Climate Change Content / Climate Change Content for ٺƵ en Paul Griffin on How Climate Risk Could Bring a Series of Recessions /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/paul-griffin-climate-risk-recessions New research finds the economy could be plunged into recession — or a series of recessions — because financial markets don’t account for climate risk. Paul Griffin, Distinguished Professor at the ٺƵ Graduate School of Management, has been studying this ”unpriced risk” and how it can affect markets and the economy. August 02, 2022 - 12:20am Soterios J Johnson /news/podcasts-and-shows/the-backdrop/episode/paul-griffin-climate-risk-recessions Extreme Weather Accelerates Nitrate Pollution in Groundwater /food/news/extreme-weather-accelerates-nitrate-pollution-groundwater Extreme weather from climate change, including droughts and heavy rains, may increase the risk of nitrates from fertilizers ending up in groundwater. November 13, 2024 - 1:53pm Amy M Quinton /food/news/extreme-weather-accelerates-nitrate-pollution-groundwater Can Corals Be Saved? /blog/can-corals-be-saved <p><span>It takes a strong constitution to be a coral researcher these days. These vibrant underwater ecosystems are beset by all manner of challenges in the 21st century, from bleaching events and pollution to storm surges and overfishing. But there’s good news on the way for coral conservation.</span></p> November 04, 2024 - 4:13pm Andy Fell /blog/can-corals-be-saved Buried Alive: Carbon Dioxide Release From Magma Deep Beneath Ancient Volcanoes a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Past Climate /blog/buried-alive-carbon-dioxide-release-magma-deep-beneath-ancient-volcanoes-hidden-driver-earths <p>An international team of geoscientists led by a volcanologist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and including Maxwell Rudolph, associate professor in the ٺƵ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from deep within the Earth long past their period of eruptions.</p> October 30, 2024 - 2:34pm Andy Fell /blog/buried-alive-carbon-dioxide-release-magma-deep-beneath-ancient-volcanoes-hidden-driver-earths Assessing the Real Climate Costs of Manufacturing /news/assessing-real-climate-costs-manufacturing <p>Producing materials such as steel, plastics and cement in the United States alone inflicts $79 billion a year in climate-related damage around the world, according to a new study by engineers and economists at the University of California, Davis. Accounting for these costs in market prices could encourage progress toward climate-friendly alternatives.&nbsp;</p> October 24, 2024 - 11:42am Andy Fell /news/assessing-real-climate-costs-manufacturing Taking the Earth’s Temperature Over the Past 485 Million Years /blog/taking-earths-temperature-over-past-485-million-years <p><span>Palm trees in Alaska, crocodiles in Wyoming: Fossils show that Earth’s temperature has changed over hundreds of millions of years. Now a new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona, with Professor Isabel Montañez of the ٺƵ Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, has produced a curve of global mean surface temperatures over the past 485 million years. The new curve, published Sept. 19 in Science, reveals that Earth’s temperature has varied more than previously thought as life has diversified, populated land and endured multiple mass extinctions.</span></p> September 19, 2024 - 10:36am Andy Fell /blog/taking-earths-temperature-over-past-485-million-years Student Entomologists Gain Hands-On Skills in Insect Biology /student-research/news/insect-scholars-program-provides-undergraduates-with-skills-in-biology-and-entomology Discover how student researchers are gaining hands-on biology and entomology skills and protecting pollinators through the Insect Scholars Program. May 28, 2024 - 9:00am Jocelyn C Anderson /student-research/news/insect-scholars-program-provides-undergraduates-with-skills-in-biology-and-entomology Genetic Diversity of Wild North American Grapes Mapped /food/news/genetic-diversity-wild-north-american-grapes-mapped ٺƵ mapped the genetic traits of wild North American grapes, which will help breeders tackle challenges like climate change. December 19, 2023 - 8:00am Emily C Dooley /food/news/genetic-diversity-wild-north-american-grapes-mapped 6 Books on Climate Change from ٺƵ /climate/news/6-climate-change-books-uc-davis-authors-2023 Get informed and inspired in 2024 with new climate change books from campus authors. December 12, 2023 - 10:15am Malia N Reiss /climate/news/6-climate-change-books-uc-davis-authors-2023 Heat Waves Harm Bird Reproduction on Agricultural Lands /climate/news/heat-waves-negatively-impact-bird-reproduction-agriculture Extreme heat diminishes bird reproductive success in agricultural landscapes more so than in forests, a ٺƵ study found. October 19, 2023 - 11:00am Tiffany Dobbyn /climate/news/heat-waves-negatively-impact-bird-reproduction-agriculture