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Coping With Climate Stress in Antarctica

Katherine E Kerlin — January 17, 2018 - 1:50pm

Some Antarctic fish living in the planet’s coldest waters are able to cope with the stress of rising carbon dioxide levels the ocean. They can even tolerate slightly warmer waters. But they can’t deal with both climate change stressors at the same time, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

California Climate Research Institute Proposed to Boost Climate Research and Action

Katherine E Kerlin — August 17, 2017 - 3:18am

California scientists spanning all 10 51�ԹϺ�� campuses and some private institutions are proposing a climate research institute that would help the state put climate solutions into practice, boosting both climate research and climate action.

The plans and inspiration behind the proposed California Climate Science and Solutions Institute are described in an Aug. 16 news article in Nature.

Tiny Shells Indicate Big Changes to Global Carbon Cycle

Katherine E Kerlin — May 25, 2017 - 4:31pm

Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to the global carbon cycle are underway, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.

For the study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, scientists raised foraminifera — single-celled organisms about the size of a grain of sand — at the 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory under future, high CO2 conditions.

You Say You Want a Transportation Revolution? How About Three of Them?

Katherine E Kerlin — May 02, 2017 - 12:40pm

Three transportation revolutions are in sight, and together, they could help reduce traffic, improve livability, save trillions of dollars and reduce urban transportation CO2 emissions by 80 percent or more worldwide by 2050. That’s according to a report released today from the University of California, Davis, and the New York-based nonprofit Institute for Transportation & Development Policy.

But to receive the most benefit from electric, driverless and shared transportation, the three revolutions must happen at the same time.