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Sand Dunes landscape

October 15, 2025

Rain in the Sahara? UIC researchers predict a wetter future for the desert

Higher temperatures could bring more rain to much of Africa.

Silhouette tree with sunset in background in the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

August 19, 2025

In Africa, heat waves are hotter and longer than 40 years ago, UIC researchers say

Greenhouse gas emissions, black carbon and other human activities are responsible for 70% of these changes.

Max Berkelhammer

May 28, 2025

Q&A on climate change with Max Berkelhammer

UIC climate scientist discusses the key things to know about climate change

An aerial shot of Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood with a large sculpture of the Puerto Rican flag in the center.

November 4, 2024

New UIC center will explore tools for climate equity in Chicago

NIH pilot center gathers UIC experts from five colleges

Person walking through the rain on the west side of campus. Photo by Martin Hernandez/UIC

September 26, 2024

Climate change will lead to wetter US winters, modeling study finds 

Most regions will see higher and more intense winter precipitation by the end of the century

Sunrise on Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2020, at the University of Illinois Chicago. Campus Beauty shots.

September 30, 2022

UIC teams with Argonne, partners in urban climate change study

CROCUS will conduct neighborhood-scale climate research in the Chicago region

Abstract image of atoms passing through water and an electrified membrane under a shining sun.

September 9, 2022

A breakthrough discovery in carbon capture conversion for ethylene production   

New method converts carbon dioxide into chemical

July 25, 2022

NSF, DOE grants fund UIC research to decarbonize cement manufacturing

Researchers investigate new methods to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

University of Illinois Chicago College of Engineering ChE PhD student Rohan Sartape with a Migration Assisted Moisture Gradient (MAMG) CO2 capture unit as part of professor Meenesh Singh's research in Chicago , January 31, 2022. UIC Engineering/Jim Young - ChE, Graduate, Lab, Magazine

January 27, 2022

Stackable artificial leaf uses less power than lightbulb to capture 100 times more carbon than other systems

UIC College of Engineering scientists are revolutionizing carbon capture technology

Glacial river: Alaska Coastal Rainforest Center photo

February 10, 2021

What climate-driven changes await coastal temperate rainforest ecosystems?

Study highlights research priorities for understanding coastal ecosystem linkages more broadly

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