UC Irvine Resources

Forecasting flooding

Environmental threat is already affecting coastal California, but modeling helps communities develop solutions

Ensuring science informs climate policy

In White House fellowship, Ann Marie Carlton seeks to curb agricultural greenhouse gas emissions

Recommending an extension to California's prescribed burning season

The practice is viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires

California's wildfire season has lengthened, and its peak is now earlier in the year

UCI environmental engineers analyzed a century's worth of the Golden State's blazes

Up in the air

Aerosol particles collected at UCI help scientists characterize the atmospheric seasonality of Southern California

The human impact of climate-intensified health risks

The Wu lab focuses on reducing disparities

Breathing room

Industrial zone proximity associated with increased pediatric asthma, UCI study finds

Climate change is making it harder to fight climate change

Higher heat will limit ecosystem's role in removing atmospheric CO2

In the aftermath of a wildfire, new threat looms

Interdisciplinary UCI team studies mudslide impacts on aging infrastructure

Earth guardians

UCI researchers seek solutions to the many effects of climate change

Mitigating weather extremes

Better groundwater management could help California cope with more intense floods, droughts