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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
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
Sea level rise, water over bridge

Climate Change Experts List

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 05, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
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Lake Tahoe in winter

Clarity, Changing Food Web Detailed in Annual Lake Tahoe Report

  • by Emily C. Dooley
  • July 20, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
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Klamath Basin tribes protest in 2006 with banner representing Iron Gate dam and large salmon costume appearing to be blocked behind it

Removing Dams from the Klamath River is a Step Toward Justice for Native Americans

  • by Beth Rose Middleton Manning and Robert Lusardi
  • July 13, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
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A salmon on a rocky creek bed

Putah Creek is a Restoration Success Story

  • by Andy Fell
  • July 10, 2023
  • Egghead
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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
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
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With a foreground of greenery and red flowers, two students harvest vegetables at the UC Davis Student Farm.

UC Davis Ranked Among Top Universities Worldwide

  • by Julia Ann Easley
  • June 27, 2023
  • University
  • Dateline
  • Environment
Three stray cats on pavement with stone wall background face camera. They include an orange, black and white, and gray cat.

Wild and Feral Cats in Populated Areas Release More Toxoplasmosis Parasites

  • by UC Davis News and Media Relations
  • June 21, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
Mountain lion P-22 closeup of face

Final Necropsy Findings for Beloved Mountain Lion P-22

  • by Trina Wood
  • June 15, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
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
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
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A "congrats" plastic cutout litters the ground

Graduate Without the Glitter

  • by Malia Reiss
  • May 30, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
Woman holds rectangular materials in a lab

A Sustainable Solution: Compostable Wind Turbine Blades

  • by Sharon Campbell Knox
  • May 30, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
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
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
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
  • Dateline
  • Environment
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Male scientist leans over data sensor placed near tide pools at UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve

Science Helps Coastal Communities Prepare for Extremes

  • by Kathleen Wong, UC Natural Reserve System
  • May 17, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
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
  • Science and Climate
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • Human & Animal Health
  • One Health
ullseye Farms orchard manager Nick Edsall, left, with UC Davis Agricultural Water Center Director Isaya Kisekka. Kisekka is researching the ability of cover crops to increase soil moisture and groundwater recharge. (Greg Urquiaga/UC Davis) They stand in a row of green cover crops in an orchard full of young pistachio trees.

Growing Crops with Less Groundwater

  • by Amy Quinton
  • April 25, 2023
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
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
  • Feeding a Growing Population
  • Environment
  • Food & Agriculture
  • Science and Climate
A San Clemente island fox looks at camera

Ensuring a Future for 10 Iconic Animals

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 19, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
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  • One Health
  • Science and Climate
drone flies over open field at sunset

Advancing Climate Tech Solutions Through CITRIS

  • by Karen Vo
  • April 18, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
Mountain gorilla family walking in Rwanda forest

Study Predicts Poor Survival Rates if Ebola Infects Endangered Mountain Gorillas

  • by Amy Bond
  • April 12, 2023
  • Advancing Health Worldwide
  • Environment
  • One Health
Ice floats atop Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe’s Clarity the Best It’s Been Since 1980s

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 10, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
Marmot stand up on rock looking out on Sierra mountains under blue skiess

Sierra Squirrels Find Their Niche Amid a Changing Climate

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • April 06, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment
Aerial drone image compost of wildlands before and after wildfire

Using AI to Analyze Wildfire Impacts

  • by Kathleen Wong
  • March 29, 2023
  • What Can I Do About Climate Change?
  • Environment
  • Science & Technology
  • Science and Climate
McCloud River Redband Trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, held in hand

Rainbow Trout Subspecies Newly Named

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • March 29, 2023
  • Science and Climate
  • Environment

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