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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

smoke and flames from aerial fire in Russia's Transbaikal forest

Unprecedented Arctic Wildfires Fuel Climate Warming Cycle

by Kat Kerlin
November 08, 2022

aerial view of forest burn scar shot by drone

Monitoring Forest Threats with New Open Forest Observatory

by Trina Kleist
September 21, 2022

Soldier from National Guard walks through aftermath of Camp Fire in Paradise, California in 2018

A Case for Retreat in the Age of Fire

by Emily Schlickman, Brett Milligan and Stephen M. Wheeler
July 25, 2022

VIDEO ADDED: ‘UC Davis LIVE’ on Wildfire and Forests

by Andy Fell
May 26, 2022

Orange smokey sky with marine layer and line of wildfire in California coastal hills

California’s 2020 Wildfire Season

by Kat Kerlin
May 04, 2022

Woman in firefighting yellow shirt and hard hat holds hand to forehead against glare of sun and smoky woods during prescribed burn

Little Fires: Landowners Learn to Burn

by Kat Kerlin with visuals by Tim McConville
April 19, 2022

Wildfire smoke from the Woolsey Fire in 2018 billows behind trees and houses in Malibu, California.

Older Wildfire Smoke Plumes Can Affect Climate

by Emily Dooley
March 23, 2022

Researcher Brandon Berry from the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center collects data from a research vessel on the water at Lake Tahoe amid smoke-filled skies.

Science, Despite Smoke, at Lake Tahoe

by Kat Kerlin
August 27, 2021

Smoke and haze over a Yolo County neighborhood

Hope Amid the Heavy

by Kat Kerlin
August 23, 2021

Wildfire, Smoke and Air Quality Experts

by Kat Kerlin
July 20, 2021

An earth block sits next to a block of wood, with a flame of fire coming from the charred wood after being blowtorched.

Turning Mud Into Wildfire-Resilient Housing

by Kat Kerlin
June 30, 2021

Title card: "Spring Back from Wildfire"

Springing Back From Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
June 30, 2021

old-growth lichen attached to branches

Lichens Slow to Return After Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
May 10, 2021

Two female foresters in stand of burned trees and ashen forest floor.

Dead Trees Fuel Wildfire Severity in Sierra Nevada

by Kat Kerlin
January 13, 2021

Carpet of vegetation in a stand of trees burned by wildfire in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.

Identifying Where to Reforest After Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
December 18, 2020

Illustration of iceberg with headphones

Unfold Podcast, Episode 3, Heats Up With California Wildfires

by Kat Kerlin
October 06, 2020

Four veterinarians examine a mountain lion with burn injuries from wildfire on an exam table,

Wildlife Disaster Network Mobilizes Aid for Burned, Injured Wildlife

by Kat Kerlin
October 05, 2020

Men and women in jackets light field of deergrass on fire as part of cultural burn in California.

Cultural Burning Lights Way to ‘Rethinking Fire’

by Kat Kerlin
October 01, 2020

cultural burn at nature preserve

Rethinking Wildfire

by Kat Kerlin
October 01, 2020

Wildfire burns behind an outline of trees in Trinity County in northern California in 2015.

Wildfire on the Rise Since 1984 in Northern California’s Coastal Ranges

by Kat Kerlin
September 17, 2020

The remains of a burned house.

UPDATED: Fire Takes Quail Ridge Residence

by Cody Kitaura/Dateline
August 21, 2020

A river runs between stands of forest in northern California

California’s Climate Refugia: Mapping the Stable Places

by Kat Kerlin
June 08, 2020

Students in a UC Davis fire ecology class walk along a burned ridge

Wildfire Perceptions Largely Positive After Hiking in a Burned Landscape

by Kat Kerlin
March 26, 2020

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