Data from NASA satellites can greatly improve predictions of how likely a river basin is to overflow months before it does, according to new findings by UC Irvine. The use of such data, which capture a much fuller picture of how water is accumulating, could result in earlier flood warnings, potentially saving lives and property.
Multidisciplinary projects focused on data science, medical humanities and water will be funded under new Interschool Academic Initiative program
Three UC Irvine graduate students have received prestigious NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowships for their research projects involving water and climate. NASA provides the awards, which include up to three years of financial support, to ensure training of a highly qualified workforce in disciplines that support its scientific goals. “Each of these students is amazing […]
Already strained by water scarcity and political tensions, the arid Middle East along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is losing critical water reserves at a rapid pace, from Turkey upstream to Syria, Iran and Iraq below.
Creative use of sewage effluent and rainfall is critical to quenching global thirst, according to sweeping new review.
“Last Call at the Oasis,” starring UCI’s Jay Famiglietti, opens at Edwards University Town Center on Friday. Media tickets available.
UCI hydrologist Jay Famiglietti stars in new documentary about water scarcity, pollution.
Earth system science professor and former U.N. secretary general spoke at summit last month in Berlin.
This summer, surfers and swimmers will risk more than sunburn — the ocean could make them sick. UCI researchers are testing the waters and working to improve the detection, identification, measurement and elimination of coastal pollutants.
Sunny Jiang, a UC Irvine researcher studying pollution in Orange County’s coastal waters, recently got a graphic look at how swimming and surfing in the ocean can make people sick. She and a team of graduate students charted incidents of poor water quality at Southern California beaches over a 10-year period and the number of […]