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wildfire. and smoke rises over hill and trees in forest at night

Wildfire, Soil Emissions Increasing Air Pollution in Remote Forests

by Emily C. Dooley
August 29, 2023

Drone prototype for better wildfire detection

New Drone Research Advances Wildfire Monitoring

by Jessica Heath
August 28, 2023

yellow wildflowers in foreground overlooking homes in Los Angeles at sunrise

California Climate Action Grants Awarded to 4 UC Davis Projects

by University of California/UC Davis News and Media Relations
August 23, 2023

A black-cheeked woodpecker sits in tree with natural cavity in its trunk in Ecuador

Deforestation Limits Nesting Habitat for Cavity-Nesting Birds

by Tiffany Dobbyn
August 23, 2023

Campus water tower seen with solar panels in the foreground.

Checking In With Chancellor May: Sustainability

by Chancellor Gary S. May
August 18, 2023

Sea level rise, water over bridge

Climate Change Experts List

by Kat Kerlin
August 05, 2023

A close up of seagrass with a inflatable boat in the background

Genome Study Shows Recent Spread of Eelgrass

by Andy Fell
July 21, 2023

Lake Tahoe in winter

Clarity, Changing Food Web Detailed in Annual Lake Tahoe Report

by Emily C. Dooley
July 20, 2023

Gray patches cover the back. of a killer whale partly submerged in the ocean

Skin Disease in Endangered Killer Whales Concerns Scientists

by Justin Cox
June 28, 2023

Beautiful Andes mountains in blue hue and surrounding valley.

Climate Change Likely Led to Violence in Early Andean Populations

by Karen Nikos-Rose
June 15, 2023

Two mean in front of race plants inside a greenhouse.

UC Davis Innovation Awards for 2023 Honor Contributions That Benefit Society

by Neelanjana Gautam
June 14, 2023

Marina LaForgia posing in a field of flowers

Badass Babes of Botany

by Malia Reiss
June 13, 2023

elephant loggers ride atop elephants in Myanmar with logs to the side and forrest in background

Bat-Borne Sarbecoviruses Spilled Over in Southeast Asia Pre-Pandemic

by Kat Kerlin
June 09, 2023

Woman holds rectangular materials in a lab

A Sustainable Solution: Compostable Wind Turbine Blades

by Sharon Campbell Knox
May 30, 2023

Buses, cars, and motorcyles congest a busy street in Jaipur, India

Global Transition to Electric Vehicles Needs Urgent Support, Report Warns

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
May 25, 2023

Biological soil crust, or biocrust, with grid laid atop it, with yellow markers for research

Biocrust Mapping Project Wins Creativity-Innovation Award

by Dateline Staff
May 23, 2023

UC Davis researchers find cultivated meat is likely worse for the climate than retail beef under current production methods. Photo of Mosa Meat Burger on a sesame seed bun with pickles, cheese, onions, lettuce and tomato.(Credit/ Mosa Meat CC-BY- 4)

Lab-Grown Meat’s Carbon Footprint Potentially Worse Than Retail Beef

by Amy Quinton
May 22, 2023

storm clouds hover over top of cream-colored home

How Could a Changing Climate Impact Society, Infrastructure, and People?

by US Department of Energy
May 15, 2023

Close up of pinkish-red candy cap mushroom on forest floor in California

Heart Goes Shroom

by Malia Reiss
May 08, 2023

Oil well rigger ocean

Cleanup of Inactive Gulf of Mexico Wells Estimated at $30 Billion

by Emily Dooley
May 08, 2023

aerial view of trains full of coal in open air

Coal Trains Increase Air Pollution in San Francisco Bay Area

by Kat Kerlin
April 27, 2023

UC Davis professor Alessandro Ossola reaches into canopy of tree in urban garden

Alessandro Ossola Named Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research

by Foundation for Food & Agriculture Rsearch and UC Davis News and Media Relations
April 24, 2023

A San Clemente island fox looks at camera

Ensuring a Future for 10 Iconic Animals

by Kat Kerlin
April 19, 2023

Rows of bright orange tetrahedral shapes against a red/yellow background.

Using Machine Learning to Find Reliable and Low-Cost Solar Cells

by Andy Fell
April 17, 2023

Ermias Kebreab and Matthias Hess with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences stand in front of a cow eating feed at the UC Davis dairy barn. They will work with UC collaborators to cut methane emissions from cow guts using the genome-editing tool CRSPR. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

Can CRISPR Cut Methane Emissions From Cow Guts?

by Clémentine Sicard
April 17, 2023

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