Land, Air and Water Resources

Nanoparticle scientist honored

Devin Rippner receives Van Alfen/MacDonald Graduate Student Support Fund Award

Devin Rippner is the 2018 recipient of the Neal Van Alfen and James MacDonald Graduate Student Support Fund Award for his research and leadership on the environmental fate of metals and metal oxide nanoparticles in soil and water.

New source of global nitrogen discovered

Rocks could hold key to carbon storage and improved global climate projections

For centuries, the prevailing science has indicated that all of the nitrogen on Earth available to plants comes from the atmosphere. But a study from the University of California, Davis, indicates that more than a quarter comes from Earth’s bedrock.

Land, Air and Water Resources

The Department of Land, Air and Water Resources is multidisciplinary with faculty who specialize in atmospheric science, plant sciences, soils and biogeochemistry, hydrology and water engineering. Teaching, research and outreach efforts focus on agricultural and environmental aspects of these disciplines.

5 Concepts for Sustainable Solar Energy

A Framework for Energy Production and Ecological Conservation

To both advance solar energy and conservation goals over fossil-fuel use, a study led by University of California, Davis, ecologists helps clarify the benefits, trade-offs and interactions between renewable energy systems and the environment.

Young kids benefit from lipid supplements

Supplements improve kid’s health, here and abroad

Moms and dads caught in the frenzy of raising little ones probably don’t realize it, but the first 1,000 days of their children’s lives truly are “golden” — precious, that is, in their implications for future growth and development.

Bright Idea

UC Davis to help young Africans address energy challenges

The University of California, Davis, has been selected to host the second energy institute for young African leaders who are tackling energy challenges in their countries.

Fellows learn how to measure tree carbon on a field trip to Lake Tahoe during the 2016 institute. (Julia Ann Easley/UC Davis photo)

Living Laboratory

Homegrown experts help clean and beautify Arboretum Waterway

UC Davis has a secret weapon in its mission to clean and beautify the Arboretum Waterway: Homegrown expertise.

Land-sparing spaces can meet renewable energy demands

Unconventional space could save energy and agricultural lands

 

Unconventional spaces could be put to use generating renewable energy while sparing lands that could be better used to grow food, sequester carbon and protect wildlife and watersheds, says a study led by the University of California, Davis.

These land-sparing spaces include: 1) built environments, such as rooftops 2) salt-affected land 3) contaminated land, and 4) water reservoirs with floating solar arrays, or “floatovoltaics.”

Grant to Study Datasets

Water-focused project will help policymakers better assess impacts of climate change.

A mid increasing demands for accurate climate projections, a new grant to the University of California, Davis, from the U.S. Department of Energy Regional and Global Climate Modeling Program aims to help make better use of regional climate datasets.