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Brett Sanders

@floodlab.bsky.social
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Chancellor's Professor Civil and Environmental Engineering Urban Planning and Public Policy University of California, Irvine floodlab.eng.uci.edu

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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Since 1984, 500 acres of beach area has been added across Southern California, the most urbanized and dammed part of the California coast More beaches are widening than narrowing So, we have enough sand, but not where we need it most Work led by Jon Warrick, USGS www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
A lovely article about my work at @ucirvine.bsky.social. innovation.uci.edu/news/zeppeli...
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When the Levee Breaks – UCI Beall Applied Innovation
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Nice write up of our recent work to address flood risk in Florida by @noaa.gov coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/new-mod...
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New Model Enables Rapid Flood Prediction in Miami to Support Risk Management - NCCOS - National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
An NCCOS-supported research team developed a new model to rapidly simulate flood patterns in Miami, Florida, and better manage storm hazards. The model introduces a novel approach to represent the inf...
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
A new model formulation for fast, high-res (<3m), physics-based flood simulation over large areas (> 1,000 km2) with groundwater interactions and hydraulic structures. More work to come informing adaptation in both Miami and Los Angeles. w/ @katharinemach.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Mud and debris hazards in Southern California are generated when loose material in mountain canyons, released from hill slopes with the burning of vegetation, is mobilized by streamflow. An illustration w/ Eaton Canyon above Altadena. Note the critical role of debris basins - protecting communities.
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Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
@floodlab.bsky.social examined flood hazard maps and found that the summer camp's cabins were within a federally designated “floodway.” "There was a breakdown somewhere along the way, in the understanding of risks and the ability to take action in a timely way." www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Like Texas, California faces major dangers when extreme floods come
The flood disaster in Texas claimed dozens of lives. Extreme floods also bring dangers in parts of California, although experts say there are differences.
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
A welcome spotlight on the value of graduate education. brilliantfuture.uci.edu/small-fellow...
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Small Fellowships Help Grad Student Make Big Waves in Beach Preservation - Brilliant Future: The Campaign for UCI
I’m extremely thankful for those smaller scholarships because they gave me the opportunity to pursue research that makes a difference in our community, and they directly changed my life.”
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Mudslides and debris flows following wildfires can be more deadly than the fires themselves. Communities are protected by debris basins, but they are prone to overtopping. An "explainer". @ucirvine.bsky.social @ppicnotes.bsky.social @adaptationhive.bsky.social #adapt www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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Opinion: After the Los Angeles fires stop burning, another grave risk to lives and property looms
Mudslides and debris flows are a risk around Altadena, Pacific Palisades and other areas affected by the wildfires, which can destabilize mountain slopes.
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Tiktok is off, but Trump will come to the rescue. Good grief.
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I still can’t believe this is all happening in JANUARY. #losangeles #wildfires @adaptationhive.bsky.social
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Jimmy Carter ♥️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=t952... #bobdylan #jimmycarter
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All the Bob Dylan bits in "Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President" (2020)
YouTube video by Painted Passport
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
When you’re an owner of an F1 team and you need to decorate the house for the holidays. #california #newportbay #orangecounty
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
♥️♥️♥️🙏🙏🙏
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
How will this impact the pace, direction and effectiveness of climate adaptation? #adapt www.latimes.com/world-nation...
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Supreme Court may sharply limit the scope of environmental impact statements
The conservative-leaning Supreme Court has steadily ruled against environmental regulation and may be about to do so again.
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Early start to Day 1 at AGU. Hope to see you in our floods sessions today.
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
I'm pleased to share a commentary paper co-authored by Oliver Wing and Paul Bates, and published today by Earth's Future, calling for an end to bathtub modeling in flood risk studies. Ready why here: "Flooding is Not Like Filling a Bath" dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024... #adapt
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
UCI Flood Lab - Fall 2024 Happy Holidays to All #adapt @ucirvine.bsky.social
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
San Simeon ♥️
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Brett Sanders @floodlab.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thankful to see an unarmored river in coastal California. Happy Thanksgiving from Paso Robles! @adaptationhive.bsky.social
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