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Academic Minute: Diet of Great White Sharks

October 7, 2020

New Project Focuses on Life in Soil in the Earth’s Critical Zone

October 6, 2020
Since 2007, UC Merced researchers have been extremely productive in the Southern Sierra Critical Zone Observatory (CZO), delving into investigations of hydrology, climate change, geology, biology and more. But the National Science Foundation, which funded the CZOs, is decommissioning the sites...

True COVID-19 Death Toll May Surpass Official Counts

October 6, 2020

Final Endowment Tax Rules Tailor the Policy for Colleges

October 5, 2020

Mega fires and mega floods: California’s new extremes require a response of similar scale

October 5, 2020

Megafires Are Breaking Climate Models

October 4, 2020

In the Midst of Deep Grief, How Hindu Rituals Help Let Go

October 1, 2020

AI is for the Birds in a New Computer Science Project

September 30, 2020
Bird species usually are counted twice a year by wildlife surveyors: once during the breeding season and again during the Christmas Bird Count . New technology, however, is increasing the accuracy of bird population studies. A team of UC Merced researchers is developing a model to recognize...

UC Merced Named Top 5 ‘Cool School’ by Sierra Club and Makes 'Green College Honor Roll'

September 29, 2020
UC Merced’s national reputation for sustainability continues to grow, with the Sierra Club naming the university No. 5 on its 2020 “Cool Schools” list and The Princeton Review placing it on its Green College Honor Roll. Sierra magazine, the national publication of the Sierra...

Wildfires: Count Lives and Homes, Not Hectares Burnt

September 29, 2020

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