But with temperatures in Iran rapidly rising, experts are urging the government and international organizations to ramp up efforts to address a lesser-discussed crisis at hand. Unfortunately, “when it comes to heatwaves, they don’t get the attention they deserve,” says Amir Aghakouchak, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of California, Irvine. Read More

“If you’re a regional flood manager and you’re thinking about what the highest priority project [is], the shifts in the data product could shift where the budget goes,” said Brett Sanders, an author of the paper and a Chancellor’s Professor of civil and environmental engineering, urban planning and public policy at UC Irvine. Sanders and his team reached their conclusion by comparing two flood-risk models for Los Angeles County … Read More

The amount of rainfall in Iran's main river basins between September 2020 and July 2021 was, in most places, substantially lower compared to the same period last year …. Researchers in the United States have gathered data using satellite imagery. This data compares rainfall up to March of this year against the 40-year average. The first three months of 2021 were all well below that average, according to the Center for Hydrometeorology at the University of California Irvine. Read More