UC Natural Reserve System |
UC’s Natural Reserve System establishes research compact with Chilean university reserves
The partnership paves the way for a variety of exchange programs between two regions with remarkably similar biological and ecological traits.
UC Newsroom |
How the Indigenous practice of ‘good fire’ can help our forests thrive
Once outlawed, cultural burns can save our forests from uncontrollable wildfire.
UC Newsroom |
How UC research is helping California meet the challenges of the climate crisis
Hundreds of University of California scientists and researchers across the state are working to help people adapt to climate change, with innovations to fight fire, protect water supplies and accelerate the transition to a clean energy future.
UC Davis |
People turned to gardening for stress relief, food access during pandemic, new survey says
More green spaces and urban farming opportunities could be helpful in future disasters.
UC Santa Barbara |
Do we need to revise our definition of drought?
Climate scientists reconsider the meaning and implications of drought — and whether we can return to “normal.”
UC Santa Cruz |
Elephant seals’ map sense tells them when to head ‘home’
Researchers found that female elephant seals know their distance from the breeding beach and allocate extra time to get back if they have farther to travel.
Columbia and UC Santa Cruz |
A slow-motion section of the San Andreas Fault may not be so harmless after all
A study suggests that the central section of the San Andreas fault has hosted many major earthquakes.
UC Merced |
Last year’s drought cost the ag industry more than $1 billion, thousands of jobs, new analysis shows
Crops most affected by increased fallowing include rice, cotton, grain and field crops.
UC Davis |
Just what is a resilient forest, anyway?
Resilient, frequent-fire forests have far fewer trees than we're used to.
UC Riverside |
Can the Salton Sea geothermal field prevent the coming lithium shortage?
UC Riverside and Berkeley Lab join exploration of California’s resources.
UCLA |
Megadrought in southwestern North America is region’s driest in at least 1,200 years
The drought that has enveloped southwestern North America for the past 22 years is the region’s driest “megadrought” — defined as a drought lasting two decades or longer — since at least the year 800, according to a new UCLA-led study in the journal Nature Climate Change.
UC Newsroom |
UC’s greenhouse gas emissions are now at 1990 levels — and declining
All 10 campuses and their affiliated health systems have reduced greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels – a notable achievement given UC’s significant growth over the last three decades.