Mind, Technology, and Society. Talk series brings world-class scholars and scientists to UC Merced. See the Fall 2017 schedule. The Cognitive and Information Sciences Ph. Emphasizes training in scientific research. Integrate training in several fields. CIS welcomes new faculty in 2017.

The National Greater Sage-Grouse Planning Strategy is a commendable effort to improve management of more than 60 million acres of the Sagebrush Sea, a little known, but vitally important landscape to fish and wildlife, recreation, western communities and sustainable economic development.

At the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Which is part of the University of California - San Diego. Hugo Hidalgo - Universidad de Costa Rica. Jessica Lundquist - University of Washington, Seattle.

Wildfire Modeling, Fire Forecasting and Climate Change Assessment. Welcome to the Climate Applications Lab at UC Merced,. The main focus of our research is wildfire-vegetation-climate interactions, wildfire modeling, wildfire forecasting, impacts of climate change in wildfire and air quality, impacts of wildfire on the carbon budget and policy implications on regional to global scales. And the Environmental Systems Graduate Group.

Institute for the study of ecological and evolutionary climate impacts. ISEECI leverages the UC Natural Reserve System. We are looking for help in keeping our program alive and well. Please consider helping us in the journey by donating.

Determining how climate change will influence disturbance patterns and species distribution is paramount for informing policies and management that will help ensure the continued existence of intact, fully functioning forest systems. Our research at the University of New Mexico uses field studies and modeling to understand how forests will respond to changing climate and disturbance.