Mission to Mexico
UCI staff member Bernadette Strobel-Lopez makes weekly trek to bring basic necessities to victims of the Mexicali earthquake.
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UC Irvine News Brief: Kenyan dignitary talks sustainable agriculture with UCI researchers
Parliament member Peter Mwathi met with William Cooper, director of UCI’s Urban Water Research Center, and visited the Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing and the UC Center for Hydrologic Modeling.
Documenting California’s water woes
UCI hydrologist Jay Famiglietti calls much-needed attention to California’s dwindling groundwater supply.
Preserving wetlands for science
San Joaquin wetlands manager William Bretz helps preserve the fragile ecosystem for UCI researchers and students, as well as the creatures that depend on the marsh for survival.
A glass half empty
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 […]
Getting the lead out
Oladele Ogunseitan picks up a cell phone and tosses it into a small wood chipper in his UC Irvine lab. Is he conducting a wacky experiment? Overreacting to one too many dropped calls? Actually, Ogunseitan grinds up old phones for a purely scientific cause: He’s studying toxic electronic waste. Chair of the population health & […]
Nature’s steward
For William Bretz, there’s no such thing as just another day at the office. Instead of working behind a desk, he’s usually behind the wheel of a mud-splattered SUV, making the rounds at the San Joaquin Freshwater Marsh Reserve. On this bright December morning, rolling along an earthen dike, he encounters a flock of Canada […]
Central Valley water
The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.
Water: California’s disappearing resource
The view from space is not pretty as satellites show California groundwater being pumped for irrigation in unsustainable quantities.
Solving the e-waste dilemma
Electronic devices could create significant environmental and health problems after they are thrown away. UC Irvine researchers are working with engineers, manufacturers and public health officials to find solutions.