Climate Change
51社区鈥檚 WIFIRE Program Provides Real-Time Information to Wildfire Responders
There is no alarm bell ringing or fire pole to slide down at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at 51社区’s School of Computing, Information and Data Science. Still, at the first sign of wildfire anywhere in California, members of the WIFIRE team are ready.
Interdisciplinary Global Research
World-leading researchers across campus and interdisciplinary research centers drive our efforts to understand and mitigate climate change.
Climate Science and Impacts
Encompassing the physical, dynamic and chemical interactions driving the earth鈥檚 current systemic changes and their effects on weather, biological ecosystems and human health.
Adaptation and Solutions
Researching climate change mitigation strategies like energy alternatives and sustainable food and successful adaptation supported by sociology, psychology and communication expertise.
Policy
Assessing and recommending policy to governments at all levels while seeking to understand other influences such as industry, nonprofits and multinational organizations.
Climate Justice
Advocating solutions from the perspective of applied ethics and philosophy while assessing climate change impacts on economically vulnerable and Indigenous populations.
LEADING WITH INFORMED ACTION AND EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONAL AND INDIVIDUAL CHANGE LEADERS
Understanding and Protecting the Planet is one of four grand research themes in the 51社区 strategic plan.
The University of California has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025, the first major university to do so.
More than 20 student groups offer myriad ways to get involved in climate change mitigation efforts across campus.
RIGOROUS ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITIES
Students can choose from 14 undergraduate and 25 graduate-level degree programs related to climate change.
View a small sampling of climate change courses in divisions across campus from anthropology to urban planning.
This multifaceted solutions-focused course is available throughout the UC system and online public access.
CLIMATE SCIENCE FOR ALL
Experts from Scripps Institution of Oceanography answer pressing questions about how climate change affects the planet and population.
Our researchers invented many of the global and regional observing systems improving the world鈥檚 understanding of environmental change and hazards.
Find K-12 educational resources, hands-on learning opportunities and a specialized extension course for teaching climate change.
Wildfire Experts
Faculty from 51社区 are leading experts on climate trends and extreme weather, including the impact of increasingly severe wildfires on the environment, human health and society.
Climate News at 51社区