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Eight (of many) ways UC ANR benefits the California economy
UC ANR works to benefit the California economy by improving agricultural efficiencies, mitigating risk, providing trusted information to inform policy, combating pests and diseases, advancing agriculture technologies and training the next generation of...
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Nine academics join UC ANR during the last six months
Douglas Amaral is the new pomology, water and soils advisor in Kings and Tulare counties Douglas Amaral joined UCCE in Kings and Tulare counties as pomology, water and soils advisor on Oct. 1, 2020. In his new role, Amaral will conduct a research...
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Forest management can help giant sequoias and coastal redwoods survive
In 2020, 9,000 fires scorched more than 4 million acres of California, a record-breaking year, reported Alejandra Borunda in National Geographic. Fires burned through homes and oak forests, grasslands and pines — and also...
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Buy local to minimize the environmental impact of live Christmas trees
Christmas tree production is a big business that offers economic benefits and environmental impacts, reported Erin Blakemore in Popular Science. Christmas trees' environmental tolls include fuel for helicopters to harvest and trucks to transport, but UC...
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Director of the UC Kearney Research and Extension Center retires
UC Cooperative Extension specialist Jeff Dahlberg, also the director of the UC Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center (KARE) in Parlier, invoked his 35 years of sorghum expertise to increasing interest in growing the crop in California and to...
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2020 Giving Tuesday donations break UC ANR records
The 2020 Giving Tuesday donations for UC Agriculture and Natural Resources have broken records for the organization's previous giving campaigns. “I am thrilled to report that we raised over $196,000 for UC ANR programs on Giving...
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High-severity megafires don't preclude future fires
In less than a decade, some of the burned expanses from this year's megafires could burst into intense flames again, reported Ula Chrobak in Scientific American. Frequent, low-severity fires, which clear out patches of low-lying vegetation and...
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UC ANR pushes play for #GivingTuesday
GIVE NOW While COVID-19 has put the world on pause, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources continues to bring the power of UC research in agriculture, natural resources, nutrition, and youth development to local communities to improve the lives of all...
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Wildfires are devastating to the soil
After another record year for California wildfire, concern is now turning to the soil impacted by firestorms, reported Sarah Klearman in the Napa Valley Register. High-temperature flames can incinerate vegetation and destroy plant root systems,...
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Climate change is converting cities into 21st century ghost towns
In California, most ghost towns were created when a local industry collapsed. Now, climate change is more often to blame when booming communities whither and die, reported Daniel Cusick in E&E News. In an eerie horror story released just before...