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

"Scientists have speculated and theorized on phenomena occurring at the boundaries of crystalline grains for decades, but now - through the use of the most advanced instruments available to the scientific community - we have been able to transition from theory to observation," said lead author Xiaoqing Pan, UC Irvine Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering and director of the UC Irvine Materials Research Institute.