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What It Will Take to Restore CA Forests and Reduce Wildfires

October 13, 2020

Force From 'Nothing' Used to Control and Manipulate Objects

October 13, 2020

Restoring State's Forests to Reduce Fire Risks Will Take Time, Money and Broad Commitment

October 13, 2020
School of Engineering professors Roger Bales and Martha Conklin have written a new article for The Conversation discussing the changes that need to be undertaken in land-management practices in California's mountain forests: "As California contends with its worst wildfire season in...

Second Docuseries Installment Examines COVID-19’s Impact on the Food Supply Chain

October 13, 2020
Imagine pouring farm-fresh milk down the drain or crushing perfectly good eggs that could feed families. This has been the reality for farmers during the COVID-19 epidemic. The COVID-19 epidemic has not only created a medical crisis across the country, but it has greatly crippled the food supply...

As COVID-19 Cases Soar, Avenal Inmates Increasingly Concerned About Mental Health

October 12, 2020

High-Stakes College Recruitment Goes Virtual

October 12, 2020

Better measures reveal more COVID-19 smell loss

October 12, 2020

4 Million Acres Have Burned In California. Why That's The Wrong Number To Focus On

October 7, 2020

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...

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