Scientific research is a collaborative process. Sometimes that looks like a lot of small contributions from a whole lot of researchers. UC Santa Barbara’s Sedgwick Reserve was among 100 sites on six ...
Forest fires can devastate vast swaths of land, but in the United States, another category of conflagrations takes the title of most destructive. Of the homes destroyed in wildfires across the ...
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz contributed to a new global study published in Science that reveals how severe, long-term drought affects crucial grassland and shrubland ecosystems around the world.
Ecosystems around the world are undergoing dramatic changes. Some of these changes are familiar stories. The collapse of fisheries, algal blooms in lakes and the loss of coral reefs are well-known ...
UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Professor Michael Loik. Photo credit: Michael Loik. UC Santa Cruz students measured plant growth and photosynthesis beneath rainfall manipulation structures at ...
Research published in the journal Science on water-deprived plants involved Texas Field Station Network experts. Rain-out shelters at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center help researchers simulate ...