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View from rocky slope over pine forests to a blue Lake Tahoe and distant peaks

Wildfire-Driven Deforestation Rates in California Among Highest in World

by Kat Kerlin
April 22, 2026

Person in orange jacket kneeling with camping gear beside a small alpine lake under blue sky

What Does A Record-Breaking Wildfire Season Mean For Life in Alpine Lakes?

by Gabe Allen, CU Boulder
April 21, 2026

Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake. He stands with arms folded along rocky ridges. The lake is below and mountains are int backdrop.

Lessons from the Caldor Fire’s Christmas Valley ‘Miracle’

by Kat Kerlin
December 19, 2025

Hugh Safford stands with back to camera, hands on hips, overlooking mountains and forests searching for Jeffrey pine

An Extreme Tree Hunt in the Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
November 10, 2025

A young songbird, the great tit, with yellow, white and black markings, pushes a red sliding door to the left of a white box while two other birds watch.

These Songbirds Learn More From Siblings Than From Parents

by Kat Kerlin
October 09, 2025

Two scientists in wet suits swim in a shallow part of Lake Tahoe collecting rocks covered with attached algae

Lake Tahoe Algae Experiment Suggests Seasonal Shifts Ahead

by Kat Kerlin
October 06, 2025

Mountain landscape within which grows a Jeffrey pine tree between a lodgepole pine and foxtail pine tree in High Sierra

A New Record for California’s Highest Tree

by Kat Kerlin
April 17, 2025

Man in blue hard hat smiles while holding a yellow measuring tape wrapped around an enormous ponderosa pine tree in forest. Woman in orange hard hat and vests stands next to him. Two others observe.

Burning Question: How to Save an Old-Growth Forest in Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
March 03, 2025

Coyote on grassy field shown from behind looking down over city of San Francisco

Dining Out with San Francisco’s Coyotes

by Kat Kerlin
January 22, 2025

Ground squirrel runs aross a dirt road with a vole in its mouth

Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California

by Kat Kerlin
December 18, 2024

two hands hold scoopful of black coal fragments

The High Cost of Carbon

by Kat Kerlin
December 17, 2024

sun hovers above purple mountain tops in background while orange-red wildflowers blanket a ridge in the foreground at Molok Luyuk in California

California a Botanical and Climate Change Hot Spot

by Kat Kerlin
July 29, 2024

Smoke above Castle Lake with silhouette of mountains and trees

Wildfire Smoke Reached 99% of U.S. Lakes in 2019-2021

by Kat Kerlin
June 07, 2024

dramatic smoke plume billows over forested Castle Lake and Sierra Nevada mountains against blue sky

Smoke Covered 70% of California During Biggest Wildfire Years

by Kat Kerlin
May 22, 2024

grassland with a smattering of trees extends to view of ocean in Mexico

Ecosystem Benefits to Humanity Expected to Decline by 9% by 2100

by Kat Kerlin
December 18, 2023

An orange flame circles a meadow with smoke as six people stand scattered throughout a wooded property during prescribed burn

Reforms Needed to Expand Prescribed Burns

by Kat Kerlin
November 15, 2023

Firefighter walks along highway with flames to his side during Creek Fire response in 2022.

Unprecedented Levels of High-Severity Fire Burn in Sierra Nevada Forests

by Kat Kerlin
January 20, 2023

Smoke from wildfire billows over hillside with trees and rural home in foreground

Wildfire Solutions in the WUI

by Kat Kerlin
December 20, 2022

A Panamanian golden frog sits on a leaf. It has a yellow body and large black dots.

Malaria Spike Linked to Amphibian Die-Off

by Kat Kerlin
September 20, 2022

Head shot of climate change economist Frances Moore

Frances Moore Serving as Senior Economist With Council of Economic Advisers

by Tiffany Dobbyn
September 06, 2022

Man sits on log in UC Davis Arboretum's redwood forest

The Cost of Climate Change

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
August 10, 2022

White male scientist in wet suit holds sea lemon and smiles at camera with ocean bay in background

Invasive Species and Climate Change Impact Coastal Estuaries

by Kat Kerlin
May 05, 2022

humpback whale breaching

To Save California’s Whales, Put Overlooked Threats Into Policy

by Kat Kerlin
April 06, 2022

Earth seen from space, showing North America and city lights at night

How Politics, Society and Tech Shape the Path of Climate Change

by Kat Kerlin
February 16, 2022

VIDEO ADDED: ‘UC Davis LIVE’ on Mitigating Wildfire Hazards for Homes and Communities

by Andy Fell
October 01, 2021

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