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Using satellites and sensors to project California's water supply. Think of the Sierra Nevada as California's water tower. Sixty percent or more of our water comes from this mountain range. This film follow Roger Bales, director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced, into the mountains to measure the water and geochemical balance of the landscape. The impact of climate change on California's water supply is more than an environmental concern -- it's at the forefront of economic sustainability.

Dr. Steve Vogt, Professor Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, describes how to use his Automated Planet Finder telescope to discover a habitable planet.

What do people do while waiting for wine grapes to ferment? Enjoy a beer, of course. Charlie Bamforth, the "Pope of Foam", explains beer-making and reveals how to pick the freshest pint when you're at a pub.

Mr. Smolin at Hamilton High School in Los Angeles proves that being an amazing teacher is both a rewarding and exciting job.

NASA Mars Science Laboratory team geologist Dawn Sumner gives us a tour of the Curiosity rover and the instruments the probe carried to the red planet. An array of cameras, lasers and drills will conduct experiments to determine the composition of the planet's rocks.

UC Berkeley linguistics lecturer Patrick Boudreault, who is deaf, explains that language is a fluid thing that's not just spoken. It's something universal that happens in our minds, whether it's communicated with our hands or our voice.

Saving endangered species through physiology. We have 50 years to save the Hawaiian monk seal - to stop them from going extinct. The students that we train today are going to be absolutely key to saving the species. This episode of Onward California follows Terrie Williams, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, as she provides students with the hands-on knowledge that they need to make a difference.

When searching the universe for habitable planets, you discover that most of the universe is incredibly hostile, it's a vacuum, it's freezing-cold space or you're burning hot near a star. The first habitable planet found outside our solar system is in a habitable-zone orbit; it's a place of refuge from the unbelievable harshness of the universe. Dr. Steve Vogt, a UC Santa Cruz professor of astronomy and astrophysics, takes us into the Lick Observatory, where he has devoted years of research to finding these earth-like planets.

UCSF bioengineering professor Shuvo Roy is developing artificial kidney that could revolutionize care for millions of people around the world. The implantable device would provide relief for people with kidney failure who rely on dialysis or are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant.

Dr. Steve Vogt, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, shares how he got his start in astronomy and gives a tour of the Lick Observatory, the first mountaintop observatory in the US.

Geologist Dawn Sumner uses virtual reality 3-D images to walk the surface of Earth and Mars. This technology enables the study of rocks which can offer clues to the origins of the red planet and our own planet.