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UCI Engineers Evaluate Snow Drought in Different Parts of the World

Written on August 3, 2020.

Deficit in Western United States found to be of increased intensity in recent years August 3, 2020 – Environmental engineers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a new framework for characterizing snow droughts around the world. Using this tool to analyze conditions from 1980 to 2018, the researchers found a 28-percent increase in the length of intensified snow-water deficits in the Western United States during the second half of the study period. Results from...

On the Water Front

Written on December 12, 2016.

Renowned hydrologist joins UCI to lead interdisciplinary research efforts Dec. 12, 2016 — Efi Foufoula-Georgiou, an expert in hydrology and water resources, recently joined the University of California, Irvine as a Distinguished Professor of civil & environmental engineering. After nearly three decades at the University of Minnesota, with her research laboratory perched atop a waterfall on the Mississippi River, she moved to a region suffering from a severe drought, but the native...

UCI to Co-lead $50 Million Water-energy Research Consortium

Written on October 5, 2015.

US-China collaboration also will include 4 other UC campuses, university lab Oct. 5, 2015– The University of California, Irvine will be part of a five-year, multimillion-dollar, international research consortium tackling water-related aspects of energy production and use, the U.S. Department of Energy has announced. The partnership, led by UC Berkeley in collaboration with UCI, includes the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, UC Davis, UC Merced, UCLA, and the Boston-based nonprofit SEI...

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UCI Engineers Evaluate Snow Drought in Different Parts of the World

On the Water Front

UCI to Co-lead $50 Million Water-energy Research Consortium