Innovative UC Irvine research shows the impact of climate change on marine life.

UC Berkeley helps produce a first-of-its-kind map to help neighborhoods reduce their carbon footprints.

All eyes will be on Paris next week as the nations of the world come together to negotiate the future of the planet at the 2015 UN Climate Conference (COP-21), and California will be at the table.

UC President Napolitano, together with all 10 UC chancellors, joined the White House and universities around the country in urging world leaders to take decisive action on climate change.

The fellowships will fund projects, from the classroom to the operating room, that will steer the UC system toward its carbon neutrality goal.

Select instructors at each campus will work with students on projects aimed at building community engagement and awareness.

Weather-related changes threaten key natural regulator of the region's water flow.

Study forecasts that Los Angeles and environs will heat up an average 4 to 5 degrees by mid-century.

A dry winter has led to a fiery spring, and climate change may increase fire danger in the future.

Warmer climate seen to increase crime and violence.

Southern California may lose 30 to 40 percent of annual snowfall by midcentury.

Salmon, other California freshwater fish are likely to disappear if current climate trends continue.