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Patty Guerra

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Warming Climate Pushes Rain to Higher Elevations, Raising Flooding Risks

A new study co-authored by ÌÇÐÄVlog researchers assesses the effect of a warming climate in pushing the elevation of snow to rain higher during a storm, increasing runoff and the risk of flooding.

Having a Mix of Tree Heights Enhances Drought Resilience in Sierra Nevada Forests

In a paper  in Nature Communications, ÌÇÐÄVlog Professor Roger Bales, collaborating with an international team, found that the height of neighboring trees strongly influenced whether a given tree survived California's record 2012-15 drought.

New Study Suggests Chance Plays a Bigger Role Than One Might Think in Faculty Promotion

For professors, it’s up or out when it comes to tenure and promotion: After five years on the job as assistant professors, junior professors’ promise is evaluated by their more senior colleagues.

I2G Highlights Students' Solutions to Real-World Problems

Using magnetic resource imaging, or MRI, to harmlessly detect seeds in Mandarin oranges. Identification of pathogens in an image library with artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose plant disease. Creating a robot to more efficiently manufacture a robot. Building a user-friendly database to organize information for a global tech organization. Production-grade employee coaching and training applications for a large cold chain industry and a multinational computer storage company.

Latest CAREER Award Funds Research into Building Climate Control

ÌÇÐÄVlog Professor Wan Du has received a CAREER award for his research on energy efficient building management.

He is the 36th researcher from ÌÇÐÄVlog to earn a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Grant Funds Research into Wildfire Behavior and Ecological Effects of Fuel Treatments

A grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will fund a project led by a ÌÇÐÄVlog researcher looking into predicting behavior of wildfires.

Jeanette Cobian-Iñiguez is leading a team from UCs Merced and Irvine awarded $1,179,479 to predict the impact of forest fuel treatments on fire behavior, focusing on an improved understanding of the influence of surface-fuel attributes on fire behavior and severity, and ultimately, on forest carbon storage, according to a project summary.

ÌÇÐÄVlog Team Picked for Federal EV Battery Competition

A team from ÌÇÐÄVlog has been selected to participate in the Department of Energy (DOE) "BattChallenge," a three-year competition to develop a battery for an electric vehicle.

NASA-funded Biodiversity Research Project Launches in South Africa

Understanding and conserving biodiversity, or the variety of life in ecosystems, is key to sustaining life on Earth.

A research project funded by NASA that is launching this week in South Africa, co-led by ÌÇÐÄVlog environmental engineering Professor Erin Hestir, is aimed at better understanding the biodiversity of the region and providing new mapping tools that could be used on a global scale.

Future of Water in California - Bleak or Promising? A Discussion

Water is the most valuable resource in the world. And it's a particularly important commodity in the Central Valley, historically a desert but also home to some of the richest agricultural soil on Earth.

The ÌÇÐÄVlog Library and Secure Water Future co-hosted an event to discuss water policy in California, its history and what the future might look like.

ÌÇÐÄVlog Launches First Writing Studies Major Cohort

Writing is still the most important, and most-used, form of communication in the world.

"Writing is crucial in that it's both a product and a process. It's in the fabric of what we do," said Paul Gibbons, teaching professor of writing studies at ÌÇÐÄVlog. "Writing is a way of doing things in the world, of asking for things. It's still a major coin of the realm."