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Study shows how restoring overstocked forests can yield multiple, diverse benefits

Study shows how restoring overstocked forests can yield multiple, diverse benefits
August 5, 2022
UCI study: California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back

UCI study: California’s trees are dying, and might not be coming back
Wildfires and climbing temperatures have caused a 6.7 percent decline since 1985
July 14, 2022
Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes

Human-triggered California wildfires more severe than natural blazes
UCI scientists make the discovery using improved tracking algorithms
June 6, 2022
UCI-led research recommends extending California’s prescribed burning season  

UCI-led research recommends extending California’s prescribed burning season  
Practice viewed as an important tool to prevent out-of-control wildfires
May 16, 2022
Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest

Deforestation drives climate change that harms remaining forest
UCI researchers reconsider carbon storage with improved climate models, satellite data
April 12, 2022
Fires in the Sierra Nevada likely to grow in frequency

Fires in the Sierra Nevada likely to grow in frequency
UCI study links rising temperatures to higher blaze risk
November 17, 2021
California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself

California’s carbon mitigation efforts may be thwarted by climate change itself
UCI study: Higher heat will limit ecosystem’s role in removing atmospheric CO2
July 22, 2021
Man on fire

Man on fire
UCI’s Tirtha Banerjee probes the physics behind catastrophic blazes
April 6, 2021
UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires

UCI-led project seeks to combat wildfires
February 14, 2020
UCI, UC Merced: California forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water

UCI, UC Merced: California forest die-off caused by depletion of deep-soil water
Study warns of threats from future concurrent drought and heat events
July 1, 2019