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SJV Policy Briefs

A landscape of burned-out trees near Lake Almanor in October 2025.
August 4, 2026

Wildfire is reshaping the forests of California's Sierra Nevada and affecting the water those forests supply to downstream users. A paper published in Hydrology and Earth System Science reports...

Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe and 'Groundswell' co-Director Joshua Tickell
June 18, 2026

A leading expert in soil biogeochemistry and environmental engineering, UC Merced Professor Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, brings her research and perspective to a global conversation about the future of our...

Leah Stokes, a political scientist, energy expert and climate communicator from UC Santa Barbara, speaks from the stage at UC Merced.
May 1, 2026

It's time to think bigger about mitigating climate change. Measures such as recycling, turning off lights and reducing energy use are great, but making a real impact is going to take systemic change...