/ College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Content for 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ Davis en /news/ffar-grant-help-improve-vineyard-soil-health <p><span><span>Wine grapes are susceptible to subtle changes in temperature and precipitation, making them particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p><span><span>Regenerative agriculture, which uses holistic farming and grazing practices to strengthen soil health and crop productivity, may help grape vines become more resilient to changing climate conditions. However, more research is needed to increase adoption of regenerative agriculture practices on vineyards. </span></span></p> August 03, 2022 - 12:20pm Katherine E Kerlin /news/ffar-grant-help-improve-vineyard-soil-health /news/covid-19-taking-toll-everyday-lives-uc-davis-research-suggests <p>Rare research on the effects of a pandemic undertaken during an ongoing disaster shows that COVID-19 has severely affected people’s daily emotional lives and mental health, increasing their stresses the longer lockdowns, fear of getting sick and financial strains continue.</p> <p>Having a lower education level and speaking English as a second language further reduced resilience and hindered people’s ability to cope, suggests new University of California, Davis, research based on surveys that began in April —&nbsp;just a few weeks after lockdowns started in the United States.</p> August 24, 2020 - 1:45pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/covid-19-taking-toll-everyday-lives-uc-davis-research-suggests /curiosity/news/new-uc-davis-research-suggests-parents-should-limit-screen-media-preschoolers <p>New research from University of California, Davis, suggests that parents should delay introducing their children to any screen media, as well as limit preschool-age children’s use of mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets.</p> March 31, 2020 - 6:00am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/new-uc-davis-research-suggests-parents-should-limit-screen-media-preschoolers /coronavirus/news/budget-canceled-event-stock-pantry <p>Each quarter, the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences invites students to take a break from the stresses of finals to stop in for coffee, hot chocolate and quick snacks like macaroni and cheese or oatmeal. With no in-person finals this quarter, it wasn’t going to happen, which gave the three staffers who organize the event an idea.</p> March 24, 2020 - 11:10am Cody Kitaura /coronavirus/news/budget-canceled-event-stock-pantry