UC Davis launches $1.4M project to help Kenya's rural poor UC Davis February 27, 2017 Grant will help develop a set of interventions for poverty and drought.
A house designed for drought UC Davis December 21, 2016 UC Davis students tackle the water crisis in their entry for the Department of Energy’s 2017 Solar Decathlon.
Drought strikes centuries-old California oaks UC Natural Reserve System December 13, 2016 An estimated 100 million trees have died during the most severe dry spell in living memory.
Grad student’s water-mapping work leads to national recognition UC Merced November 10, 2016 Using big data to streamline water planning and fight climate change.
Pacific Ocean’s response to greenhouse gases could extend California drought for centuries UCLA September 15, 2016 New study finds similarities between natural forces that warmed California for millennia and greenhouse gases.
Helping the state cope with drought using wastewater UC Riverside August 26, 2016 A new economic model shows how treatment processes may create a viable, affordable water supply for crops.
High risk of wildfire projected for Amazon UC Irvine July 6, 2016 UC Irvine and NASA forecast suggests greater danger than in past drought years.
Burning questions about what forest fires actually do UC Davis May 16, 2016 Wildfires at two UC Davis natural reserves spark scientific exploration into their ecology.
California’s water system leaks like a sieve — how to save millions of gallons California Magazine March 2, 2016 Quantifying, much less preventing, H2O loss is almost impossible. UC Berkeley's John Gage wants to solve the problem.
Tracking El Niño’s impact UC Santa Barbara February 18, 2016 UC Santa Barbara geologists are measuring coastal erosion and the effects of rising sea levels and storms brought by weather phenomenon.