Ecology
In an effort to address the severity of runaway, devastating fires, the UC Cooperative Extension is teaching landowners in the Sierra Nevada forests how to practice prescribed burning on their own properties.
Read MoreClimate change is of specific concern for mountain regions due to the climatic characteristics of mountains playing a key role in generating and maintaining the extremely pronounced patterns of species diversity. A slight change in any of these characteristics can push the response adaptation, movement, or extinction.
Read MoreIron fertilization is part of the burgeoning movement of geoengineering – the idea that humans can purposefully shape natural processes on a global scale, most notably to combat climate change. It’s a controversial idea that is universally recognized to need significantly more testing to work. One of the most promising ideas to emerge from the geoengineering field is that of iron fertilization, something that has the capacity to drastically reduce our net greenhouse emissions.
Read MoreThere are already many projects around the world where GIS and digital mapping are being used to manage competing interests, particularly in developing nations where environmental protection of delicate ecosystems is key to public health but development is key to economic growth.
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