UC Santa Barbara |

Saving native oysters

Conservation aquaculture could bring more native oysters to plates and estuaries along the west coast.

UC Berkeley via The Conversation |

A new way to remove salts and toxic metals from water

Desalination can help meet growing water needs globally, but current techniques are limited. A new approach holds promise.

UC Davis and UC Riverside |

Genes that keep plants green: A discovery that can help us grow crops in a drought

Scientists have discovered genetic data that will help food crops like tomatoes and rice survive longer, more intense periods of drought on our warming planet.

UCLA |

A path toward clean drinking water for all Californians

A new study finds hundreds of public water systems are out of compliance, but points to solutions the state (and nation) can pursue.

UC Newsroom |

UC summit will focus on student involvement in the war on global hunger

Register by March 12 to participate in the 2021 Universities Fighting World Hunger Virtual Summit to be held March 25-26, 2021.

UC Riverside |

Your childhood diet has a lifelong impact, study finds

The effects of unhealthy food followed young mice into adulthood.

UC Riverside |

$6.3M will help UC Riverside save America’s avocado orchards

Scientists to take on the imposing threats of incurable fungus, root rot and salinity.

UC Newsroom |

A Zoom-friendly idea for Thanksgiving

Impress your family from afar — and your friends on Instagram — with this holiday superfood.

UC Newsroom |

Serve your community at your Thanksgiving table

Six ways to bring deeper meaning to your meal by supporting farmers, farmworkers and the planet.

UC Santa Cruz via The Conversation |

Chinese fishing boats took half a billion dollars of illegal squid from North Korea. Scientists used satellites to catch them out

Satellite technology and machine learning are helping track down illegal and environmentally damaging ‘dark fleets’ of fishing boats.

UC Santa Barbara |

The next trend in food: Edible insects?

A lot of people think you should be eating more insects.

UC Riverside |

UC Riverside discovers first effective treatment for citrus-destroying disease

The disease that has devastated crops in Florida and threatens California may finally be stoppable.