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In honor of #EarthDay, we're hugging trees, naturally.
But we're also spotlighting one of the many uniquely UC programs available to students, the UC Santa Cruz Forest Ecology Research Plot.
Read more about this and other cool UC programs: bit.ly/3w5JyY5
ALT Students measure circumference of a giant redwood tree at UCSC's Forest Ecology Research Plot.
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Master Gardeners help create a sensory garden in the Imperial Valley. 🌱🎉
#UCMasterGardeners #CaliforniaGardening #UCANR
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Congratulations to @brmiddleton1 and @TheHernandezLab and to others whose projects have earned CA #ClimateAction Grants! Learn more about the projects from @UCDavis_Kerlin.
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Via @physorg_com: UCLA's Monte Neate-Clegg and @mwtingley analyzed 34 years of data to identify how warming temperatures and fragmenting habitats are affecting 24 species of tropical birds in East Africa, one of the most species-rich regions on the planet. phys.org/news/2023-05-climat…
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Sending solidarity to everyone experiencing the dangerous impacts of #wildfires along the east coast. Unfortunately, the UC system has a lot of experience in this area. Here's some resources to help understand and mitigate health impacts of #WildfireSmoke 🧵
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The demise of dinosaurs gets all the attention, but the survival of plants is at least as important a chapter in the story of the planet. An experiment at @UCSC seeks to simulate a mass extinction to learn why some plants thrived when almost everything else was destroyed ☄️🦖🌱
Scientists are using a UC Santa Cruz greenhouse to recreate the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs. They want to learn why some species survived when so many did not. latimes.com/science/story/20…
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.@UCBerkeley & @TheKarukTribe use Indigenous science to cultivate resilient food systems. "This work done among Indigenous knowledge holders & academia is paramount to developing & sustaining a well-trained workforce..." - Bill Tripp @CulturalFire
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ALT From left, project collaborators Jennifer Sowerwine, Kathy McCovey, Vikki Preston, Frank Lake, Daniel Sarna-Wojcicki, Megan Mucioki and Shawn Bourque. Funding for the Resilient Agroecosystems under Changing Climate Challenge project was provided by a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
ALT Karuk ceremonial leader, cultural practitioner and project collaborator Leaf Hillman harvests willow roots next to a Karuk basket at Tishànik next to the Klamath River.
ALT “Through this project, we are learning how to reconnect with place,” said Kathy McCovey, left, shown with fellow Karuk cultural practitioner and project collaborator Lisa Hillman amid Karuk baskets and basketry materials.
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New research led by @CarnegieDevBio's @ZhengYixian and Minjie Hu reveals how coral cells tag friendly algae before ingesting them, initiating a mutually beneficial relationship. This information could guide next-level coral conservation efforts. carnegiescience.edu/corals-m…
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A new #UCLA led study shows how climate change and fragmentation—areas of wilderness that become separated by agriculture and other human development—interact and overlap to affect wildlife.🔬🌼
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Carbon dioxide is not only warming the lower atmosphere — it's also cooling the upper atmosphere.
Scientists say this cooling could endanger orbiting satellites, slow the healing of the ozone layer, and visit turmoil on our weather below.
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Via @latimes: The big melt has begun, but plenty of snow remains. “This melt really is still just getting started,” @Weather_West of @UCLAIoES said. “I know that’s hard to believe, but we’re getting into May, and the peak is probably yet to come.” latimes.com/california/story…
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Oceans aren't immune to rising temperatures. 🌡️ 🌊 Scripps scientist Sarah Purkey spoke w/ @laurapaddison on human-caused global warming, the ocean's role in absorbing excess heat, & how oceans shield us from the full impacts of the climate crisis. ⬇️ @CNN
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Urb-env scholars: we're hiring a postdoc @ucsc! Fascinating project abt hsg/habitat intersections, specifically relat btw affordable housing crisis and WUI (wildland-urban interface) growth in CA. Details here: recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01489. Please share! I'm happy to answer Qs.
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During #EarthMonth 🌎 2022, @sustainUCLA introduced its first campuswide sustainability action plan. One year later, a broad range of initiatives outlined by the plan is demonstrating progress↗. newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/fi…
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Last week, the @UCSanDiego-based public safety program @ALERTCalifornia officially launched! The program leverages technology and research to understand the causes, behavior, and aftereffects of natural disasters. 🔥 Explore the new camera site. ⬇️ alertcalifornia.org
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Extreme weather events endangers the lives of many. As #ElNino is predicted to rise we need effective early warning systems, and more importantly, #ClimateAction
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"In a peer-reviewed paper recently published by CABI Biological Sciences, Conor McCabe, Hamed El-Mashad, & @GHGGuru argue that California’s dairy sector can reach climate neutrality in the coming years with aggressive methane mitigation..." @UCDavisCLEAR
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“If we don’t have a good grasp of what’s going on with #fire, there’s no way we can manage for things like fish, for people, for communities or anything, really,” - @lenyaqd director of the #UCANR Fire Network. kqed.org/science/1982486/big…
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Excellent article from the Financial Times on the promise - and failures - of large scale tree planting and featuring a close up view of some of our work in India, including a series of satellite images showing ineffective plantations ig.ft.com/one-trillion-trees…
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Soil temperature variations in the Tibetan Plateau affect major climate patterns, such as the East Asian monsoon — seasonal rains that help grow food, generate power and maintain ecosystems in lands populated by more than a billion people.
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ALT Aerial view of Himalayan Mountains.