An increase in catastrophic wildfires has reduced California tree cover by 6.7% since 1985, and researchers fear the lost trees will never grow back.
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THREE IN UCI PHYSICAL SCIENCES BECOME 2021 AAAS FELLOWS
They join a list that includes scientists like Thomas Edison.
Jul 20, 2022
Three questions with Benis Egoh, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science, who explores arboreal ecosystems.
Jul 19, 2022
Alumni of UCI Physical Sciences are invited to this year’s Celebrate Physical Sciences on Saturday, September 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Celebrate Physical Sciences will be a fun-filled morning on…
Jul 18, 2022
California's forests are in rapid retreat, which bodes ill for the future.
Jul 15, 2022
UCI oceanographers design an open-source program for in-depth ocean modeling.
Jul 14, 2022
Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985.
Jul 8, 2022
Program supports research by assistant professors.
Jun 23, 2022
The sheer acreage consumed by fire in California in recent years is numbing: more than 2.5 million acres last year, and 4.3 million acres the year before that.
Jun 13, 2022
Jhaj came to UCI in 2019, and, despite the pandemic, stitched together an education in sustainability.
Jun 13, 2022
Perymon came to UCI to make the way we address environmental problems more equitable.
Jun 13, 2022
At UCI, Fadle studied inequality as it manifests in the way we build our cities.
Jun 9, 2022
The country’s recent heat wave has seen “wet-bulb” temperatures rise to potentially fatal levels—but plans to handle the crisis are still in their infancy.