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$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil

Katherine E Kerlin — January 16, 2019 - 3:23pm

California leads the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but reductions alone will not be enough to reach the targets set by the 2015 Paris climate agreement. To do that, greenhouses gases like carbon dioxide will need to be removed from the atmosphere on a monumental scale.

Grasslands More Reliable Carbon Sink Than Trees

Katherine E Kerlin — July 09, 2018 - 2:36pm

Grasslands and rangelands are more resilient carbon sinks than forests in California due to wildfire risks and climate change, a �ٺ��Ƶ study found,. This has implications for the cap-and-trade market.

Scientists Seek New Ways to Connect With Public

Dave Jones — February 28, 2017 - 2:27pm

More Dialogue at �ٺ��Ƶ

Dialogue and Discernment — Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter opened the Feb. 22 roundtable with remarks on the purpose of the new series, and announced that Professor Robert Ostertag will present the next program, Thursday, March 9.

TRANSITIONS: Houlton Takes Lead at John Muir Institute

Dave Jones — September 06, 2016 - 3:56pm

In This Column

Ben Houlton, director, John Muir Institute of the Environment
Lisa Brodkey, associate ombuds

Chancellor’s Fellow and Professor Benjamin Houlton of the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources has been named director of the John Muir Institute of the Environment, where he had served as the associate director s