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<p>Climate change is driving lightning-caused fires farther north, UCI and fellow scientists have found. Courtesy of the government of Alberta, Canada</p>

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Climate warming shifts lightning-caused forest fires farther north

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Tassel town

Anteater class of ’17 is ready to tackle the future

<p>“In addition to India, populations in other developing countries in low- to mid-latitude regions are especially hard hit by these extreme heat events,” says the study’s lead author, Omid Mazdiyasni, here flanked by co-authors Amir AghaKouchak (left) and Steven J. Davis.</p>
<p>Steve Zylius / UCI</p>

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Small climb in mean temperatures linked to far higher chance of deadly heat waves

UCI-led analysis of data from India could have dire implications for future

<p>Great Britain’s 175-year-old Royal Society of Chemistry has bestowed its prestigious Soft Matter & Biophysical Chemistry Award on UCI professor Douglas Tobias.</p>

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Douglas Tobias honored by Royal Society of Chemistry

<p>UCI professor William Evans has been awarded the 2017 Centenary Prize by Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry.</p>

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Royal Society of Chemistry recognizes William Evans

<p>As this year’s Bourke Award recipient, UCI chemistry professor Kieron Burke has been invited to give lectures on chemical physics at United Kingdom universities.</p>

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Kieron Burke wins 2017 Bourke Award from Britain’s Royal Society of Chemistry

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UCI study links cellphone proliferation, more frequent calls to mom by adult children

Countries with higher rates of mobile phone subscriptions show increased contact

<p>James Randerson – whose work has advanced the understanding of human impacts on the planet’s climate, environment and ecosystems – is UCI’s inaugural Ralph J. & Carol M. Cicerone Chair of Earth System Science.</p>
<p>Steve Zylius / UCI</p>

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UCI’s James Randerson is elected to National Academy of Sciences

Earth system scientist is honored for climate change studies

<p>UCI physicist Jing Xia (right, with graduate student Alex Stern) calls the fiber-optic Sagnac interferometer he built the most sensitive magnetic microscope in the world. He compares it to a telescope that an ornithologist in Irvine could use to inspect the eye of a bird in New York.</p>
<p>Steve Zylius / UCI</p>

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UCI’s new 2-D materials conduct electricity near the speed of light

Substances could revolutionize electronic and computing devices

<p>UC Irvine and CoalSwarm found that India won’t meet its climate goals if it builds nearly 400 new coal-fired power plants. A tracking tool at the CoalSwarm website allows you to find the location of coal plants around the world. The map of India shows plants in the planning, permitting, construction or operation phases.<br />
CoalSwarm.org</p>

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India’s outsized coal plans would wipe out Paris climate goals

UCI, CoalSwarm: Hundreds of new dirty power plants aren’t needed