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IMAGE: Droughts, such as the one impacting Devil s Punchbowl on the northern slope of the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County, have increased in duration and severity over the past. view more
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Irvine, Calif., May 17, 2021 Greenhouse gases and aerosol pollution emitted by human activities are responsible for increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of droughts around the world, according to researchers at the University of California, Irvine.
In a study published recently in
Nature Communications, scientists in UCI s Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering showed that over the past century, the likelihood of stronger and more long-lasting dry spells grew in the Americas, the Mediterranean, western and southern Africa and eastern Asia.
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Dr. Kauser Jahan founded Engineers on Wheels and Rowan s Attracting Women into Engineering.
For Dr. Kauser Jahan, professor and head of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering, working in leadership and outreach “becomes part of who you are.”
The New Jersey STEM Pathways Network honored Jahan with the 2021 NJ STEM Civic Leadership Award in March. In addition to founding Engineers on Wheels, which in 2013 received national recognition from the WEPAN Outstanding Women in Engineering Program Initiative, Jahan also founded Rowan’s Attracting Women into Engineering outreach program in 1999. For those of us who are passionate about the future of STEM education, our job is not only getting students excited about engineering careers, but also reaching out to underrepresented populations, Jahan said.