UC Riverside |

A California dairy tried to capture its methane. It worked.

Sealing manure ponds at a Central Valley farm cut emissions dramatically.
UC Santa Barbara |

The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

New research from UC Santa Barbara reveals that the atmosphere’s drying capacity is outpacing increases to rainfall.
UC San Diego |

Pollution from the Tijuana River affects air quality in San Diego

A new study finds pollutants from the river are transmitted to the ocean and the air.
UC Santa Barbara |

A cheap and easy potential solution for lowering carbon emissions in maritime shipping

A digital queueing system at busy ports could reduce traffic jams and lower the maritime shipping industry's carbon emissions.
UC Santa Cruz |

AI is good at weather forecasting. Can it predict freak weather events?

A new study tests neural networks’ ability to handle ‘gray swan’ events.
UC San Diego |

New gel could boost coral reef restoration

A substance developed at UC San Diego improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces.
UC Santa Cruz |

The ripple effect of small earthquakes near major faults

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds.
UC Newsroom |

UC awards $18 million to scale up the ambition and impact of AI in science

Together with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Labs, the University of California is funding research to develop new AI approaches in genomics, quantum materials discovery and geothermal energy.
UC San Diego |

At UC San Diego, NOAA collaboration provides backbone for global environmental intelligence

NOAA support helps protect monitoring programs, weather forecasting, and technology development essential for public safety.
UC Davis |

What to know about processed and ultra-processed food

Experts weigh in on the debate behind how processed foods could affect health and how the food industry could improve.
UC Newsroom |

4 California critters making a comeback with help from UC researchers

This Earth Day, we’re celebrating stories from the past year of UC research that illustrate the resilience of life on our planet.
UC Berkeley |

On Jupiter, it’s mushballs all the way down

Slushy hailstones of ammonia and water were part of a bizarre theory to explain the planet's poorly mixed atmosphere. These mushballs seem to be real, say UC Berkeley scientists.