UC Irvine-led interdisciplinary team delves into a heated debate about humidity
Irvine, Calif., May 31, 2023 – As climate change increases the severity, frequency and duration of heat waves around the world, researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other...
View ArticleDark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument early data release holds nearly 2...
Irvine, Calif., June 13, 2023 – The universe is big, and it’s getting bigger at a faster rate every day, but astronomers don’t understand why. To study the mysterious force known as dark energy behind...
View ArticleUC Irvine scientists create long-lasting, cobalt-free, lithium-ion batteries
Irvine, Calif., June 14, 2023 – In a discovery that could reduce or even eliminate the use of cobalt – which is often mined using child labor – in the batteries that power electric cars and other...
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UC Irvine-led study links ice sheet retreat with autumnal monsoons in central...
Irvine, Calif., June 26, 2023 — Rising sea levels from melting land ice caused an abrupt transition from dry to wet conditions in a subregion of mainland Southeast Asia some 14,000 years ago,...
View ArticleUC Irvine scientists develop freely available risk model for hurricanes,...
Irvine, Calif., June 27, 2023 — As human-driven climate change amplifies natural disasters, hurricanes and typhoons stand to increase in intensity. Until now, there existed very few freely available...
View ArticleCurbing waste improves global food security but has limited environmental...
Irvine, Calif., July 24, 2023 – Reducing waste is one way to help combat hunger around the world, but stricter control over food loss and waste does not lead to better environmental outcomes,...
View ArticleUC Irvine scientists say deepening Arctic snowpack drives greenhouse gas...
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 16, 2023 — Human-caused climate change is shortening the snow cover period in the Arctic. But according to new research led by Earth system scientists at the University of...
View Article3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate...
Irvine, Calif., Aug. 23, 2023— Three University of California, Irvine researchers will receive more than $8 million in climate action grants to support projects that will help advance progress toward...
View ArticleUC Irvine scientists reveal what fuels wildfires in Sierra Nevada Mountains
Irvine, Calif., Sept. 25, 2023 — Wildfires in California, exacerbated by human-driven climate change, are getting more severe. To better manage them, there’s a growing need to know exactly what fuels...
View ArticleUC Irvine astronomers offer tips for safe observation of upcoming partial...
On Saturday, Oct. 14, a partial solar eclipse will be viewable across the continental U.S. The event will be an annular eclipse for viewers located along a narrow path extending from Oregon to...
View ArticleUC Irvine alum receives 2023 MacArthur “genius grant”
UC Irvine alumnus A. Park Williams has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Williams will receive a what is known as a “genius grant” for his...
View ArticleLos Alamos National Laboratory awards prestigious fellowship to UCI physicist
Yu-Dai Tsai, UCI postdoctoral scholar in physics & astronomy, has been awarded a Director’s Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. While continuing his work at UCI on a...
View ArticleIce sheet surface melt is accelerating in Greenland and slowing in Antarctica
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 16, 2023 — Surface ice in Greenland has been melting at an increasing rate in recent decades, while the trend in Antarctica has moved in the opposite direction, according to...
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NASA funds UC Irvine-led mission to record changes in Antarctica’s ice sheet
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 26, 2023 – NASA has awarded a $2.8 million grant to researchers at the University of California, Irvine for a five-year project to survey Antarctica’s ice sheet. Led by Eric...
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UC Irvine-led science team shows how to eat our way out of the climate crisis
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 6, 2023 — Agriculture is one of the hardest human activities to decarbonize; people must eat, but the land-use practices associated with growing crops account for roughly a...
View ArticleUC Irvine professor to help design the most powerful laser in the world
Irvine, Calif., Nov. 7, 2023 — The National Science Foundation recently awarded an $18-million grant to a team of scientists to design the most powerful laser in the world. The team includes Franklin...
View ArticleMathematician awarded Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
Svetlana Jitomirskaya, UCI adjunct professor of mathematics, has received a 2023 Barry Prize from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters in recognition of intellectual excellence and courage....
View Article13 UCI faculty members make prestigious list of highly cited researchers
13 UCI faculty members have qualified for Clarivate’s 2023 list of the most influential researchers – as “demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent...
View ArticleResearchers find exoplanet that appears to be too big for its sun
A research team including UCI astronomers has discovered an exoplanet that is far too massive for its sun, casting doubt on what was previously understood about the formation of planets and their...
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UC Irvine-led team unravels mysteries of planet formation, evolution in...
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 29, 2024 – A recently discovered solar system with six confirmed exoplanets and a possible seventh is boosting astronomers’ knowledge of planet formation and evolution. Relying on...
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