Climate Change

By the end of the 21st century global temperatures are expected to increase by 3.2 to 7.2°F causing sea level to rise 7 to 23 inches (IPCC 2007). As policymakers consider the challenge of environmental and economic mitigation in the face of an uncertain climate, UC Davis researchers are seeking understanding of and solutions for global warming and its impacts.

Faculty Experts

• Julian Alston
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Invasive Species | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Cort Anastasio
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Atmospheric Science | Air Quality
• Marissa Leanne Baskett
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Chris Benner
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• William A. Bennett
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Trish Berger
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Business, Management
• Arnold J. Bloom
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Martin Burger
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture
• Thomas A. Cahill
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Atmospheric Science | The Climate Past | Human, Community Health | Environmental Justice | Air Quality | Policy, Governance
• Christopher Cappa
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Atmospheric Science | Air Quality
• Colin Carter
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Invasive Species | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Economics | Business, Management
• Shu-Hua Chen
  Climate Change | Climate Modeling, Forecasting
• Jeannie L. Darby
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• Ann M. Dillner
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Atmospheric Science | Air Quality
• John M. Eadie
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Population Genetics | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture
• Deborah L. Elliott-Fisk
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Valerie Eviner
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach | Business, Management
• Nann Fangue
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Hossein Farzin
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Policy, Economics | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Erica Fleishman
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Stressors on Plants | Stressors on Animals | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Business, Management
• Joan Florsheim
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Graham Fogg
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Effects on Water Resources
• Richard Frank
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Environmental Justice | Policy, Governance
• Rachael Goodhue
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Invasive Species | Water Policy | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Richard Grotjahn
  Climate Change | Atmospheric Science | Climate Modeling, Forecasting
• Walter Gubler
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Disease | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture
• Andrew B. Hargadon
  Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Technology and Energy Efficiency | Business, Management | Invention, Entrepreneurship
• Susan Harrison
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Invasive Species | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Jan W. Hopmans
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture
• Louise E. Jackson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Ecosystems | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Soil Microbes | Physiology and Nutrition | Habitat Restoration | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Lovell (Tu) Jarvis
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Bryan M. Jenkins
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Technology and Energy Efficiency | Air Quality
• Ermias Kebreab
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Air Quality
• Alissa Kendall
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Technology and Energy Efficiency | Food, Agriculture
• Mike Kleeman
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Atmospheric Science | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Air Quality
• Dietmar Kültz
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Andrew Latimer
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Kenneth Loh
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Natural Hazards | Technology and Energy Efficiency
• Jay R. Lund
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | History, Culture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Business, Management
• Andrew J Marshall
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Plants | Wildlife | Stressors on Animals | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach
• Mary Brooke McEachern
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Population Genetics | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Stressors on Animals | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach
• Pierre Merel
  Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Deanne Meyer
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Policy, Economics | Air Quality | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
• A. Keith Miles
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Toxicology | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach
• Jeff Mitchell
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Physiology and Nutrition | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Air Quality | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Tim Morton
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Policy, Economics | History, Culture | Arts & Literature | Environmental Ethics
• Jeffrey F. Mount
  Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Natural Hazards | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Policy, Governance
• Peter Moyle
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Water Policy | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Terry Nathan
  Climate Change | Atmospheric Science | Climate Modeling, Forecasting
• Malcolm North
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Stressors on Plants | Habitat Restoration | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance
• David Osleger
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Lakes | The Climate Past
• Sanjai Parikh
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• Gregory Pasternack
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Deltas and Estuaries | Effects on Water Resources | The Climate Past
• Kyaw Tha Paw U
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Atmospheric Science | Air Quality
• William Reisen
  Climate Change | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Eliska Rejmankova
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Plants | Disease | Soil Microbes | Habitat Restoration | Lakes | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
• Kevin Rice
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population Genetics | Plants | Invasive Species | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• James H. Richards
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Physiology and Nutrition | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Peter J. Richerson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Plants | Lakes | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | The Climate Past | Food, Agriculture | History, Culture
• Dennis E. Rolston
  Climate Change | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle
• James Sanchirico
  Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Coasts and Oceans | Policy, Economics | Policy, Governance | Economics
• Marc Schenker
  Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effects on Human Populations, Behavior | Human, Community Health | Air Quality
• Geoffrey Schladow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Education and Outreach
• Mark W. Schwartz
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Stressors on Plants | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Kate M. Scow
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Soil Microbes | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Joaquim Silvestre
  Climate Change | Policy, Economics
• Johan Six
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Soil Microbes | Rivers | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Richard Snyder
  Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Atmospheric Science | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Agriculture | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Education and Outreach
• Daniel Sperling
  Land Use | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Transportation | Technology and Energy Efficiency | Policy, Governance
• Howard Spero
  Climate Change | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | The Climate Past
• Mike Springborn
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Invasive Species | Policy, Economics | Economics
• Jay Stachowicz
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Coasts and Oceans | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Swee Teh
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Ecosystems | Toxicology | Disease | Stressors on Animals | Physiology and Nutrition | Rivers | Lakes | Deltas and Estuaries | Coasts and Oceans | Aquatic Health, Toxicology | Pollution, Transport and Water Quality
• Lisa Thompson
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Population, Community Ecology | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Rivers | Lakes | Climate Modeling, Forecasting | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Education and Outreach
• Brian Todd
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Wildlands | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Toxicology | Stressors on Animals | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Thomas P. Tomich
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Policy, Economics | Food, Agriculture | Policy, Governance | Economics | Education and Outreach
• Dirk Van Vuren
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Joshua Viers
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Water & Watersheds | Climate Change | Effective Solutions | Ecosystems | Wildlands | Plants | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Disease | Land Use Planning | Habitat Restoration | Geospatial Analysis | Rivers | Lakes | Water Policy | Effects on Water Resources | Effects on Plants and Wildlife | Policy, Governance | Education and Outreach
• Stephen M. Wheeler
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Effective Solutions | Land Use Planning | Landscape Architecture, Urban Development | Transportation | Policy, Economics | Human, Community Health | Arts & Literature | Policy, Governance
• Michael Whiting
  Land Use | Climate Change | Healthy Environment, Healthy People | Geospatial Analysis | Effects on Agriculture | Food, Agriculture
• Truman P. Young
  Biodiversity & Conservation | Land Use | Climate Change | Population, Community Ecology | Plants | Wildlife | Invasive Species | Habitat Restoration | Effects on Plants and Wildlife
• Qi Zhang
  Climate Change | Atmospheric Science | Greenhouse Gases, Carbon Cycle