Sep 2, 2022, 9:31 AM
ASGG students Nathan Pope and Arthur Hu have both won awards for their excellent presentation skills this year.
Aug 1, 2022, 3:37 PM
Wine grapes are sensitive crops that are susceptible to subtle changes in temperature and precipitation, making them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Regenerative agriculture,…
Jul 15, 2022, 2:38 PM
Prof. Adele Igel’s recent research about methods for modeling rain in models of the atmosphere was highlighted by an Editor of the Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems on Eos.org.
Jul 7, 2022, 8:23 AM
Producing energy takes up land—a fact you could be forgiven for forgetting today. After all, the current energy system only occupies about 0.4% of ice-free land worldwide, most of it for hydroelectric…
Jun 3, 2022, 11:12 AM
On a clear day, the little-known UC Davis weather station is barely noticeable to passersby, but it has been recording weather since the 1800s. Students monitor winds, temperature and other weather…
Jun 3, 2022, 9:10 AM
Established in 1992, Professors for the Future (PFTF) is a year-long competitive fellowship program designed to recognize and develop the leadership skills of outstanding graduate students and…
May 9, 2022, 11:22 AM
Kate Scow from the University of California, Davis, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. She was among 120 new members and 30 international members announced by the…
Feb 25, 2022, 1:31 PM
If you make your way to the west end of the Arboretum from early February through May this year, you will find a new addition to the waterway — a floating, solar-powered aerator installation funded by…
Feb 11, 2022, 3:53 PM
El Niño, an oceanic phenomenon that affects worldwide weather patterns, significantly affected the number of enslaved Africans transported from West Africa to the Americas between the mid-1600s and…
Dec 15, 2021, 2:00 PM
Allan Lee, a graduate student in Atmospheric Science, was a regional winner and quarter finalist in the WxChallenge, a nationwide forecasting competition open to participants from undergraduate…
Oct 28, 2021, 1:02 PM
Study Shows Large-Scale Solar Can Cool Nearby Areas
Using satellite imagery, scientists from UC Davis, Lancaster University, and Ludong University published research showing that utility-scale solar…
Aug 19, 2021, 11:51 AM
Adele Igel has been awarded a grant from the Department of Energy’s Atmospheric Science Research program to study the response of convective storms, such as thunderstorms, to changes in air pollution.…
Jul 21, 2021, 10:22 AM
Jared Trok and Abbey Williams both received graduate fellowships** from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to support their graduate work in atmospheric science starting next year.
Jul 8, 2021, 3:49 PM
The LAWR Awards Committee is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 LAWR Award Program
May 12, 2021, 9:56 AM
Please join us in congratulating our very own Dr. Rebecca Lybrand on receiving the SSSA Pedology Division Award for her contributions to the field of
Pedology.
May 3, 2021, 4:17 PM
Throughout the history of the West, human actions have often rushed the desert — and their actions backfired. In the 1920s, the Colorado River Compact notoriously overallocated water still used today…
Jan 27, 2021, 5:28 AM
Dani Gelardi and Geoffrey Koch both graduate students in the Soils and Biogeochemistry Graduate Group have been selected as recipients of the 2021 American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society…
Jan 8, 2021, 11:19 AM
Society for Science (the Society) yesterday announced the top 300 scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Search (STS) 2021, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition for…
Dec 18, 2020, 2:24 PM
While the pressures of climate change bring a sense of urgency to renewable energy development, a new study serves as a roadmap toward uniting the goals of a low-carbon future with that of ecological…
Nov 19, 2020, 1:12 PM
Driven by climate change and population growth, wildfires are becoming more frequent and severe worldwide, particularly in California, a region with exceptionally high wildfire incidence.