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The sun rising over New York City while wildfire smoke covers the city

Hugh Safford featured in SF Gate article discussing the impact of wildfire smoke

Alicia Hans pictured on the left and Caden Williams pictured on the right

Environmental Science Management students receive prestigious awards

Professor Jim Sanchirico is pictured in the middle along with the other award recipient Jim Wilen

Professor Jim Sanchirico awarded the 2023 Publication of Enduring Quality Award

Marissa Baskett is pictured second to the left next to Dean Helene Dillard and the other award receipients

Marissa Baskett Honored with Eleanor and Harry Walker Academic Advising Award

Assistant Professor Xiaoli Dong: Pioneering Climate Change Research with Biocrusts

Bernie Bastien-Olvera wins Kinsella Memorial Prize

Bernie Bastien-Olvera's interdisciplinary work explores the impact of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity policy and human well-being

Distinguished Professor Daniel Sperling is recognized by the Academic Senate and Academic Federation for his public service

An Assessment of Native Seed Needs and the Capacity for Their Supply Final Report cover photo

Dr. Susan Harrison chairs NASEM committee reporting natural habitat restoration seed shortage

John Williams passes through a prescribed burn on Southern California Edison land. Photo taken by Abner Kingman

John Williams leads research on record levels of high-severity fires on California's forests

Michael Springborn and Joakim Weill find a connection between the decline of amphibian populations and increased malaria cases

Fran Moore heads to her new office for the year in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building

Associate Professor Frances Moore tapped for the White House

Frances C. Moore Appointed as Senior Economist with Council of Economic Advisers

Bernardo Bastien-Olvera, Frances C. Moore, and Francesco Granella examine the impact climate change has on economic growth

Purple sea urchins actively grazing on kelp off the coast of Mendocino County, California. Credit Chris Teague

Jorge Arroyo-Esquivel leads research with Marissa Baskett and Alan Hastings on kelp forest restoration

A wildfire burns in Sonoma County in 2020 under an orange smokey sky. (Bill Oxford/Getty Images)

Hugh Safford analyzes destructive California fires to inform fire and resource management

Eliza Oldach (left) and Helen Killeen (right) co-led a paper looking at strengthening policies to prevent whale deaths.

Eliza Oldach and Helen Killeen work to achieve zero whale mortality

Frances C. Moore appears in UC Davis News, Popular Science, and more to discuss Cimate Change study

The focus is on Frances C. Moore as study's lead author

The focus is on Frances C. Moore as lead author on Climate Change study

Daniel Sperling elected member to U.S. National Academy of Engineering

Figure of study lakes located in the Sierra Nevada and Klamath Mountains, Emerald Lake, and four lakes in Sequoia National Park

Steven Sadro and Adrianne Smits study climate variation in Sierra Nevada lakes

NSF postdoc Adrianne Smits studies climate variation in Sierra Nevada lakes

Old-growth lichens attach themselves to a tree branch at the Quail Ridge Reserve. A UC Davis study highlights the value of old-growth chaparral systems to local biodiversity. (Jesse Miller)

Safford Lab's Jesse Miller co-leads most comprehensive lichen recolonization study

Prioritizing Who Gets Vaccinated for COVID-19 Saves Lives

Vaccinating Seniors, Essential Workers First Offers Greatest Public Health Benefit

UC Davis Professor Edwin Grosholz holds a trap of invasive European green crabs at Seadrift Lagoon near Stinson Beach in California. (Courtesy Edwin Grosholz/UC Davis)

Ted Grosholz overcomes setbacks in efforts to eradicate invasive species

Andy Sih with Highly Cited Researcher ribbon

Andy Sih's Highly Cited Researcher Streak Continues

ESP Return to Worksite Plans

Special issue of the Journal of Mathematical Biology to honor Alan Hastings’ 65th birthday

Journal of Mathematical Biology celebrates Alan Hastings

Xiaoli Dong and Frances C. Moore, who are both assistant professors in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, with Marc N. Conte, an associate professor in the Department of Economics at Fordham University, outside Wickson Hall at UC Davis. (UC Davis Photo)

ESP Faculty receive NSF grant to study ecological impacts of environmental change

Frances Moore receives grant from the National Science Foundation

Road Ecology Center releases Wildlife Vehicle Conflict report

Theoretical Ecology celebrates Alan Hastings

Special issue of theoretical ecology to honor Alan Hastings’ 65th birthday

Dillon Fitch spearheads JUMP bike study

Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2018

Highly Cited Researchers is out. ESP faculty in!

Robert J Hijmans and Andy Sih among UC Davis "highly cited" researchers

Frances C. Moore joins Resources Radio to discuss agriculture and climate change

Alan Hastings receives NSF RAISE Award

2019 TRB Annual Meeting: Daniel Sperling, 2018 Roy W. Crum Award Recipient

Dan Sperling named the 2018 recipient of the Crum Award

Dan Sperling makes history as the first UC Davis member to be named a Roy W. Crum Award Recipient.

Tesla Vehicle: Photo credit CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images

Dan Sperling discusses the future of electric cars

Dan Sperling contributes to Forbes about electric vehicles.

Emma Underwood and Hugh Safford Featured in UC Davis Books Blog

Professor Susan Harrison on a field trip last week along the Central Coast.

Dr. Susan Harrison Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Mark Schwartz named a fellow of the Ecological Society of America

Dan Sperling's book, "Three Revolutions: Steering Automated, Shared and Electric Vehicles to a Better Future"

Dan Sperling featured in UC Davis Books Blog

Marissa Baskett named Chancellor’s Fellow

Ted Grosholz discusses ways to rid the Marin lagoon of green crabs

Kate Bimrose (left) and Monika Krach examine a European green crab. They have flourished in Seadrift Lagoon.

UC Davis Associate Professor Eric Sanford works in the field with students at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. (UC Davis)

Jim Sanchirico, program principal investigator, leads training program to transform graduate education in marine science and policy

A fishing boat leaves harbor at Morro Bay, California. (Getty)

Alan Hastings, lead author, examines Marine Reserves in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal

The inaugural class of the Society of Mathematical Biology Fellows.

Alan Hastings elected to the Society for Mathematical Biology inaugural class of fellows

Alan Hastings elected to Fellows of the Society in recognition of distinguished contributions to the field of mathematical biology.

Mark Lubell releases report on sea-level rise and the governance gap in the San Francisco Bay Area

Bay Area policymakers agree that sea-level rise is a threat but grapple with how to lead a coordinated effort to address it, according to UC Davis report. (GettyImages)

Mark Lubell joins Capital Public Radio to discuss US Paris Climate Agreement Exit

Postdoc Mike Gil Named TEDGlobal Fellow

Melissa Whaley wins a prestigious National/Global Academic Advising Award

Dr. Mark N. Lubell featured on Jerrerson Public Radio

Dr. Mark N. Lubell talks about finding consensus on the environment

Graduate students walking along the eastern Sierra Nevada

New Master of Science Degree in EPM

Marcel Holyoak, ESP Department Chair, co-author of a Nature journal

Pacific Ocean with Sea of Troubles title

UC Davis Bodega Marine Lab research documented in a short film

Ted Grosholz, Co-author of a Nature Communications Journal, featured in BBC News

UC Davis alumni Michael and Joelle Hurlston have pledged $1.5 million to endow a first-of-its-kind chair position. (Photo: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)

ESP to benefit from new Endowed Professorship gift

Pescadero Lagoon Science Panel and Chair John Largier release report on Pescadero fish kills

A panel of scientists has released a report that stops short of defining the cause or causes of regular fish kills at the Pescadero Marsh. Cat Cutillo/Review

Alan Hastings recently inducted to the National Academy of Sciences

Abbey Neat and Kaili P. Brande presenting research posters

ESP students present posters at 2016 Undergraduate Research Conference

ESP Students, Abbey Neat and Kaili P. Brande, at 2016 Undergraduate Research Conference

John Largier featured in TV news piece on crabbers

Three ESP scholars selected as Thompson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers

Los Angeles county fire helicopter makes a water drop to battle wild land fire call the Pine Fire in Wrightwood, Calif., on July 17. A late night brush fire broke out near the Mountain High ski resort Friday in the hills of the Angeles Forest.

Are Sierra Nevada wildfires getting worse now with climate change?

Researchers from the UC Davis, describe the increased frequency of wildfires in high elevations as 'yet another harbinger of climate change.'

Drought and climate changes are reducing the diversity of California’s grassland wildflowers. (Susan Harrison)

Drought reduces California Wildflowers

ESP study shows a mechanism for climate change exasperating effects of pollution

Mark Lubell featured in Capital Public Radio

Alan Hastings elected to the National Academy of Sciences

Fisheries need to improve sustainable practices before doing business on global seafood market. (Simon Bush/photo)

Sustainability progress should precede seafood market access, researchers urge

ITS-Davis will lead new $11.2 million National Center for Sustainable Transportation

The University of California, Davis, Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS-Davis) was selected in a national competition in September 2013 to lead a new two-year, $11.2 million research, education, and outreach consortium for the U.S. Department of Tra

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