The more the glacier’s grounding line backs down the slope, the thicker the ice becomes. This means the ice can flow outward faster and also that more of it will be exposed to ocean waters capable of…