The research project is called the Redwoods and Climate Change Initiative, but the information gathered will help scientists determine much more than how climate change will affect trees. The team said forests are also being affected by invasive species, urbanization and pollution.
Secrets of the redwoods: HSU, UCB scientists work to unlock mysteries
GM Plants Escape Into American Wild
Genetically modified canola plants have been found growing wild in the U.S., in some cases far from fields of cultivated genetically modified canola. Results suggest that the plants are reproducing on their own, making this the first report of an established population of GM organisms in the wild in the U.S., according to the team.
Was Today's Poverty Determined in 1000 B.C.?
So what if I told you that economic success was instead determined by what your ancestors did more than a millennium ago? That is one implication of a provocative new study by Diego Comin, William Easterly (known for his skepticism of foreign aid programs) and Erick Gong.
CNR Professor contributes to new plan to reduce threat of catastrophic wildfires in California
By: Jim Miller, Scripps News
California has a new road map to guide efforts to reduce the threat of catastrophic wildfires in the coming years and Professor Max Mortiz is on top of it all.
Several Members of ARE Faculty and Alumni win AAEA Awards
The awards were announced Monday, July 26.
Math whiz tackles the big carbon sink puzzle
by Seth Shulman, Grist Magazine
Inez Fung is on a mission to find and account for every gram of heat-trapping carbon dioxide on the planet. And she knows where most of it is hiding.
CE Specialist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Peggy Lemaux, Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was presented with The Society of In Vitro Biology Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010.
Jesse Reynolds Receives Fulbright Award
Mr. Jesse Reynolds of California has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Netherlands in Law, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently.
Ferns and fog on the forest floor
Redwood forest ecosystem of northern California depends on fog to stay hydrated during rainless summers.
City Hopes to Address Urban Deer Attacks
A marked rise in the "urban" deer population has led to three separate incidents of wild deer attacks on dogs and humans within the last year, according to city officials, and the city is looking to alleviate the situation.
Professor elected as an Academician by Academia Sinica
Professor Inez Fung, a professor of both Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, Policy and Management, is elected as one of the 18 Academicians recognized by Academia Sinica. Academia Sinica holds its twice-yearly Convocation of Academicians.
Exposing the Student Body: Stanford Joins U.C. Berkeley in Controversial Genetic Testing of Students
The idea behind the two novel projects is that students will learn about optimizing treatment based on one's genetic profile most effectively if they are studying their own DNA.
The fewer Island marmots there are, the crankier they get
When they were facing extinction, the 25 or so Vancouver Island marmots remaining in the wild were cranky, uncommunicative and aloof.
Scientists study Global Warming Effects on Redwoods in CA
Sillett is a Humboldt State botanist whose pioneering research climbing redwoods 300 feet tall and higher. As part of the "Redwoods and Climate Change Initiative," he and his colleagues are making 3-D computer models of several trees at each site, meticulously measuring their girth every 15 feet, their bark, every branch larger than two inches in diameter, even the number of cones.
Spring 2010: Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Magazine
With striking visuals and in-depth reporting, we will focus on the emerging challenge of global freshwater shortages and the choices ahead as the world manages a limited supply.
