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Scientist Tessa Hill in sweater and glasses with black background

Meet the Oceanographer

  • by Josephine Thornton
  • August 22, 2022
When carbon dioxide enters the atmosphere, roughly 30% of it is absorbed by our oceans, a process called ocean acidification. Tessa Hill, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences and resident at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, studies this phenomenon and its effects on California coastal environments.
Orange smokey sky with marine layer and line of wildfire in California coastal hills

Exploring the Link Between Wildfires and Infectious Disease

  • by Naomi Hauser
  • August 17, 2022
Wildfire smoke may carry mold spores that cause fungal infections in humans. Naomi Hauser, an infectious disease specialist and assistant clinical professor at UC Davis Health, built strong partnerships with community fire departments to measure the spread of spores during wildfires.
Scientist Tessa Hill in sweater and glasses with black background

Tessa Hill: Telling the Ocean’s Secrets

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • August 08, 2022
As an oceanographer, Tessa Hill has logged many hours bent over shellfish and wading in seagrass beds, trying to understand ocean acidification, climate change and impacts to marine life and coastal communities.
Former home lots are evident in a cul-de-sac where all that remains is the driveways and sidewalks to where homes once stood. The lots, where the homes burned, have been razed.

A Case for Retreat in the Age of Fire

  • by Emily Schlickman, Brett Milligan and Stephen M. Wheeler
  • July 13, 2022
Wildfires in the American West are getting larger, more frequent and more severe. Although efforts are underway to create fire-adapted communities, it’s important to realize that we cannot simply design our way out of wildfire – some communities will need to begin planning a retreat.
Children on paddle board in Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Clarity Report for 2021

  • by Kat Kerlin
  • July 06, 2022
The cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe were about as clear in 2021 as they were in 2020. But a broader look at clarity measurements shows there is no pattern of consistent clarity improvement over the past 20 years.
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