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water

UCI is No. 1 in U.S., No. 2 overall in Sierra magazine’s 2019 ‘Cool Schools’ ranking

With unmatched 10 straight years in top 10, campus is higher ed sustainability leader

Combination of water scarcity and inflexible demand puts world’s river basins at risk

UCI-led study examines consumption patterns and suggests resilience strategies

Soroosh Sorooshian is elected a fellow of the International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics

Soroosh Sorooshian, director of UCI’s Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing and Distinguished Professor of civil & environmental engineering and Earth system science, has been elected a fellow of the International Union of Geodesy & Geophysics. A renowned expert in water resources engineering, Sorooshian has vast experience working with global organizations and looking at the […]

UCI study: Reduced Sierra Nevada snowmelt runoff to threaten California agriculture

One-degree rise in global winter temps to cause less high country snow accumulation

UCI engineers host workshops in East Africa on UCI-developed precipitation technology

Since water is increasingly scarce in arid East Africa, the region’s scientists and engineers have an ongoing need to know about the latest satellite precipitation data and information systems. Experts from UCI’s Center for Hydrometeorology & Remote Sensing traveled to Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, in July to host workshops for government meteorologists and researchers from […]

Chemist Shane Ardo tapped for Department of Energy Early Career Research Program award

Shane Ardo, UCI assistant professor of chemistry, is among 84 scientists from across the nation to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Program. The effort, now in its ninth year, is designed to bolster the country’s scientific workforce by providing support to exceptional researchers during the crucial early career years, […]

Topsy-turvy currents key to removing nitrate from streams, UCI-led study finds

Scientists calculate ‘speed limit’ for pumping pollutant to hungry algae, bacteria

UCI-led study identifies ‘hot spots’ of water quality violations

Problems more frequent in low-income, rural areas of the nation

UCI scientists unveil new satellite-based global drought severity index

Enhanced monitoring tool adds groundwater storage to assessment factors

As part of NSF project, UCI engineer to test water samples from storm-ravaged US Virgin Islands

UCI environmental engineer Sunny Jiang traveled to St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in the second half of November as part of a National Science Foundation Rapid Response Research project. Almost two months after two Category 5 hurricanes (Irma and Maria) struck the region, Jiang and her U.S. Geological Survey collaborator Christina Kellogg gathered samples for water […]