Scientists show "it is possible to generate useful amounts of power from the night sky," potentially for things like ventilating greenhouses and homes. New study from @ucdavis.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/news/mechani...

Conflict between humans & wildlife is expected to increase with drought and climate change, finds @ucdavis.bsky.social @uclaioes.bsky.social study. "If we can make it worse, then we can make it better,” says @kendallcalhoun.bsky.social. @justineasmith.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

For 4 days I followed @ucdavis.bsky.social scientists into the High Sierra to learn secrets from a tree, a bird and a changing world. I came back with this story, a new @unfoldpodcast.bsky.social episode, tons of pics and even watercolors.🌲🪺 🎨 Enjoy! www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

This was one of the most rewarding reporting experiences I've ever gotten to have, and I'm so thrilled to see the story and podcast out in the world now! @ucdavis.bsky.social

Have CA schools missed the bus on providing shade to increasingly hot playgrounds? 🥵 About 85% of elementary schools have lost tree canopy. @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavisplants.bsky.social teams with @uclaioes.bsky.social to investigate. @latimes.com www.latimes.com/environment/...

New species of spider discovered, just in time for Halloween. But climate change and habitat loss creep around the corner, haunting this newly named trapdoor spider. @ucdavis.bsky.social paper explains. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

California playgrounds and open spaces are getting hotter, but few have much shading and many are actually losing tree cover, a team led by the UC Davis Urban Science Lab finds www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

In Focus: What’s at Stake with Federal Research Funding Cuts www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity/ne...

Federal research funding turns lab work into real help. More funding means faster treatments, cleaner air and water, safer families and stronger businesses. When funding freezes, progress slows and costs rise. Learn about how UC Davis research improve lives by visiting ucdav.is/FLTL.

You don't have to tell me about the power of siblings. My big sis is the best ever. But it's very cool to see this bond is so important in other species, too, like these songbirds, according to a new @ucdavis.bsky.social study from @sonjawild.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

The existence of small, starless clumps of dark matter can help astronomers learn more about the mystery stuff that makes up a quarter of the universe @ucdlands.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/astrono...

"Resilience shows up in sediment cores and microbial communities, in carbon storage and stress responses, and also in career pivots, broken funding pipelines, and the uncertainty that shadows early-career science today." Great ✍️by @ucdmarinescience.bsky.social storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/69cd...

Carson Jeffres has loved and studied fish for 40 years. Here, he reflects on salmon, identity and CA's past and future as a Salmon Society. It "has been difficult to have hope, but some changes are happening now." @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdaviswater.bsky.social californiawaterblog.com/2025/10/05/c...

As the climate warms and nutrient levels shift, what can cool, clear mountain lakes expect? Study from @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdavistahoe.bsky.social @ucdaviscaes.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Hey! @ucdavisnews.bsky.social is on Bsky. Go follow us for research and other news from UC Davis!

Drastic changes to the National Flood Insurance Program could dismantle a half-century of U.S. policy on dealing with natural disasters, Nicholas Pinter of @ucdavis.bsky.social tells the @latimes.com. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Nicholas Spada at @ucdavis.bsky.social’ Air Quality Research Center "is one of only a handful of scientists in the world proficient at using a nuclear method for detecting toxic substances in air particles to understand their impact on human health and the environment." www.wired.com/story/the-la...

How rapidly reducing methane emissions "is really pulling the emergency brake" on climate change. @tessahill.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social and Fatima Denton discuss new report from @climatecrisisag.bsky.social with @wedonthavetime.bsky.social at #ClimateWeekNYC www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Valley fever is affecting people and dogs across the arid West as researchers seek solutions."Their paths are different but bound by the same invisible spores,"writes @amymquinton.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/...

Research on the tenacious little killifish sheds light on how exposure to crude oil and flame retardants impacts later generations. From @andrewwhitehead.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social

As someone who helps prep scientists for media interviews, I love how the "stress test" in this research was to have someone do 5 minutes of public speaking! 😅 Nerve-wracking work, but so important. Another great story from Greg Watry for @ucdavis.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/health/news/...

Humor is one of the best ways we have to cut through the noise and make science fun and accessible. See how @seadocsociety.bsky.social, part of @ucdavis.bsky.social, does it in their funniest clips from Salish Sea Wild. #SciComm youtu.be/j3QxfSUOeMc?...

COMPASS is awesome, gold-standard #SciComm. They're giving a free communications training for government workers July 30. Sessions fill fast. www.compassscicomm.org/event/strate...

“When I first saw the lead concentrations, they were so high I thought our instrument was broken." - @ucdavis.bsky.social study author Mark Salazar on testing disposable e-cigs for toxic metals. www.ucdavis.edu/news/disposa...

Lake Tahoe's Annual Clarity report out today: "It’s not, at this point, noticeably worse. But it’s not getting better, and we need to find out why.” 💙 @ucdavistahoe.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Amidst all the heaviness out there, so fun to share a wonderful story about our record-breaking big day a month ago! Thanks so much to Tiffany Dobbyn of @ucdavisnews.bsky.social for writing this! caes.ucdavis.edu/news/uc-davi...

"The only time that we are coming across young, small turtles is when they are popping up in these bullfrog stomachs." Sidney Woodruff talks to @npr.org about their study @ucdavis.bsky.social. www.kuaf.com/npr-news/202...

Cleaning stations are the “beauty salons” of the sea, where little fish clean big fish "clients." A study explores their role for coral microbial diversity. @dranyabrown.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social @miamirosenstiel.bsky.social @whoi.edu www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Mike Kleeman of @ucdavis.bsky.social is working to understand the long-term health effects of wildfires. He shows @cnn.com his mobile air sampling unit in Altadena as residents struggle with cleanup and the unknown. www.2news.com/video/wildfi...

Resident monarchs and the non-native milkweeds that sustain them don't help or hurt migratory monarchs, as some have feared. @ucdavis.bsky.social study.

A Wild Davis experience: Gerhart got an email from Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve. "It said, 'the whole landscape was decimated by the LNU Complex fire, and we need all the help we can get.' “So I emailed and said, ‘I've got 30 students in spring. What can we do?’” www.ucdavis.edu/student-rese...

Endangered white abalone survived overfishing, a wasting disease, climate change, and an abysmal sex life to find love and a lifeline at the Bodega Marine Lab @ucdavis.bsky.social. But loss of funding may be their biggest threat yet unless other sources ⬆️. www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news...

Can Lake Tahoe get a "sunburn?" Sort of. Especially since it's so clear. UV radiation shifts at the lake with extreme wet-dry climate cycles, finds a study from @ucdavistahoe.bsky.social @ucdavis.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

The Labs to Lives series at @ucdavis.bsky.social highlights people who conduct federally funded research and what's at risk if it disappears. www.the-scientist.com/scientists-f...

A chorus of native species are making themselves heard in the ponds of Yosemite after invasive American Bullfrogs are removed, finds @ucdavis.bsky.social study of native turtles. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

How a tiny CA town is reimagining climate insurance, with research help from @ucdavis.bsky.social @ucdaviswater.bsky.social. www.kqed.org/science/1996...

A one-word definition change is a quiet way to gut the Endangered Species Act, warns a @ucdavis.bsky.social law professor and @umich.edu ecologist in @theconversation.com www.ucdavis.edu/climate/blog...

To those of you who help scientists share their stories, what are your favorite books or groups you'd recommend to improve how they talk to non-scientists? I’ve loved books by Alan Alda, Faith Kearns, Nancy Baron on this topic. Who am I missing? Scientists, what have you found helpful? #SciComm

Sulfur from sugarcane fields is creating a not-so-sweet situation in the Florida Everglades — mercury contamination, finds @ucdavis study. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

A 1-mile stretch of @ucdavis.bsky.social is paving the way for more sustainable roads, including pavement made from recycled tires and reclaimed asphalt. #LivingLab www.ucdavis.edu/news/repavin...

Science digs in to the secret of happiness. 😊@ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/news/secret-...

In the latest episode of the Unfold podcast, @amymquinton.bsky.social and @katkerlin.bsky.social explore ultraprocessed food www.ucdavis.edu/news/podcast...

"These findings are encouraging for river restoration advocates everywhere." Putah Creek salmon run featured in this #EarthDay research roundup from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social. (You're right: the pic below is not a salmon.) www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/4-calif...

There's a lot to process with this episode of @unfoldpodcast.bsky.social. Thanks for the grocery trip, @amymquinton.bsky.social! @ucdavis.bsky.social

"He was simply out for a walk in the mountains. Yet what Professor Safford found has rewritten the elevation record books and raised urgent questions about how trees are responding to climate change." @ucdavis.bsky.social www.earth.com/news/why-tre...

A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree. @ucdavis.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

"The danger of thinking that genetic technology can replace the hard work of conserving habitat and rebuilding healthy populations of threatened animals soon became clear with the dire wolf news." @ucdavis.bsky.social' Ben Sacks describes implications. www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

"There is one spot where salmon are starting to make a comeback..." @kpixtv.bsky.social reports a bright spot amid sobering salmon news. With @ucdaviswater.bsky.social and @ucdavis.bsky.social grad student Lauren Hitt at Putah Creek. youtu.be/gaINWa-I_0I?...

"There's so much local love for these fish," said lead author Lauren Hitt. "If not for local community engaged and supporting local streams, I don’t think we’d have salmon in Putah Creek today ... This is just so special.” 🐟 💙 @ucdaviswater.bsky.social www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...

Meet UC Davis' new wild salmon run! Confirmed in study. "The fact that you have Putah Creek-origin fish is a big deal. It means... there’s a future for fish in that place" and provides hope for restored streams. @andrewrypel.bsky.social @ucdaviswater.bsky.social. www.ucdavis.edu/climate/news...