global climate change

Contradicting prevalent view, UCI oceanographers predict increase in phytoplankton

Written on January 27, 2020.

Machine learning Earth system model projects growth in lower latitudes by 2100 Irvine, Calif., Jan. 27, 2020 – A neural network-driven Earth system model has led University of California, Irvine oceanographers to a surprising conclusion: Phytoplankton populations in low-latitude waters will expand by the end of the 21st century. The unexpected simulation outcome runs counter to the longstanding belief by many in the environmental science community that global climate change will make tropical...

2 UCI studies ranked among the 10 most popular climate research papers of 2018

Written on January 9, 2019.

Carbon Brief, a website devoted to the analysis of energy policy and climate change science, has published a list of the 10 climate research papers in 2018 that received the most global media attention, and two originated at UCI. The rankings are based on scores tabulated by Altmetric, which tracks and measures exposure of academic papers appearing in top journals. Placing third on the list is a study by Steven Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, and Nathan Mueller, UCI assistant...

UCI Study: Reduced Sierra Nevada Snowmelt Runoff to Threaten California Agriculture

Written on October 8, 2018.

One-degree rise in global winter temps to cause less high country snow accumulation October 8, 2018 – An estimated three-quarters of the water used by farms, ranches and dairies in California originates as snow in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, but the future viability of that resource is projected to be at heightened risk due to global climate change. In a study published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Irvine researchers...

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...

UCI fields airborne team for NASA atmospheric study

Written on July 22, 2016.

UCI atmospheric chemist Don Blake is about to rack up some serious air miles. As co-principal investigator, along with UCI Earth system scientist Michael Prather, on the upcoming NASA Atmospheric Tomography Mission, Blake will fly from the North Pole to New Zealand, east to the tip of South America, and then north to Greenland. He will lead a team analyzing gases and particles in the atmosphere in an airborne laboratory aboard a NASA DC-8 aircraft. Data from the mission, which runs from July...

UCI study finds dramatic increase in concurrent droughts, heat waves

Written on August 31, 2015.

Researchers use unique statistical analysis to identify dual climate threat Brian Bell / UCI Irvine, Calif., Aug. 31, 2015 – Droughts and heat waves are happening simultaneously with much greater frequency than in the past, according to research by climate experts at the University of California, Irvine. Their findings appear today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. A team from UCI’s Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing examined data gathered from ground...

China is Outsourcing Carbon Within Its Own Borders, UCI and Others Find

Written on June 10, 2013.

Interior produces 80 percent of CO2 related to goods used in richer coastal areas Janet Wilson, UC Irvine News Just as wealthy nations like the United States are outsourcing their dangerous carbon dioxide emissions to China, rich coastal provinces in that country are outsourcing emissions to poorer provinces in the interior, according to UC Irvine climate change researcher Steve Davis and colleagues. The findings, to be published the week of June 10 in Proceedings of the National...

Climate Study Highlights Wedge Issue

Written on January 11, 2013.

Eli Kintisch, Science Eight years ago, Steven Davis was a 26-year-old graduate student when he heard an energy scientist give an inspiring talk about tackling the global climate challenge. The speaker, Robert Socolow of Princeton University, had just co-authored a plan for “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies,” as the title put it (Science, 13 August 2004, p. 968). Humanity could stabilize rapidly rising annual...

Highlights of 2012 at UCI

Written on December 10, 2012.

Year brings scientific advances, national accolades, international outreach, student achievement and loss of campus stalwarts “F. Sherwood Rowland saved the world. It’s as simple as that.” Time magazine published these words after the UC Irvine founding professor and Nobel Prize-winning researcher died last March at 84. A fiercely independent voice, “Sherry” – as he was known to his many colleagues and friends – left a profound imprint on science and society. He helped drive the discussion...

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