Department Seminar: Anamika Shreevastava
Title: Cooling where it counts — Understanding and alleviating urban heat in Los Angeles
Department Seminar: Branwen Williams
Title: Using climate archives to understand impacts of carbon on our Earth system: a case study in the Gulf of Maine
Department Seminar: Julie Edwards
Title: Climate change detection and attribution using tree rings
Department Seminar: Kerim Hestnes Nisancioglu
Title: Bridging local narratives and scientific understanding of climate changes in the Arctic – a case study of a glacier-fed fjord in Kalaallit Nunaat
Abstract: Communities in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) are facing new challenges and opportunities due to climate change. The fjord systems and coastal areas are projected to undergo significant changes as sea ice and glaciers retreat.
Steve Davis' new research spotlighted in UCI News
UCI Earth system scientist Steve Davis part of international team evaluating global warming factors
ESS Inclusive Excellence Committee Update
Last June we shared a Commitment to Action in support of Black Lives Matter. More than a statement of solidarity or simply a performative measure, we created this living document as an action plan with embedded accountability.
Research from the Davis Group spotlighted in UCI News
UCI-led team tracked global land-use greenhouse gas emissions from 1961 to 2017
OMG research spotlighted in UCI News
UCI and NASA JPL scientists study impact of warm, salty water beneath glaciers
Steve Davis' recent research spotlighted in UCI News
Study shows health and socio-economic costs extended far beyond burned areas
Davis Group research spotlighted in Los Angeles Times
A recent study from researchers at UC Irvine and Global Energy Monitor found that replacing aging coal plants with new gas plants that could operate for 30 years or longer — as America has done in recent years — might reduce long-term carbon emissions by just 12%.