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Foggy coastal scene with cliff at left and distant sea stack rising from mist

Surfing Webcams Help Demystify Oregon’s Coastal Fog

  • by Kat Kerlin

A summer beach day in Oregon often involves a cool, gray blanket of fog that not only shapes the experience of beachgoers, but also the coastal and inland environment. 

Now, commercially available surfing webcams are helping scientists measure Oregon’s coastal fog, according to a study from the University of California, Davis, in collaboration with the USDA Forest Service. 

Aerial view of a narrow blue stream winding through dense green forest canopy

Study Projects Plant Extinction Rates Through 2100

  • by Kat Kerlin

No matter how fast a species under threat can move, escape can only be successful if the new destination can meet its needs.

An ecological modeling study from the University of California, Davis, found that 7% to 16% of global plant species studied are expected to lose more than 90% of their range, facing high risk of extinction by 2100 under current climate change projections.

On a clear day, the little-known UC Davis weather station is barely noticeable to passersby, but it has been recording weather since the 1800s. Students monitor winds, temperature and other weather conditions each day. (Tiffany Dobbyn/UC Davis)

Learning Meteorology: Past, Present and Future

  • by Tiffany Dobbyn

Meteorologists use a wide array of instruments to measure weather conditions. At University of California, Davis, students studying atmospheric science get an up-close look at those various instruments — some of which were first designed in the late 1800s — to gather data to predict the weather.

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