- NPR, Aug. 19, 2015
In search of a drought strategy, California looks down under
Australia survived, though. It came through that drought, in fact, “with no discernible decline in the quality of life!” says David Feldman, professor of policy, planning, and design at the University of California, Irvine. “I think there’s a lesson there.” … Australians now treasure their water in a way that most Californians still don’t, Feldman says.
- Los Angeles Times, Aug. 20, 2015
A children’s dance class also focuses on body image and self-respect
UC Irvine student Irishia Hubbard …. and Nicole Rivor, who graduated from UC Irvine in June, teamed up in late May to co-found Shining Stars, a free week-long program that teaches local youth the basics of dance but also lessons in body image, confidence and self-acceptance.
- The Washington Post, Aug. 20, 2015
The crucial question of just how fast West Antarctica could melt
Indeed, two noted ice sheet experts – Eric Rignot of NASA [and UCI] and Isabella Velicogna of the University of California, Irvine – recently joined former NASA scientist James Hansen as co-authors of a controversial paper … which asserts that “several meters” of sea level rise due to ice sheet loss could occur within 50, 100, or 200 years, depending on how fast the rate of ice loss is able to double.
- The Washington Post, Aug. 20, 2015
Global warming worsened the California drought, scientists say
Amir AghaKouchak, a hydrology professor at the University of California, Irvine who said in June that science did not support connecting the drought to warming, said the report’s results show that human influences are having an effect.
- The Weather Channel, Aug. 19, 2015
Wildfires, hurricanes share remarkably strong link, study says
Discovered by Yang Chen, associate project scientist at UCI …. “North Atlantic hurricanes and Amazon fires are related to one another through shared linkages to ocean-atmosphere interactions in the tropical Atlantic Ocean,” said Chen.