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Global Climate Change
Background Information
Climate change has become generally accepted among scientists and may now be the issue of highest concern in environmental studies. Among the important methods for studying global climate change are studies of snow and ice, and computerized modeling. UC Merced faculty members can contribute insight in both these fields. In addition, UC Merced professors and researchers are working on alternative energy research that could contribute to ameliorating the problems of climate change in the future.
Associated Faculty
- Mónica Medina (Effect of climate change on marine species; genomics of marine invertebrates)
- Anthony Westerling (Effect of climate change on wildfires)
- Michael N Dawson (Marine biodiversity; evolution; ecological genetics; climate change)
- Roger C. Bales (Climate change and water resources; water from the Sierra Nevada; causes of climate change)
- Lara Kueppers (Climate change and ecology; carbon cycling and climate change; regional climate models)
- Philip B. Duffy (Climate modeling, regional climate change, societal impacts of climate change)
Associated Topics
Associated Resources
- Critical Zone Observatory to Examine Snowline Systems in the Sierra Nevada (UC Merced Article)
- Southern California Fires and Global Warming: Setting the Record Straight (UC Merced Article)
- Teach-in Educates Campus, Community About Climate Change (UC Merced Article)
- Can the Sierra's Trees Survive Global Warming? (UC Merced Article)
- Coral-algae Symbiosis Work Wins Prestigious NSF Award (UC Merced Article)
- Evolutionary Biology Professor Combines Global Research, Local Teaching (UC Merced Article)
- Never-ending Wildfires? (Article)
- Sink or Source? (UC Merced Article)
- Yosemite Research Pays Off for Undergrads (UC Merced Article)
- Irrigation Hides Global Warming Effects (UC Merced Article)
- Merced Sun-Star: Valley Cool Factor (Article)
- UC Merced Signs On for Climate Accountability (UC Merced Article)
- Powder Blurs the Business/Pleasure Line (UC Merced Article)
- Snow & Ice Expert Committed to Help Solve Regional Climate, Hydrology, Water Resources Problems (UC Merced Article)
- NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday: Wildfires and Global Warming (Podcast or Audio File)
- San Jose Mercury News: Climate Changes are Causing Bigger Wildfires (Article)
- Meet the Director of UC Merced's Wawona Field Station (UC Merced Article)
- Professor Pursues Marine Invertebrate Evolution Studies (UC Merced Article)
- UC Merced's Wawona Field Station (UC Merced Article)