UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science (ESS)

Join us celebrating the arrival of a Mini Carbon Dating System (MICADAS) at UCI’s School of Physical Sciences KCCAMS facility. The MICADAS is a 0.2 MV accelerator mass spectrometer for measuring radiocarbon that was added to the facility to support climate change and air quality research, with funding from the National Science Foundation and UCI’s School of Physical Sciences and Office of Research. Meet the MICADAS proposal team from UC Irvine, UC Riverside, and NASA-JPL in the Croul lobby at 3 pm for a short celebration. Then see the MICADAS in action in Croul 2313 and learn about the latest radiocarbon-enabled science during a poster session on the 2nd floor of Croul Hall afterwards.

UC Irvine Professor Charlie Zender, from , is part of the team recognized as Major Contributors to the CF Conventions, the recipients of the prestigious 2024 AGU Open Science Recognition Prize!

This distinguished honor celebrates their remarkable contributions to advancing Open Science in Earth and space sciences, fostering global impact and collaboration.

2025 Fall ESS 51 Field Trip Recap

Last week, students in ESS 51: Land Interactions embarked on an unforgettable field trip to San Jacinto, California. Throughout the day, they explored the region’s diverse ecosystems, learned to identify various vegetation species, and delved into wildfire mapping across California. The experience provided invaluable insights into the critical role terrestrial processes play in the Earth system.

Professor Brett Walker joins the Department of at UC Irvine this year. Walker’s research group is interested in the marine carbon cycle and biogeochemistry. Their research aims to deepen our understanding of the marine carbon cycle, which moderates the climate on modern to millennial timescales, and to explore how this knowledge can inform predictions of future climate scenarios. Welcome Back, Professor Brett Walker!
Read more at the link: https://ps.uci.edu/news/3219

Join us on November 20 at 3:30 PM in Croul Hall 3101 for a superior seminar by Dr. Mike Pritchard on Advances in Machine Learning for Climate and Weather Simulation. This talk will present highlights from collaborative research involving NVIDIA, UC Irvine, UC Berkeley, LBNL, and the LEAP NSF Science & Technology Center at Columbia.
Don’t miss it!

This , Ph.D. student Miranda Botello of the UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science (ESS) recounts how their path into science also led them to discover and accept their q***r identity. https://ps.uci.edu/news/3141

Kyle Manley, Ph.D. in Earth System Science 🎓studies the intangible benefits we receive from nature that we will lose in the face of climate change, hoping that measuring those losses could help guide effective climate change solutions. UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science (ESS)
Read more about Kyle: https://ps.uci.edu/news/3123

🎉 2024 ESS End-of-Year Graduate Award Recipients! 🎉

Congratulations to all the recipients of this year's UCI Earth System Science graduate awards!

Christopher Leong, B.S. in Earth System Science 🎓
Christopher fed his adventurous spirit and passion for the environment in the UC Irvine Department of Earth System Science (ESS) by researching arctic hedges and their unique response to warming conditions at a remote Alaska field station.
Read more about Christopher: https://ps.uci.edu/news/3110

Spring 2024 ESS 226 Field Trip Recap

This spring, students in ESS 226, "Land Surface Processes," embarked on an unforgettable road trip across Southern California. The journey took them through the breathtaking landscapes of the San Jacinto Mountains, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, the Salton Sea, and Joshua Tree National Park. Along the way, they explored diverse ecosystems including chaparral, the Mojave and Sonoran deserts, montane forests, and even crossed a tectonic plate boundary!

A team led by Professor Eric Rignot from the Department of Earth System Science uncovers significant "vigorous melting" at Thwaites Glacier. 📖 Read more: https://bit.ly/3URvM3C

🎉Dean James Bullock has been reappointed to a second 5-year term. Under his leadership, the school has added more than 20 faculty members, improved undergraduate advising, and developed multiple education initiatives.
👏Read more:
https://ps.uci.edu/news/3106