UC Davis’ Charlie Brummer urges a shift from single-crop to multi-crop farming to boost sustainability, reduce costs, and slow climate change. A full-system approach, including policy reform, is key to supporting the transition.
UC Davis Prof. Mary L. Cadenasso and colleagues propose a framework for understanding human-natural disasters, highlighting how human actions and natural processes combine to create events like wildfires, exacerbated by climate change.
Researchers at UC Davis are studying how vines, such as honeysuckle and Virginia creeper, can provide fast-growing shade to reduce energy costs and water use in urban areas, offering a climate-smart alternative to trees in future cities.
UC Davis researchers and collaborators have sequenced the genomes of coast redwood and giant sequoia trees, revealing genetic traits that help these species adapt to stress, disease, and climate change, supporting conservation efforts.
Cameron Pittelkow is a new professor in the Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis. His expertise covers Agronomy and Agroecosystems, with a focus on sustainable crop production, management practices for high yields with low environmental footprints, and international agriculture.
Gail Taylor, professor and department chair, spoke to a packed meeting at UC Center Sacramento on “Plant Adaptation to Climate Change in California,” focusing on potential climate change impacts on agriculture. The center educates future policy-makers and leaders in the craft of politics and policy-making.
