UCR astrophysicist Stephen Kane conducted an experiment to see what would happen if our solar system had an extra planet, a "super-Earth" in between the sizes of Earth and Neptune. The results were mostly disastrous for this planet.
UC Riverside is recognized for efforts to decrease the number of police responses on campus, efforts which come in part from work done in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder by police in 2020.
UCR earth and planetary scientists Robert Allen and James Gomez warn that rising global temperatures will lead to an increase in air pollution from natural sources.
Mario Sims, social medicine, population and public health professor, says placing blood pressure machines and offering education in barbershops is a step in the right direction.
Edward Chang, professor of ethnic studies, and his students at UCR's Young Oak Kim Center for Korean American Studies, discovered evidence of a long-forgotten settlement of Korean American migrants in Riverside. Now, the Mellon Foundation has given UCR $850,000 to bolster the research and increase awareness of America's first known Koreatown.
New research from UCR environmental scientists Peter Homyak and Johann Püspök suggests nitrogen released by gas-powered machines causes dry soil to let go of carbon & release it back into the atmosphere.
Andrew Gray, an assistant professor of watershed hydrology at UCR, says studies of coffee pods' carbon footprint are important. However, he says many such studies may overlook some of the pods' other potential impacts on the environment through the production of plastic pollution.
