Climate change means many different things to many different people, but one thing is clear: The issue touches virtually every aspect of the planet’s natural capital and affects society’s ability to solve pressing issues related to human health, the economy and ecosystem sustainability. UC Davis research could solve pressing issues in health, economics and sustainability.
UC Davis Celebrates National Women in Engineering Day
World Oceans Day is June 8 - a day to celebrate our large expanses of sea and to collaborate for a better future. And this is just what UC Davis scientists are doing. Our researchers are discovering how climate change and human garbage hurt our oceans and their flora and fauna. Their work has triggered a new federal law and healthy practices to encourage cleaner oceans and saving endangered species. Other efforts include clean-up days for fishermen, killer whale health records and better breeding environments for endangered abalone. Check out how UC Davis is contributing to our “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planet.”
Aggies: back at it again with the grad cap decorations.
As a global leader in innovations at the nexus of food, health and the environment, UC Davis has launched the Global Tea Initiative to bring the university’s premier research in agriculture, health, science, humanities and social science to bear on the study of tea. The Global Tea Initiative for the Study of Tea Culture and Science is a teaching, research and outreach effort meant to involve the whole campus, fostering and leading collaboration across the sciences, humanities and social sciences to explore ways tea influences everything from ceramics to gender roles to health practices all over the world.
Using Science to Save Wildlife Facing Extinction
Every Picnic Day, thousands of visitors flock to UC Davis to see what the campus has to showcase. The 102nd Picnic Day will feature more than 200 exhibits and animal events including classics like the Frisbee Dog Contest and Maggot Art. This year, there are more than 20 new events to give you something new to experience at Picnic Day. Here are our top picks:
It's been said that there are only six degrees of separation between each person on earth. But in the world of wine, many vines lead back to UC Davis.
Here’s how the world could change in 2016. And how it probably won't involve hoverboards.
This common error might make your guests sick.
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