Scientists at the University of California, Davis, are taking the temperature — and other measurements — of lakes of all sizes and shapes throughout the mountains of California to see how...
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- Author: Jeannette Warnert
Published on: February 1, 2019
While scientific reports continue to mount confirming that global climate change is increasing temperatures, causing more frequent weather extremes and raising the sea level in California, UC Cooperative Extension is working to ensure the worst predictions are avoided and California residents and businesses will be able to adapt to the change.
Each year, a diverse group of UC Agriculture and Natural Resources academics and program implementation professionals meet to share and collect the latest climate change experiences,...
Tags: adaptation (1), agriculture (6), Agriculture (6), California Naturalist (7), climate (1), climate change (34), David Lile (2), extension (2), Greg Ira (2)
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- Author: Kat Kerlin
Published on: December 19, 2018
Reposted from UC Davis News
Tags: Adrianne Smits (1), climate change (34), lakes (1), Sierra Nevada (9), snow pack (1), Steven Sadro (1), warming (1)
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- Author: Jeannette Warnert
Published on: October 26, 2018
Reposted from UCANR News
California Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources vice president Glenda Humiston signed a memorandum of understanding in Sacramento Oct. 26 to initiate a new partnership to advance climate-smart agriculture in California.
This partnership will provide $1.1 million to hire 10 UC Cooperative Extension community education specialists who will be deployed to 10 counties statewide to assist and encourage farmers to participate in CDFA programs...
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- Author: Kara Manke
Published on: October 22, 2018
Reposted from the UCANR News
Berkeley — With a body the size of a fist and wings that span more than a foot, the big brown bat must gorge on 6,000 to 8,000 bugs a night to maintain its stature. This mighty appetite can be a boon to farmers battling crop-eating pests.
But few types of bats live on American farms. That's because the current practice of monoculture – dedicating large swathes of land to a single crop – doesn't give the bats many places to land or to nest.
Diversifying working lands – including farmland, rangeland and forests – may be key to...
- Author: Jeannette Warnert
Published on: August 9, 2018
Reprinted from UCANR News
The news that Americans are getting about California's devasting fires is not being hyped up by the media, said UC Cooperative Extension area fire advisor Lenya Quinn-Davidson on the nationally broadcast NPR program On Point.
Host Eric Westervelt of WBUR in Boston got a Northern California perspective from Quinn-Davidson, who works with communities in Siskiyou, Trinity and Mendocino counties on managing the...
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