High-risk conditions for fires are increasingly happening across countries at the same time, making wildfires even more challenging to tackle, new research reveals.
Scientists from UC Merced and the University of East Anglia found this... Read More
Energy & Environment
January 26, 2026
UC Merced continues to demonstrate its growing influence on the global stage.
Several faculty members landed on Clarivate’s 2025 list of the world’s most‑cited researchers. The honor is reserved for the top 1% of scholars whose work has... Read More
January 21, 2026
One of the biggest hurdles facing local farmers is the rising cost of doing business.
However, some innovative solutions are in the works, as highlighted at the Central Valley Rural Energy Systems Workshop at UC Merced in early December.... Read More
December 16, 2025
The global climate crisis was entirely predictable and impacts nearly every facet of life. But we still can slow its progress and mitigate the effects we already see.
That was the message delivered earlier this month by climate scientist... Read More
December 10, 2025
The Small Farm Tech Expo brought researchers, farmers, university students and even a group from a Modesto elementary school to UC Merced to talk about agriculture technology and how it can best help those who grow the world's food.... Read More
November 26, 2025
An expo at UC Merced next week will bring together farmers, ranchers, researchers and community organizers to highlight what's possible when agriculture technology is designed for small farms.
The Small Farm Tech Expo, scheduled for 9 a.m... Read More
November 12, 2025
UC Merced researchers are collaborating on a two-year research project to develop effective composting methods for cotton textiles.
The project explores manufacturing cotton waste scraps from clothing into compost to demonstrate efficient... Read More
November 10, 2025
Professors Roger Bales and Martha Conklin arrived in Merced in 2003, the first non-administrative faculty members at UC Merced. They came with a vision: to create a research university that would serve California’s future.
Now, after more... Read More
November 9, 2025
UC Merced was recognized again as a national leader in sustainability, earning a perfect Green Rating score and ranking No. 7 in the nation on The Princeton Review’s 2025 list of Top 50 Green Colleges.
The ranking highlights universities... Read More
October 29, 2025
UC Merced has long been a place where students can thrive.
Now the university has been recognized for its commitment to increase the abundance of native and other pollinators.
The campus has become an affiliate of the Bee Campus USA... Read More