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“Global Environmental Change & Human Security,” recently published by the MIT Press, features content and editing by several UC Irvine scholars.

UCI Earth science graduate students created a blog that predicts and explains the science behind Orange County weather.

Bloggers apply National Weather Service data to Orange County conditions and topography to create a detailed, scientific report.

It may have been a rainy winter, but there’s still cause for concern about California’s water supply. Just ask Jay Famiglietti, UC Irvine Earth system science professor and founding director of the new UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling, which aims to help the state tackle its drought-induced water crisis. Famiglietti recently made headlines when he and NASA […]

New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California’s primary agricultural region – the Central Valley -…

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.

The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.

Newkirk Center event brings together experts in law and public health to discuss environmental law, climate change and pollution in China.

More than 1 billion people worldwide have unreliable access to clean water. To raise awareness of this and other water issues, UC Irvine is hosting a two-day public event featuring free movies and a panel discussion with local water experts.

Using satellite data, UC Irvine and NASA hydrologists have found that groundwater beneath northern India has been receding by as much as 1 foot per year over the past decade – and they believe human consumption is almost entirely to blame.