Water is a delicate balancing act in California. When the scales tip in the wrong direction, the consequences can have national effects. Nobody knows this better than UC Water Co-Director Joshua Viers.
By Dan Krotz, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scientists expect subalpine trees to advance upslope as global temperatures increase, following their climate up the mountains.
But new research published Dec. 15 in the journal Global Change Biology suggests this might not hold true for two subalpine tree species of western North America.
Fifty years ago this year, while a freshman faculty member in the University of Chicago Physics Department, Roland Winston published a paper introducing a new field
The number, size and duration of large mountain forest fires in the Western United States has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, according to research from UC Merced
Plant photosynthesis was stable for hundreds of years before the industrial revolution, but grew rapidly in the 20th century,
The rapid pace of global change has large impacts on nature, and on the work conservation 
Fifty years ago this year, while a freshman faculty member in the University of Chicago Physics Department, 
Most Americans have probably seen gorgeo
UC Merced 
The number, size and duration of large mountain forest fires in the Western United States has increased dramatically in the past 40 years, according to research from UC Merced 
Besides attending Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) with 1,200 other college students from arou
Most people probably don’t think about food when considering how to celebrate Earth Day.
