College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Content / College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Content for Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú en Community Development Students Impact Policy as Part of Class /majors/blog/community-development-students-impact-policy-part-class <p><span><span><span><span><span><span>In Associate Professor <a href="https://humanecology.ucdavis.edu/catherine-brinkley">Catherine Brinkley</a>’s class, students don’t just learn about policy — they help to change it.&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p> September 07, 2021 - 1:40pm Rebecca D Huval /majors/blog/community-development-students-impact-policy-part-class CA Clean Air Law Making Strides in Overburdened Neighborhoods /climate/news/ca-clean-air-law-making-strides-overburdened-neighborhoods <p>For years, families in the Bay Area city of Richmond have lived with smoke and chemicals drifting from a nearby oil refinery. That kind of exposure poses serious health risks, but a <a href="https://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu/ab-617">new report from Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú</a> shows how California’s <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB617">Assembly Bill (AB) 617</a> is helping residents take a more active role in monitoring and reducing air pollution in their neighborhoods.</p> June 12, 2025 - 10:56am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/ca-clean-air-law-making-strides-overburdened-neighborhoods Native Turtles Return to Yosemite After Removal of Invasive Bullfrogs /climate/news/native-turtles-return-yosemite-removal-invasive-bullfrogs After invasive American bullfrogs croak, native turtles return to Yosemite, finds a Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú study. May 20, 2025 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/native-turtles-return-yosemite-removal-invasive-bullfrogs Targeting Gluten: Researchers Delete Proteins in Wheat Harmful to People with Celiac Disease /food/news/targeting-gluten-researchers-delete-proteins-wheat-harmful-people-celiac-disease-0 A Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú study found that deleting a cluster of genes in wheat may reduce wheat allergies without harming breadmaking. May 05, 2025 - 9:01am Emily C Dooley /food/news/targeting-gluten-researchers-delete-proteins-wheat-harmful-people-celiac-disease-0 Arctic Plants React Unexpectedly to Climate Change /climate/news/arctic-plants-react-unexpectedly-climate-change <p><span>Rapid climate change is upending established plant diversity and growth patterns in the Arctic, with species blooming in some areas and declining in others, suggests </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08946-8"><span>a study</span></a><span> published today in the journal Nature.</span></p><p><span>The decades-long study of more than 2,000 plant communities across 45 areas in the Arctic tundra found that many locations saw vegetation change in type, abundance and growth, between 1981 and 2022.</span></p> April 30, 2025 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/arctic-plants-react-unexpectedly-climate-change A New Record for California’s Highest Tree /climate/news/new-record-californias-highest-tree A Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine, which wasn't formerly known to grow at extreme elevations. April 17, 2025 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/new-record-californias-highest-tree Map of Genetic Regulation in Chickens Could Help Fight Against Bird Flu /blog/map-genetic-regulation-chickens-could-help-fight-against-bird-flu <p><span>An international team of researchers led by Professor Huaijun Zhou from the Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú Department of Animal Science has created the first-ever detailed map of how genes are regulated in chickens — a breakthrough that could help scientists breed birds that are more resistant to diseases like avian influenza.</span></p> April 09, 2025 - 10:38am Andy Fell /blog/map-genetic-regulation-chickens-could-help-fight-against-bird-flu Restored Stream Supports New Wild Salmon Run /climate/news/restored-stream-supports-new-wild-salmon-run A Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú study confirms Putah Creek origin salmon for first time, marking a win for creek restoration and wild salmon, and providing hope for other degraded streams around the globe. March 20, 2025 - 9:00am Katherine E Kerlin /climate/news/restored-stream-supports-new-wild-salmon-run New Dean Named for the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences /news/new-dean-named-college-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences <p>Ashley Stokes, professor and dean emeritus at the University of Tennessee, will join Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú as its new dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences on July 1.&nbsp;</p> March 18, 2025 - 10:30am Amy M Quinton /news/new-dean-named-college-agricultural-and-environmental-sciences Rankings Recognize Global Leadership of Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú /news/rankings-recognize-global-leadership-uc-davis The QS World University Rankings by Subject 2025 rank Âé¶¹appÈë¿Ú second in the world and first in the nation for veterinary science and agriculture and forestry. March 12, 2025 - 5:40pm Julia Ann Easley /news/rankings-recognize-global-leadership-uc-davis