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Horiba Group commits $9 million to UCI for new institute

Written on August 29, 2018.

Research to focus on better connectivity between transportation and energy sectors Irvine, Calif., Aug. 29, 2018 – Horiba Group, a leading global provider of analytical and measurement systems, has committed $9 million to the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine to establish the Horiba Institute for Mobility and Connectivity. HIMAC will focus research and education efforts on combining formerly disparate energy and transportation sectors into an integrated...

UCI earns status as sustainability leader among U.S. universities

Written on August 27, 2018.

Campus nets No. 1 spot in Sierra’s ‘Cool Schools’ ranking, STARS Platinum rating Irvine, Calif., Aug. 27, 2018 — With a third No. 1 spot in Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” ranking and top distinctions in the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s prestigious STARS program, the University of California, Irvine has earned its place as the sustainability leader among U.S. universities. “UCI has a long history of environmental and sustainability leadership...

Climate Change-driven Droughts are Getting Hotter, UCI Study Finds

Written on August 1, 2018.

Temperature increases during dry periods outpace average climate warming August 1, 2018 – Dry months are getting hotter in large parts of the United States, another sign that human-caused climate change is forcing people to encounter new extremes. In a study published today in Science Advances, researchers at the University of California, Irvine report that temperatures during droughts have been rising faster than in average climates in recent decades, and they point to...

Race to Rewire

Written on August 1, 2018.

Aug. 1, 2018 – The green revolution that is sweeping California has skipped past the Oak View neighborhood in Huntington Beach. UC Irvine’s Advanced Power and Energy Program wants to help change that and, in the process, conduct some important research. That’s why Jack Brouwer, APEP associate director, and a team of collaborators picked Oak View as the site of its $15 million plan to build an advanced energy community. The team includes the city of Huntington Beach, the National...

Glaciers in East Antarctica also ‘imperiled’ by climate change, UCI researchers find

Written on July 26, 2018.

Usually seen as less vulnerable, they carry the potential to add 16 feet to global sea level Irvine, Calif., July 26, 2018 – A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine has found evidence of significant mass loss in East Antarctica’s Totten and Moscow University glaciers, which, if they fully collapsed, could add 5 meters (16.4 feet) to the global sea level. In a paper published this week in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters, the glaciologists...

UCI Conducts Combustion Research aboard the International Space Station

Written on June 18, 2018.

June 18, 2018 – When SpaceX launched a resupply mission to the International Space Station last summer, two UC Irvine scientists watched with more than just passing curiosity. Among the nearly 6,000 pounds of scientific research, supplies and hardware hurtling toward space aboard the Falcon 9 rocket was equipment integral to a UCI-designed-and-run combustion experiment nearly 20 years in the making. Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Derek Dunn-Rankin and project scientist...

Ice loss in Antarctica is increasingly contributing to global sea level rise

Written on June 13, 2018.

UCI scientists are part of international team conducting 25-year assessment Irvine, Calif., June 13, 2018 – Loss of ice in Antarctica has caused global sea levels to rise by 7.6 millimeters since 1992, with 40 percent of the increase happening in just the past five years, according to a team of 84 scientists, including discipline-leading experts from the University of California, Irvine. Their assessment of conditions in Antarctica is based on combined data from 24 satellite surveys and...

To Forecast Winter Rainfall in the Southwest, Look to New Zealand in the Summer

Written on June 13, 2018.

UCI scientists find new teleconnection for early and accurate precipitation prediction Jun. 13, 2018 – El Niño was long considered a reliable tool for predicting future precipitation in the southwestern United States, but its forecasting power has diminished in recent cycles, possibly due to global climate change. In a study published today in Nature Communications, scientists and engineers at the University of California, Irvine demonstrate a new method for projecting...

UCI scientists analyze first direct images of dissolved organic carbon from the ocean

Written on June 5, 2018.

Joint research project furthers understanding of important CO2 reservoir Irvine, Calif., June 5, 2018 – In a first, researchers from the University of California, Irvine – as well as Switzerland’s University of Zurich, IBM Research-Zurich and UC Santa Cruz – have obtained direct images of dissolved organic carbon molecules from the ocean, allowing better analysis and characterization of compounds that play an important role in the Earth’s changing climate. Using an atomic force microscopy...

James Randerson named Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science

Written on May 21, 2018.

UCI expert on climate and environment is first to hold new endowed position Irvine, Calif., May 21, 2018 – James Randerson recently became the first University of California, Irvine faculty member to receive the title of Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science. The new position and related graduate fellowship were made possible through an endowment started by Ralph Cicerone, former UCI chancellor, dean of physical sciences and chair of Earth system science; and his wife,...