Central Valley irrigation intensifies rainfall, storms across the Southwest

Agricultural irrigation in California’s Central Valley doubles the amount of water vapor pumped into the atmosphere, ratcheting up rainfall and powerful monsoons across the interior Southwest, according to a new study by UC Irvine scientists.

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Brett Sanders

Flood Watchers

UCI researchers sound the alarm on future Southern California deluge

UC Irvine researchers create E. coli-based water monitoring technology

Bacterium used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination

A living plant wall at the Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute.

New Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute on UCI campus advances whole-person care

Innovative design promotes wellness, enables expansion of clinical, teaching and research efforts

Be green with UC Irvine

Be green with UC Irvine At UCI, sustainability is part of everything we do, from the way we operate our campus, to what we teach in the classroom, through community partnerships and our vital climate change research around the world. Commitment to sustainability World-changing climate research In every school on the UCI campus, you’ll find […]

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UCI Podcast: The technologies that could solve California’s droughts

Policies, and especially attitudes toward water, will have to shift as climate change makes drought more severe, says David Feldman

Meeting the Future

With plans for a new medical complex and college of health sciences underway, UCI continues its evolution to help the individual and the broader community

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UCI Podcast: How drought and climate change threaten California’s water

Better management of groundwater could help, says Nicola Ulibarri

Rendering of UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport.

UCI to build world-class hospital on Irvine campus

UCI Medical Center-Irvine will anchor the north campus healing gardens, naturescapes and research preserve

Global glacier melt raises sea levels and depletes once-reliable water source

UCI/NASA JPL scientists use satellite gravity measurements to monitor ice changes