ocean temperature

New Greenland maps show more glaciers at risk

Written on November 1, 2017.

UCI-created high-resolution charts will inform future ice and sea level forecasts Irvine, Calif., Nov. 1, 2017 – New maps of Greenland’s coastal seafloor and bedrock beneath its massive ice sheet show that two to four times as many coastal glaciers are at risk of accelerated melting as had previously been thought. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, NASA and 30 other institutions have published the most comprehensive, accurate and high-resolution relief maps ever made of...

Researchers explain spike in ocean temps that caused mass coral death in South China Sea

Written on March 23, 2017.

A South China Sea atoll lost nearly half its living coral in one summer due to spiking ocean temperatures and stagnant weather, according to new research by Kristen Davis, UCI assistant professor of Earth system science and civil & environmental engineering, and colleagues. The findings, published in Scientific Reports, describe how a 2-degree-Celsius rise in surface temperatures in the South China Sea was amplified by weather conditions and local circulation to a 6-degree increase at Dongsha...

UCI and JPL find melting of Greenland’s glaciers worse than previously thought

Written on April 22, 2016.

New seafloor mapping techniques help scientists identify high-risk areas Carol Rasmussen / NASA Earth Science News Team Irvine, Calif., April 22, 2016 – Many large glaciers in Greenland are at greater risk of melting from below than previously thought, according to new maps of the seafloor around Greenland created by an international research team. Like other recent research findings, the maps highlight the critical importance of studying the seascape under Greenland’s coastal waters to...

UCI Professor James Randerson Awarded $1.9 Million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation

Written on April 4, 2013.

Tatiana Arizaga, School of Physical Sciences Communications UCI Earth system science professor James Randerson has been awarded $1.9 million by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to expand his research on fire season and drought forecasting system development. “Given expected changes in climate and land use over the next several decades, many forest ecosystems are likely to become increasingly vulnerable to fire,” said Professor Randerson. The 5-year project will gain...