Twelve UC Davis graduate students traveled the globe in the summer of 2022, creating short films to showcase their ecology research. The films presented at the Ecology Film Festival highlight the importance of storytelling in making science accessible.
UC Davis ecologist Derek Young is leading the Open Forest Observatory project, combining drone photography, machine learning, and big data to map and manage forests. This $1M NSF-funded initiative aims to enhance forest recovery from wildfire, drought, and disease.
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.
