A new study quantifying the amount of carbon stored and released through California forests and wildlands finds that wildfires and deforestation are contributing more than expected to the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
Written by University of California Cooperative Extension Forestry
- Author: Robert Sanders
Published on: January 24, 2017
Reposted from UC Berkeley News
A controversial paper published two years ago that concluded there was no detectable slowdown in ocean warming over the previous 15 years — widely known as the “global warming hiatus” — has now been confirmed using independent data in research led by researchers from UC Berkeley and Berkeley Earth, a non-profit research institute focused on climate change.
- Author: jeannette warnert
Published on: May 2, 2016
Reposted from the UCANR news
A new study examining wildfires in California found that human activity explains as much about their frequency and location as climate influences. The researchers systematically looked at human (anthropogenic) behaviors and climate change...- Author: Glen Martin
Published on: September 21, 2015
Reposted from California Magazine
Back when mastodons and giant ground sloths still roamed the earth – the late 70s and early 80s – I worked as a wildfire fighter for the U.S. Forest Service, both on hand crews and engine crews. Our training was narrow but relatively deep. Mainly, we were taught to construct fire lines with hand tools and chain saws. Water, when it was available, generally was used to protect the line and firefighters; seldom was it employed to directly extinguish the flames.
Our basic strategy consisted of...
Tags: climate change (34), mitigation (1), restoration (1), Scott Stephens (21), Sierra Nevada (9), vegetation (2), wildfire (79)
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- Author: Sarah Yang
Published on: April 16, 2015
Tags: climate change (34), greenhouse gas (2), John Battles (7), National Park Service (2), wildfire (79)
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- Author: Robert Sanders
Published on: January 22, 2015
Reposted from the UC Berkeley News Center:
Historical California vegetation data that more than once dodged the dumpster have now proved their true value, documenting that a changing forest structure seen in the Sierra Nevada has actually happened statewide over the past 90 years.
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