Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions

Extending the work of SSCZO ( to connect science to solutions for #LandManagement & #ClimateChange resilience in CA 🌲

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

Satellite images since 1986 show that land set aside for protection is performing much like land that isn't protected. Companies claiming offsets are skating by, write Shane Coffield and James Randerson. (via @latimesopinion)

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[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

Check out our new CECS blog article written by summer intern, Olivia Vanier. Olivia covered @shane_coffield's recent paper on CA forest carbon offsets in @GlobalChangeBio! https://t.co/9IsC5PDU5i

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

Congrats to @shane_coffield @wangathan @RandersonJim and many other CECS researchers on their new paper on CA forest carbon offsets!🌲

[NYT Climate @nytclimate]

Drone-mounted sensors, GoPro cameras ... sonic anemometers. Scientists are bringing advanced tech to prescribed burns, an age-old practice for clearing forests of flammable brush. https://t.co/QYmoQGKw5y

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

CECS Director Mike Goulden discussing the importance of data like ours for CA land management & climate adaptation at Wednesday's @CalSGC event at UC Merced. Thank you to the SGC Climate Change Research program for hosting us!

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

Thank you @CalSGC and the CCR program for the opportunity to share our work at this excellent event!

[SGC | CA Strategic Growth Council @CalSGC]

Today we convened researchers, community leaders and policymakers to discuss our Climate Change Research program. As expressed by our councilmembers, the importance of CCR's work is that it ensures we are listening & learning from communities on the frontlines of climate impacts.

[SGC | CA Strategic Growth Council @CalSGC]

Join us tomorrow at 10 am for "Integrating Community Perspectives in Research" w/ @ChancellorMunoz, @CalSGC staff & partners to explore how to achieve meaningful collaboration with frontline communities in California throughout the research process: https://t.co/14ie9QZgDZ

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

Check out our latest CECS blog article by CECS summer intern, Soffia Ramsey, on @wangathan ‘s recent study which found a 6.7% loss of tree cover in CA forests over the past 37 years. The paper can be found in @AguAdvances. 🌲 https://t.co/jrSE918Obq

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

Congratulations @Duchess_Cha and thank you for your important contributions to CECS' work! Best of luck in this new chapter.

[Dr. Egoh Benis @Begoh3]

We say goodbye to @Duchess_Cha who is joining @UVA as an assistant professor this fall after two incredible years at the Sustainable Systems Lab. Congratulations again Charity! All the best. @janewbaldwin @SteveDavisUCI @KManleySci @AAcobta @LModyAyompe

[Rik's Mind Podcast @rik_brooks]

Today we are joined by @rbalesuc. Dr. Bales is a Distinguished Professor of Engineering and a founding faculty member at UC Merced, and has been active in water- and climate-related research for over 35 years.

https://t.co/Lyxziq4yli

#science #engineer #water

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Mechanical thinning & prescribed burning being done to enhance fire protection of Calif forests provide many other benefits we depend on: better air quality, forest resilience, water for downstream users, carbon storage, habitat, recreation & more. https://t.co/XLSuMsB1IM

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

We show annual Sierra Nevada evapotranspiration scaled from flux-tower data to be a central metric of water-balance change & variability, also key to diagnosing uncertainties in catchment precipitation & discharge.

[Pam Kan-Rice @UCANRpam]

The 8.8% tree die-off in the Sierra coincided with severe drought 2012 to 2015, followed by some of the worst wildfires in CA history, including the Creek Fire in 2020, shows 🌲study by @CA_CECS w/ John Battles @ESPM_Berkeley

[Roger Bales @rbalesuc]

Visited the amazing French Meadow restoration project in @Tahoe_NF being done w/ partners @PlacerWater
@PlacerCA, @Conserve_CA, @ARConservancy, @ucmerced, @CA_CECS, @CAsWatershed & more. It takes a partnership to restore a forest!

[Dr. Egoh Benis @Begoh3]

Notes from the field! Time well spent visiting overstocked forests, restoration thinning, and wildfire aftermath sites in the Sierra Nevada. Thanks to @rbalesuc; @Duchess_Cha and Han Gou. Great outing, can't wait for the next trip!

[Jon Wang 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲🛰 @wangathan]

Check out our new paper in @AguAdvances! We used satellite data and machine learning to map annual disturbances and vegetation in California from 1985-2021 to see how fires are reshaping forests. Available now for the low low price of $0 open access: https://t.co/Rk9GqVVE52 1/n

[Jon Wang 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇲🛰 @wangathan]

Tree losses were concentrated in the hottest parts of the state. As summer temperatures continue to climb, even more of California's forests will be threatened by wildfire and climate stress. 4/n

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

New CECS wildfire research was featured in @latimes today! Congratulations @randersonjt @Yang_Chen_yc and Dr. Stijn Hantson for furthering our understanding of CA wildfire behavior. https://t.co/n3Zzqv0NWj

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

New CECS research develops new method for tracking wildfires & links causes and impacts of extreme fire in CA. Congratulations to @Yang_Chen_yc @randersonjt and Dr. Stijn Hantson for their new papers in @NatureComms and @ScientificData! https://t.co/WlTgSUPHml

[Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions @CA_CECS]

🚨The Center for Ecosystem Climate Solutions is hiring a project/research coordinator! Please share with others and see our recruitment posting to learn more and apply. Applications due June 17th. https://t.co/Za4xpmQ6p4