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5.8.13 — UC Davis ranks No. 1 in the world for agricultural teaching and research
UC Davis is No. 1 in the world for teaching and research in the area of agriculture and forestry, according to rankings released today by QS World University Rankings.
5.2.13 — New book outlines impacts of climate instability on Southwest
In an era of increasing climate instability, the southwestern United States faces strained water resources, greater prevalence of tree-killing organisms, and potentially significant alterations of agricultural infrastructure.
4.26.13 — Good to be green: Accolades add to UC Davis’ environmental reputation
In a month that marked the annual Earth Day celebration, UC Davis received recognition for its environmental sustainability efforts from The Princeton Review and the League of American Bicyclists, reaffirming the school’s reputation as a green leader.
3.25.13 — International conference sets agenda for climate-smart ag research
An action-oriented scientific agenda for tackling global climate change and its impacts on agriculture emerged from the international, three-day Climate-Smart Agriculture Conference, which drew more than 300 participants last week to the UC Davis.
2.28.13 — International conference to tackle climate-change threats to agriculture
Scientists and policymakers from around the world will gather March 20-22 at UC Davis to grapple with the threats of climate change for global agriculture and recommend science-based actions to slow its effects while meeting the world’s need for food, livelihood and sustainability.
2.4.13 — 'Global worming': Earthworms contribute to climate change
Earthworms are long revered for their beneficial role in soil fertility, but with the good comes the bad: they also increase greenhouse gas emissions from soils, according to a study published Feb. 3 in Nature Climate Change by a research team that includes a UC Davis soil scientist.
1.24.13 — UC Davis Studies Fertilization Methods to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Nitrogen (N) fertilizers are widely used in modern agriculture. They produce high yields and play an integral role in feeding the global population. Unfortunately, their use in “fertigation” – using fertilizers dissolved in water to irrigate crops – has destructive effects on the environment.
12.22.12 — Pollution-detecting aircraft surveys PG&E pipeline for gas leaks
UC Davis atmospheric scientist Stephen Conley is flying over the spine of California, tracing 600 miles of Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s natural gas pipeline for methane leaks. Specialized instruments on Conley's plane allow UC Davis researchers to detect gas leaks several miles downwind from the source.
11.8.12 — Cooling challenge spurs more energy-efficient air conditioner
A UC Davis challenge to build more energy efficient air conditioning has spurred a major global manufacturer to build a rooftop air conditioner that is 40 percent more energy-efficient than conventional units. The challenge, established in 2008 by the UC Davis Western Cooling Efficiency Center, is the most demanding certification of its kind.
11.5.12 — Carbon buried in the soil rises again
A research team that includes a UC Davis plant scientist has identified a source of carbon emissions that could play a role in understanding past and future global change.
10.22.12 — Rice agriculture accelerates greenhouse gas emissions
More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, coupled with rising temperatures, is making rice agriculture a larger source of the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a study published today in Nature Climate Change by a research team that includes a UC Davis plant scientist.
8.14.12 — UC Davis is nation’s ‘Coolest School’
Sierra magazine has named the UC Davis the nation’s “Coolest School” for its efforts to address climate change and operate sustainably.
6.22.12 — Sustainability conference draws record participation
They came. They saw. They studied — sustainability. The California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, held at UC Davis for the first time in the event’s 11-year history, drew record registration: nearly 1,000 people from 88 institutions, mostly in California — but also including institutions in three other states and four other countries.
6.6.12 — Humans may be forcing an irreversible tipping point for Earth
Humans may be forcing an irreversible, planetary-scale tipping point that could severely impact fisheries, agriculture, clean water and much of what Earth needs to sustain its inhabitants. Such a change has not been seen since the shift from the Ice Age to an interglacial age 11,700 years ago—a time of mass extinctions and extreme climate shifts, according to the authors, who estimate that Earth may experience the next major tipping point within a few generations.
6.1.12 — ‘Visionary’: Professor Boulton and our sustainable winery
The “Visionary” series in building design returns to UC Davis in June with a program featuring Professor Roger Boulton and his vision: the most environmentally sophisticated winery in the world. The campus’s 2-year-old Teaching and Research Winery is the first such facility in the world with LEED-platinum status, the highest level in the U.S. Green Building Council’s rating system (LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
5.25.12 — Green power sources win at Big Bang! business competition
The biggest bang in this year's UC Davis business plan competition came from the S2E Energy founder who touted a thin, clear windowlike material said to conduct the sun's power more cheaply and efficiently than existing solar technology.
5.14.12 — UC Davis West Village a global model for sustainable urban planning
UC Davis West Village overcame funding constraints, delays, regulatory changes, a housing market collapse and other challenges to become the nation’s largest planned zero-net energy community, according to a new report on sustainable, low-carbon developments.
5.14.12 — When, where and how wood is used impact carbon emissions from deforestation
A new study from the University of California, Davis, provides a deeper understanding of the complex global impacts of deforestation on greenhouse gas emissions. The study, published May 13 in the advance online edition of the journal Nature Climate Change, reports that the volume of greenhouse gas released when a forest is cleared depends on how the trees will be used and in which part of the world the trees are grown.
5.3.12 — Lighting innovator assumes first Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency
Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center, has been named the first Arthur H. Rosenfeld Chair in Energy Efficiency at the University of California, Davis. The designation honors both Siminovitch, a professor of design whose work is revolutionizing lighting throughout California, and Rosenfeld, considered the “father of energy efficiency.”
4.26.12 — Expert sources on Calif. governor’s new green-building order
The following UC Davis experts are available to talk about the bold targets outlined in the governor’s green building order issued April 25. The executive order (B-18-12) aims to ensure that state facilities waste less energy on lighting, water, air-conditioning and heating.
4.20.12 — Deepwater Horizon exposed serious gaps in deepwater oil spill research
On the second anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a national team of scientists, including two researchers from the University of California, Davis, warns that inadequate knowledge about the effects of deepwater oil well blowouts threatens scientists’ ability to help manage comparable future events.
4.19.12 — Researcher's waste-to-energy technology moves from the lab to the marketplace
Technology invented by a University of California, Davis, researcher that converts solid waste into renewable energy is debuting today as the first commercially available, high-solid anaerobic digestion system in the United States.
4.17.12 — McKibben on climate change: 'We can't let it go on'
Environmental activist and best-selling author Bill McKibben spoke highly of UC Davis and the Davis community in an April 13 talk: “This place has done more than almost anywhere else in the country to rise to the challenges we face.”
3.5.12 — Tiny trees for solar power
Microscopic “fractal trees” grown from silver could be the basis of a new type of solar cell, say chemists at the University of California, Davis. “We expect these structures will allow us to make better, more efficient solar cells,” said Professor Frank Osterloh, a principal investigator on the $100,000 grant.
1.31.12 — Stock values rise when companies disclose “green” information, UC Davis study finds
A UC Davis study finds that it pays to be green, as companies that are open about their greenhouse gas emissions and carbon reduction strategies see stock values rise. Graduate School of Management Professor Paul Griffin and his co-author, Yuan Sun of UC Berkeley, tracked stock prices of firms around the time these companies voluntarily issued press releases disclosing carbon emission information.
12.13.11 — Wine grapevines and native plants make a fine blend, study shows
Grapevines and native plants are a fine blend for the environment, suggests a team of researchers led by a plant ecologist at the University of California, Davis. According to their research, reported in the online journal Carbon Balance and Management, vineyard landscapes that include both vines and native vegetation provide more environmental benefits than vineyards planted solidly in grapevines.
11.18.11 — UC Davis West Village a zero net energy model for city
A new agreement between the UC Davis Energy Institute and the nonprofit Valley Climate Action Center illustrates how UC Davis West Village--the nation’s largest zero net energy community--is serving not only as a model for the nation, but also for its own backyard.
11.17.11 — Wind experts advise on revolutionary wind-powered skyscraper
The infamous winds that gust through downtown San Francisco streets, overturning kiosks and sometimes toppling pedestrians, will help to power a revolutionary skyscraper set to open next fall -- and could pave the way for a new world market for energy-generating wind turbines in new buildings.
11.14.11 — New project will study 'deep carbon'
Studying the behavior of carbon — the essential element in oil and natural gas — deep within the Earth is the aim of a new initiative co-directed by a UC Davis chemistry professor and funded by a two-year, $1.5 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
11.14.11 — San Joaquin Valley residents face high environmental and social hazards, UC Davis study says
While California’s San Joaquin Valley is home to some of the nation’s richest agricultural resources, half of the people who live and work there face elevated levels of air and water pollution coupled with poverty, limited education, language barriers, and racial and ethnic segregation, according to a three-year UC Davis study.
11.4.11 — Network of rice genes to speed development of biofuel crops
The first genome-scale model for predicting the functions of genes and gene networks in a grass species has been developed by an international team of researchers that includes a UC Davis rice geneticist.
11.3.11 — Sustainable winery building to be hub of environmental technology
Ground was ceremonially broken today at the University of California, Davis, for the 8,000-square-foot Jess S. Jackson Sustainable Winery Building, which will enable the adjacent winery, brewery and food-processing complex to become the first self-sustainable, zero-carbon teaching and research facility in the world.
10.31.11 — UC Davis offers innovative new majors, minors
Responding to increased student interest in sustainability, UC Davis this fall introduced a new major, sustainable agriculture, and a new minor, sustainability in the built environment.
10.27.11 — UC Davis achieves third platinum award for green building
The University of California, Davis, has earned a third “platinum” certification from the U.S. Green Building Council for creating buildings that lead the way to a sustainable future, more than any other University of California campus.
10.27.11 — TAPS sets up bike repair stations around the campus
They are like Swiss Army knives. Only bigger. And blue. And for bikes. They are Dero Fixit stations — with tools and air pumps. Transportation and Parking Services (which includes the Bicycle Program) recently put in six of the stations around the Davis campus. They are free for anyone to use.
10.25.11 — A TREE GROWS IN OAKLAND: UC Davis urban forester engages youth in greening inner city
Tarver, who comes from what he calls “a very traditional forestry background of fighting fires and taking people on backpacking trips,” now focuses his attention on urban forestry — the role that trees play in city and suburban communities.
10.13.11 — Nation's largest planned zero net energy community opens
Setting a national precedent in sustainable design, UC Davis West Village will open its doors Saturday as the largest planned zero net energy community in the country.
9.30.11 — Campus elaborates on 'U-Hub' plan for energy innovation
UC Davis plans to move several energy-related research units into offices at UC Davis West Village, the nation’s largest planned zero net energy community, campus officials have announced.
9.28.11 — UC Davis is partner in a major Pacific Northwest biofuels project
UC Davis will receive $3.1 million of a $40 million biofuels grant announced today (Sept. 28) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Led by researchers at the University of Washington, the five-year project is intended to expand what has been a Midwest-centric biofuels industry into Washington, Oregon, Idaho, western Montana and Northern California.
9.23.11 — New plant ecology study challenges conventional wisdom
An international team of 58 ecologists, including UC Davis researcher Louie Yang, has found that habitat productivity does not predict the quantity or diversity of plant species, as has been assumed for several decades.
9.13.11 — RANKINGS ROUNDUP: UC Davis among top 10 public universities, rates high in sustainability, public service
For the second consecutive year, UC Davis earned a ninth-place ranking among the top public national universities in U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Colleges” issue. UC Davis’ distinction for 2012, released today (Sept. 13), follows the campus’s top 10 honors for its commitment to sustainability (Sierra magazine).
9.12.11 — Plant scientists to receive USDA Secretary's Honor Awards
Two sustainable agricultural projects led by UC Davis plant scientists have received 2011 U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary's Honor Awards, the most prestigious awards given by the USDA secretary.
9.7.11 — $2.3 million for Tahoe center will fund 3-D public education on lake ecosystems
Members of the public will be able to visually immerse themselves in two of the best-known lakes in the United States, thanks to a $2.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to UC Davis’ Tahoe Environmental Research Center.
9.1.11 — Warming streams could be the end for salmon
Warming streams could spell the end of spring-run Chinook salmon in California by the end of the century, according to a study by scientists at UC Davis, the Stockholm Environment Institute and the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
8.31.11 — Bedrock nitrogen may help forests buffer climate change, study finds
For the first time, researchers at the University of California, Davis, have demonstrated that forest trees have the ability to tap into nitrogen found in rocks, boosting the trees’ growth and their ability to pull more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
8.23.11 — UC Davis launches agricultural sustainability degree
The University of California, Davis, this fall will launch an undergraduate major focused on agricultural sustainability.
8.17.11 — Sierra magazine says we're still cool (and greener)
UC Davis is greener and cooler this year, moving into the Top 10 of Sierra magazine’s annual ranking of the “greenest” colleges in the United States. UC Davis earned the eighth spot, up from 16 a year ago, on the magazine's “America’s Coolest Schools” list.
8.16.11 — Genomewide mapping reveals developmental and environmental impacts
Complex traits that help plants adapt to environmental challenges are likely influenced by variations in thousands of genes that are affected by both the plant’s growth and the external environment, reports a team of researchers at the University of California, Davis.
8.12.11 — Climate change, algae make 2010 a tough year for Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe clarity dropped in 2010, but the rate of decline in clarity over the past decade remains slower compared with previous decades, according to UC Davis scientists who have monitored the lake for more than 40 years.
8.12.11 — Solar panels to replace trees in south entry parking lot
The Davis campus is preparing to “park” more than 1,200 solar-energy collector panels in Lot 1 immediately south of the south entry parking garage.
7.29.11 — California Ag Summit slated for January at UC Davis
Global food trends, energy and social media will be featured topics at the second annual California Ag Summit, to be held Jan. 27 at UC Davis.
6.8.11 — Building a green lab
University of California Research: Making research labs more sustainable can help UC campuses to cut energy use and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
6.8.11 — Green crusader
University of California Research: A lab researcher's campaign to reuse, recycle and reduce draws national acclaim.
5.5.11 — Freezer Challenge spurs labs to Store Smart (and save electricity)
The Freezer Challenge is a national contest to save energy and improve research sample management and storage practices in ultra-low freezer temperature freezers. UC Davis pioneered the Freezer Challenge as a way to introduce Store Smart, a campaign to improve laboratory cold storage management.
2.17.11 — Energy experts to help U.S. Navy get greener
UC Davis today agreed to help the U.S. Navy find new ways to use less energy and to derive more of the energy it does use from renewable sources such as the sun and wind, instead of oil and coal.
2.14.11 — AAAS conference: Greenhouse gases, agricultural nitrogen, making energy from manure & more
UC Davis researchers will present these findings at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
1.24.11 — Study finds greenhouse gas emissions can hurt companies' stock value
How much greenhouse gas a company produces has a significant effect on the value of the company's stock, according to a new study.
1.20.11 — Study shows plants moved downhill, not up, in warming world
A UC Davis researcher and co-authors challenge a widely held assumption that plants will move uphill in response to warmer temperatures.
11.22.10 — UC Davis turns on Smart Lighting to save energy, be model for Californians
UC Davis has pledged to reduce lighting energy use by 60 percent by 2015.
11.22.10 — Science presented at Global Climate Summit suggests ways to protect agriculture, environment
Agriculture plays a central role in global climate change. Students and faculty from the Department of Plant Sciences presented delegates at the summit with their forward-thinking research to quantify and mitigate its effects.
11.17.10 — UC Davis joins global climate action coalition
Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi joined global leaders as the only academic signatory to a new public-private alliance championed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to confront climate change and build a global green economy.
11.15.10 — New Tahoe analysis adds 'when' and 'how much' to climate-change forecasts
UC Davis scientists issued the most detailed forecast to date of likely climate-change effects at Lake Tahoe.
11.14.10 — Global Climate Summit: UC Davis researchers present an afternoon of appetizers
Delegates who arrived early for the Governors' Global Climate Summit 3 got a taste of UC Davis' research prowess and forward thinking.
11.9.10 — New forecast warns oil will run dry before substitutes roll out
Global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ready, says a new UC Davis study based on stock market expectations.
11.3.10 — World leaders to gather at Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3 at UC Davis
The Governors’ Global Climate Summit 3: Building the Green Economy will be Nov. 15 and 16 at UC Davis.
10.27.10 — Low elevations hold climate surprises
Contrary to expectations, climate change has had a significant effect on mountain plants at low elevations, says a new study led by a UC Davis researcher.
10.27.10 — UC Davis co-hosts new Southwest Climate Science Center
UC Davis is becoming part of a new Southwest Climate Science Center, established to address current and future effects of climate change.
10.12.10 — Warmer ocean waters favor aliens over natives
Warmer oceans promote invasive animals and threaten natives, say UC Davis marine biologists who report striking new evidence from Bodega Bay.
10.4.10 — Cool Davis event to bring campus, city together for climate change
A day of service on Oct. 9 followed by a community festival on Oct. 10 will focus on climate change and what Davis community members can do about it.
9.29.10 — Climate change policy to be focus of Oct. 4 conference
The impacts of climate change and Assembly Bill 32 on California’s economy and the environment will be the topic of a conference sponsored by the UC Giannini Foundation and UC Agricultural Issues Center.
8.26.10 — Study says climate 'big fizz' happened fast at South Pole
UC Davis researchers report new information on the mechanism of carbon flow from the Earth's oceans at the end of the last ice age.
7.21.10 — Global warming will increase California smog
UC Davis study says rising temperatures from climate change will increase ozone levels in California’s major air basins.
6.1.10 — UC Davis charts course to combat climate change
UC Davis releases its Climate Action Plan report.
5.25.10 — Universities study energy efficiency too
Interview with Nicole Biggart, the Chevron Chair in Energy at UC Davis, about motivations behind adopting new energy-efficient technologies.
5.14.10 — UC Davis takes the lead on clean energy, with Schwarzenegger's backing
UC Davis is taking a leadership role in spurring the innovations, ideas and dialogue that are needed to help create a clean energy future for Northern California — and beyond.
5.13.10 — Rising CO2 levels threaten crops and food quality
Rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide interfere with plants’ ability to convert nitrate into protein.
2.11.10 — Dramatic changes in agriculture needed as world warms and grows
2.9.10 — Climate: Researchers say ‘tipping points’ may arrive without warning
A new University of California, Davis, study by a top ecological forecaster says it is harder than experts thought to predict when sudden shifts in Earth’s natural systems will occur.
1.20.10 — UC Davis 'green' lighting center gets bigger, smarter and $10 million in new grants
The California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis hosts an open house to show off the energy-saving lighting systems ready now and coming soon for homes, offices, businesses, and even parking lots.
1.11.10 — ASI: New UC strip-tillage online publication for farmers
A UC online publication outlines strip-tillage, a management practice with potential to benefit farmers while decreasing the amount of soil disturbed and dust.
1.11.10 — Butterflies reeling from impacts of climate and development
UC Davis researcher finds that California butterflies are suffering from climate change and land development.
1.11.10 — ASI: UC Davis begins $2.8 million studies
UC Davis researchers will receive $2.8 million in new grants to study the use and impacts of nitrogen.
12.7.09 — Don’t blame cows for climate change
UC Davis Associate Professor and Air Quality Specialist Frank Mitloehner says it is not true that consuming less meat and dairy products will help stop climate change.
11.10.09 — Cave study links climate change to California droughts
Doctoral student's analysis of stalagmites found California experienced centuries-long droughts in the past 20,000 years that coincided with the thawing of ice caps in the Arctic.
8.13.09 — Clunkers' program is expensive way to cut carbon emissions
8.13.09 — UC Davis challenge produces a better air conditioner
8.10.09 — Construction starts at UC Davis' West Village; Grant supports goal of 'zero net energy' community
6.26.09 — Conference teaches how to save energy on campus lighting
6.12.09 — UC Davis’ Sustainable Second Century
After celebrating its first century, UC Davis should focus on sustainability for next 100 years, says this UC Davis Magazine column.
6.11.09 — UC Davis begins $2.8 million in studies of agricultural nitrogen's impacts
2.13.09 — Expert drives car, climate solutions on a global scale
UC Davis transportation expert has a vision for our transportation future.
2.9.09 — Big wheel
UC Davis expert Daniel Sperling's predictions for the future of transportation.
10.17.08 — UC Davis studies tail pipe emissions
As millions of new alternative fuel cars hit the road, scientists from UC Davis and the University of Wisconsin, Madison are beginning a study exactly how they will affect air pollution.
9.26.08 — Climate Change Alters Base of Tahoe Food Web
UC Davis researchers at Lake Tahoe published the first evidence that climate change alters the makeup of algae, which are the foundation of the web of life in freshwater lakes.
9.12.08 — 100 Ways that UC Davis Has Transformed the World
UC Davis has transformed the world in many ways, including through environmental contributions.
7.25.08 — UC Davis shares in $12.3 million grant for large-scale 'carbon farm' in delta
7.18.08 — Predicting climate change; Prof solves nitrogen paradox, portending improved accuracy
6.26.08 — Designing the new fuel standards
UC Davis is leading the way in helping California trim the carbon "fat" out of the fuels that go into cars and trucks.
6.20.08 — 100 mpg vehicles just around corner
UC Davis co-organized and co-sponsored the first international conference on plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in San Jose.
6.18.08 — UC Davis Strengthens Commitment to Sustainability
A new Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability office will coordinate universitywide efforts on sustainability, seed money will support new projects, and a new committee will advise the chancellor on sustainability.
6.13.08 — New Student Movement
Activists with the California Student Sustainability Coalition, including UC Davis students, encourage UC and other campuses to become more climate friendly.
6.13.08 — Future Car Talk
National Public Radio’s Car Talk visited the UC Davis shop of Professor Andrew Frank to talk about cars of the future.
3.24.08 — Warming Could Radically Change Lake Tahoe in 10 Years
2.8.08 — Campus energized for historic, ‘largest ever’ teach-in
UC Davis joined in Focus the Nation by focusing much of its attention on global climate change.
11.26.07 — New Drought-tolerant Plants Offer Hope for Warming World
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11.19.07 — Energy for the future
UC Davis is engineering a sustainable future: Let us count the ways
11.9.07 — Scientists to study new plug-in hybrids
Electric cars will be loaned to Northern California families and UC Davis researchers will analyze their responses.
10.30.07 — UC Davis Will Study Users of New Plug-in Hybrid Cars
UC Davis will loan families electric cars and analyze their experiences.
10.25.07 — Agricultural Soil Erosion Is Not Adding to Global Warming
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10.2.07 — Agricultural soil erosion off hook as CO2 factor in global warming
9.27.07 — 'Farm-to-Fork' Conference Focuses on Energy, Carbon Emissions From Food
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8.2.07 — UC Experts Detail New Standard for Cleaner Transportation Fuels
UC Davis experts release "Low Carbon Fuel Standard," designed to stimulate improvements in transportation-fuel technologies.
6.1.07 — How air pollution affects the quality of life
UC Davis scientists who are researching air pollution talk about how it can make us sick, and what we can do to clean up our air. (Video)
4.6.07 — Greenhouse gas tally OK'd
A recent tally of greenhouse gas emissions from all campus property is a step closer to being an official part of the California Climate Action Registry.
3.9.07 — ‘City’ of UC Davis tracks greenhouse gas emissions
Aa consultant is certifying the data for inclusion in the California Climate Action Registry.
2.16.07 — Sperling tapped for post on air resources board
Daniel Sperling, UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies named to the California Air Resources Board.
1.26.07 — UC issues green report
The UC releases its progress in implementing its green building, clean energy and sustainable transportation policy.
1.19.07 — UC Davis Briefs Congress on Cars and Fuels of the Future
1.18.07 — California's New Fuel Standard: What It Means, How We Will Get There
1.11.07 — UC Davis is engineering a sustainable future: Let us count the ways
A look at the possible future of energy as influenced by UC Davis activities.
1.9.07 — UC Experts Will Draft Calif.'s New Auto Emissions Policy Announced Today by Gov. Schwarzenegger
1.4.07 — A Bumpy Shift From Icehouse to Greenhouse
12.15.06 — Air Crusader
Sept. 11 victims, high school students, national park visitors have all benefited from Tom Cahill's air pollution expertise.
10.20.06 — Campus opens Lake Tahoe environmental center
The Tahoe Center for Environmental Sciences, an Earth-friendly building, opens its doors.
10.4.06 — Ice Age North Atlantic Temperatures, Tropical Oceans Linked
9.19.06 — Chevron to Fund Major Biofuel Research Projects
Chevron Corp. will fund research at UC Davis to develop affordable, renewable transportation fuels from farm and forest residues, urban wastes and crops grown specifically for energy.
8.28.06 — Greenhouse Methane Released From Ice Age Ocean
Professor's work finds periods of warming temperatures during the last ice age triggered the release of methane from beneath the ocean.
5.18.06 — New Super-Efficient Plug-in Hybrid Unveiled
"Trinity," a highly fuel-efficient plug-in hybrid vehicle, was unveiled today by engineering students.
11.15.05 — UC Davis Wins $8 Million EPA Grant to Study Health Effects of Air Pollution
10.21.05 — Key themes reflected in new faculty hiring
A competition to identify the campus's highest priorities will add new faculty positions to programs that include those that focus on sustainability.
8.2.05 — UC Davis Fuel Cells Expert Debates Online at PBS.org
A PBS television program's website shows the director of the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studie debating Joseph Romm, executive director and founder of the Center for Energy & Climate Solutions.
12.20.04 — UC Davis Study Shows Lake Tahoe Is Warming Up
7.19.04 — UC Davis Corrals Cows in Bovine Bubbles to Study Air Emissions
4.20.04 — UC Davis Hosts Calif. Governor's Hydrogen Highways Event
Govenor launched the nation's first Hydrogen Highway Network in an event at UC Davis
5.24.13 — Katehi urges national strategy to inspire change and courage
At the Governors' Global Climate Summit 3, the chancellor urged the U.S. government “to stand up and lead” in the climate change crisis.
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