Climate Content / Climate Content for ٺƵ en Black Phoebe Project Aims to Protect Bird Species from Urban Sprawl /news/black-phoebe-project-aims-protect-bird-species-urban-sprawl <p><span>A tiny songbird called the black phoebe is trying to adapt to city life – and it’s not an easy job. They didn’t naturally evolve in the city, and they face different threats than they might in their natural habitat. Black phoebes may encounter tougher predators, more chemical pollution and hotter temperatures in the city.&nbsp;</span></p> August 19, 2024 - 12:26am Amy M Quinton /news/black-phoebe-project-aims-protect-bird-species-urban-sprawl Ethical Shareholders Advocate for Environmental Change Even When It Hits Their Wallets, Study Suggests /news/ethical-shareholders-advocate-environmental-change-even-when-it-hits-their-wallets-study <p><span><span>Ethical shareholders in United States firms — who are increasingly pushing for climate change — are willing to accept lower returns on their investments if it means companies change their practices to favor the environment, researchers suggest.</span></span></p> September 27, 2023 - 2:56pm Karen Michele Nikos /news/ethical-shareholders-advocate-environmental-change-even-when-it-hits-their-wallets-study How ٺƵ Is Growing a Tree Canopy for Tomorrow’s Climate /climate/news/tomorrows-trees-today Discover how ٺƵ is planting a canopy of strong shade trees to prepare for the extreme heat waves central California will experience in the next 100 years. March 28, 2023 - 9:20am Jocelyn C Anderson /climate/news/tomorrows-trees-today The Conversation: Can Businesses Continue to Ignore Extreme Heat Events? /blog/curiosity/can-businesses-continue-ignore-extreme-heat-events In the future, businesses will need to better manage extreme heat risk. Read a commentary; listen to a podcast. August 24, 2022 - 1:53pm Karen Michele Nikos /blog/curiosity/can-businesses-continue-ignore-extreme-heat-events Learning Meteorology: Past, Present and Future /climate/news/learning-meteorology-past-present-and-future-0 ٺƵ students monitor the weather each day and a little-known weather station on campus. It's been there since the 1800s. June 02, 2022 - 11:38am Karen Michele Nikos /climate/news/learning-meteorology-past-present-and-future-0 Global Consensus Needed to Develop Climate Risk Disclosures for Companies /curiosity/news/global-consensus-needed-develop-climate-risk-disclosures-companies At UN climate conference later this month, participants will grapple with how to make climate risk disclosures mandatory throughout the world. November 12, 2021 - 10:00am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/news/global-consensus-needed-develop-climate-risk-disclosures-companies How Can the Market Drive Oil Giants to Change? /curiosity/blog/how-can-market-drive-oil-giants-change <p><em><span><span><span><span><span><span>This blog summarizes an article by</span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><strong><span><span> </span></span></strong></span></span></span><a href="https://gsm.ucdavis.edu/profile/paul-griffin"><span><span><span><span><strong><span><span><span><span>Paul Griffin</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></span></span></a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, distinguished professor of management at the University of California, Davis, Graduate School of Management.</span></span></span></span></span></span></em></p> June 22, 2021 - 11:45am Karen Michele Nikos /curiosity/blog/how-can-market-drive-oil-giants-change Poor Swelter as Urban Areas of U.S. Southwest Get Hotter /climate/news/poor-swelter-as-urban-areas-of-u-s-southwest-get-hotter <p>Acres of asphalt parking lots, unshaded roads, dense apartment complexes and neighborhoods with few parks have taken their toll on the poor. As climate change accelerates, low-income districts in the Southwestern United States are 4 to 7 degrees hotter in Fahrenheit — on average — than wealthy neighborhoods in the same metro regions, University of California, Davis, researchers have found in a new analysis.&nbsp;</p> February 18, 2021 - 11:10am Karen Michele Nikos /climate/news/poor-swelter-as-urban-areas-of-u-s-southwest-get-hotter Extreme Weather Could Bring Next Recession /climate/news/extreme-weather-could-bring-next-recession <p>“If the market doesn’t do a better job of accounting for climate, we could have a recession — the likes of which we’ve never seen before,” said ٺƵ professor.</p> February 18, 2020 - 1:54pm Karen Michele Nikos /climate/news/extreme-weather-could-bring-next-recession Becoming Arizona: Cooling Sacramento /climate/news/cooling-sacramento-low-carbon-cooling-in-a-warming-city <div> <div> <div class="alert">This article is the fourth in a <a href="/climate/news/becoming-arizona">series</a> that will discuss Sacramento’s hotter future, and what we can do now to be ready for it.</div> </div> <div> <div> <div> <p>Extremely hot places like Phoenix, Arizona, live and die by air conditioning.&nbsp; As both population and temperatures rise in Sacramento over the coming decades, the region will face a greater demand for cooling both day and night, as Sacramento is one of many cities also experiencing a trend of rising nighttime temperatures.</p></div></div></div></div> January 15, 2020 - 3:48pm Tristan Peery /climate/news/cooling-sacramento-low-carbon-cooling-in-a-warming-city