emissions – UCI

Shipping in ice-free Arctic Ocean could have cooling effect on climate, simulations show

Written on September 25, 2018.

Sea ice is melting due to global warming, enabling greater maritime access to the Arctic Ocean. Emissions from transoceanic cargo ships taking advantage of this could either warm the climate further by darkening snow and ice surfaces or cool it by enhancing cloud reflectance. In a study published recently in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from UCI, the University of Connecticut and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory describe using a fully...

UCI Named as Partner in New Clean Manufacturing Institute

Written on February 6, 2017.

$140 million consortium aims to improve competitiveness of US industryFeb. 6, 2017 – The University of California, Irvine, in collaboration with the Rochester Institute of Technology’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability, has launched the Reducing Embodied-Energy & Decreasing Emissions Institute to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of U.S. manufacturing. The Department of Energy is providing up to $70 million to fund the REMADE Institute through its Manufacturing...

UCI expert among group urging accelerated reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

Written on December 8, 2015.

Article in Nature Climate Change casts doubt on carbon-capture technologies Irvine, Calif., Dec. 8, 2015 – At the beginning of week two of the Paris climate talks, an international group of scientists is calling on the world’s industrial powers to aggressively and immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions, stressing that overreliance on so-called negative emissions technologies may prove too costly and disruptive to keep Earth from overheating. In an article published today in Nature...

It’s Not Just Summer, World Keeps Warming

Written on June 19, 2012.

Eric Niiler, Discovery News The world’s political and environmental leaders gather in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow to assess the state of the planet’s health 20 years after the first such gathering in 1992. But if science is any guide, Earth still needs some help. Several new climate studies reveal various aspects of the same foreboding problem: the atmosphere continues to warm, glaciers continue melting and seas keep rising. But there is a tiny bit of good news — the United...

2010 a year of challenges, achievement at UCI

Written on December 13, 2010.

In the past year, UC Irvine students, staff and faculty have stepped up in the face of continuing budget challenges and fee increases with innovation, drive and talent. The result? Research breakthroughs, national honors, global outreach, sports firsts – even a Guinness world record. Here are some top 2010 stories. In the past year, UC Irvine students, staff and faculty have stepped up in the face of continuing budget challenges and fee increases with innovation, drive and talent. The result?...

Space tourism could have big impact on climate

Written on October 26, 2010.

David Shiga, New Scientist Space tourism could have major consequences for Earth’s climate. New computer simulations suggest soot emitted by the rockets could raise temperatures at the poles, significantly reducing seasonal ice cover there, but uncertainty remains about the assumptions used in the study. In the next few years, space tourism companies hope to start routinely flying passengers on suborbital space flights. Now, Martin Ross of the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles,...

Seeing fuels’ effects down the road

Written on November 16, 2009.

UCI computer model foresees effects of alternative transportation fuels. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications It’s the year 2060, and 75 percent of drivers in the Greater Los Angeles area have hydrogen fuel cell vehicles that emit only water vapor. Look into Shane Stephens-Romero’s crystal ball – a computer model called STREET – and find that air quality has significantly improved. Greenhouse gas emissions are more than 60 percent lower than in 2009, and levels of microscopic...

Clearing the air

Written on June 1, 2009.

Kathryn Bold, University Communications In ways that have altered nearly every aspect of campus life, UC Irvine has reduced the energy needed to keep the place humming, serving as a model for other large organizations seeking to shrink their carbon footprints. “Environmental stewardship at UCI began long before we even heard the words ‘green,’ ‘LEED,’ or ‘carbon-neutrality,’” says Wendell Brase, vice chancellor of Administrative and Business Services. “UCI started its first vanpool...

Fueling the hydrogen highway

Written on February 9, 2009.

Scott Samuelsen is UC Irvine’s go-to guy on fuel cell and hydrogen technology. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications Scott Samuelsen is UC Irvine’s go-to guy on fuel cell and hydrogen technology. Samuelsen led the development of UCI’s hydrogen fueling station, the most technologically advanced, publicly accessible station in the world. It was the first of its kind in Orange County, and it is a key component of the California Hydrogen Highway Network. The station can...

Termite insecticide a potent greenhouse gas

Written on January 20, 2009.

An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found. Jennifer Fitzenberger, University Communications An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found. Sulfuryl fluoride, UCI chemists discovered, stays in...

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