conservation

Bleaching of Coral Reefs Reduced Where Daily Temperature Changes are Large

Written on April 26, 2018.

By taking a closer look, UCI scientists find resilience in face of heat stress Apr. 26, 2018 – Coral reef bleaching is stark evidence of the damage being inflicted by global climate change on marine ecosystems, but a research team led by scientists at the University of California, Irvine has found some cause for hope. While many corals are dying, others are showing resilience to increased sea surface temperatures, pointing to possible clues to the survival and recovery of these...

Walkabout for water

Written on July 29, 2014.

Twelve UC undergrads go Down Under to study Aussie approaches to drought, conservation and resource management Bright undergraduates from UC Irvine, UCLA and UC San Diego spent some of this summer Down Under, immersing themselves in drought solutions, wetlands design and related issues – sometimes literally. “I thought it was ground, and it wasn’t. It was water, it was cold, and it got way deep,” says Clint Rosser, who’ll be a UC San Diego senior this fall, describing how he accidentally...

Jessica Yu’s ‘Last Call at the Oasis’ Made Her a Water Activist

Written on June 13, 2012.

Jessica Yu’s ‘Last Call at the Oasis’ is a feature-length documentary on water waste, water quality and water manipulation around the world. Making the film turned her into a water activist. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times If you want to say that Jessica Yu burst onto the film scene in 1993 with her short “Sour Death Balls,” you’d be almost literally right. The film is almost 10 minutes of people trying to handle the disgusting confection. Yu’s...

Droughtbusters

Written on October 3, 2011.

Anita Hamilton, Time Magazine Record droughts have parched the earth’s crust from Somalia to Texas this year. The effects on the world’s drinking-water supply have been enormous. The level of China’s Yangtze River, the third largest in the world, sank so low this spring that about 400,000 people along its shores were stuck without a local drinking-water source until the government opened the gates of its massive Three Gorges dam to help counteract the crisis. In East Africa,...

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Bleaching of Coral Reefs Reduced Where Daily Temperature Changes are Large

Walkabout for water

Jessica Yu’s ‘Last Call at the Oasis’ Made Her a Water Activist

Droughtbusters