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Steven Davis, UCI professor of Earth system science, led a study of carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires in recent decades. In a paper in the journal Science, he and his colleagues shared some shocking findings. “According to our measurements, boreal fires in 2021 shattered previous records. These fires are two decades of rapid warming and extreme drought in Northern Canada and Siberia coming to roost, and unfortunately even this new record may not stand for long,” he says. Steve Zylius / UCI
Blog - Forest Research and Outreach : Article

Wildfires in 2021 emitted a record-breaking amount of carbon dioxide

March 6, 2023
By Grace N Dean
Irvine, Calif., March 2, 2023 Carbon dioxide emissions from wildfires, which have been gradually increasing since 2000, spiked drastically to a record high in 2021, according to an international team of researchers led by Earth system scientists at the University of California, Irvine.
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Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. poses with his wife Michelle (right) and Helene Dillard, dean of the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at a 2022 ceremony honoring him as the recipient of the CA&ES Distinguished Emeritus Award. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Bug Squad: Article

Honey Bee Geneticist Rob Page Knows How to Answer This Question

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
If you ask honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. what his favorite honey is, he'll point to his wife, Michelle. She--and any others near them--will smile every time! Fact is, Rob Page is our favorite honey bee geneticist, and he was just named the recipient of the 2023 C. W.
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Rosenberg and Humiston share a laugh while standing outdoors.
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UC ANR statements on Richard Rosenberg’s death

March 6, 2023
By Pamela S Kan-Rice
Richard Rosenberg, former chairman and CEO of the Bank of America, died Friday, March 3. He was 92. When Rosenberg retired from BofA in 1996, the bank honored him by endowing the Rosenberg International Forum on Water Policy at UC Agriculture and Natural Resources.
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Who Won the 2023 PBESA Awards?

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Who won the 2023 awards sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America (PBESA)? Of the 14 awards, UC Riverside scored four; UC Davis, three; Washington State University, two; University of Arizona, two; Arizona State University, one; and USDA-ARS, two.
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American Apollo butterflies (Parnassius clodius) mating. (Photo by Gary Ge)

RSPIB Scholar Gary Ge Wins PBESA Undergraduate Research Award

March 6, 2023
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis student Gary Ge, a research scholar with the UC Davis Research Scholars Program in Insect Biology, is the 2023 recipient of the Dr. Stephen Garczynski Undergraduate Research Scholarship, sponsored by the Pacific Branch, Entomological Society of America.
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