Carbon markets underestimate risks U.S. forests face from climate change
Maps produced in U-led study show where the risk of loss from fire, insects and drought are most elevated.
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9 global climate innovators named finalists for $250K Wilkes Prize
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Sustainability
At the 2026 Wilkes Climate Summit on May 13, finalists will pitch their solutions, ranging from low-carbon construction materials to cleaner chemical manufacturing and resilient agriculture.
Read MoreIndustry-managed forests more likely to fuel megafires
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Forests managed by timber companies were more likely to exhibit the conditions that megafires love—dense stands of regularly spaced trees with continuous vegetation connecting the understory to the canopy.
Read MoreU scientists develop AI-powered tool to forecast wildfire smoke
Categories: Artificial Intelligence, Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Trace AQ, a university startup company commercializing the technology, makes the pioneering tool available to the public through Wilkes Center.
Read MoreWhere inquiry meets impact
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Campus Life, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Sustainability
The new L. S. Skaggs Applied Science Building completes the 275,000-square-foot Crocker Science Complex, a celebration of science and our shared belief in a better future.
Read MoreSix Climate Launch Prize finalists at Wilkes Summit
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Learn about the experiences of the inaugural cohort and apply for the next one.
Read MoreAre LA’s wildfires a look into Utah’s future?
Categories: Community, Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Safety, Science & Technology
Tom Cova, expert in environmental hazards emergency management, gives insight into the Los Angeles wildfires and the best practices for keeping fire-prone communities safe.
Read MoreBurning questions: Discovering the roles of fire, fuel and fauna
Categories: Campus Life, Faculty/Staff, Feature (Utah.edu), Impact Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, Research, Students
Research by NHMU curators Tyler Faith and Mitchell Power showcased in new exhibit about how wildfire patterns change in response to climate change and herbivore extinction.
Read MoreAs climate warms, California wildfires are becoming more severe, killing more trees
U biologist Jon Wang, with UC Irvine colleagues, uses satellite imagery to document the growing destructiveness of Western wildfires since 1980.
Read MoreExploring solutions to the threat climate change poses to the West’s electrical grid
Bringing together a multitude of stakeholders, a symposium seeks to identify solutions for a mounting crisis that communities are not prepared for should the grid fail.
Read MoreWildland firefighters hit their STRIDE
Categories: Faculty/Staff, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, Inspire Initiatives, Latest Stories, News Releases, Research, Safety, Science & Technology
STRIDE is the first model for accurately mapping the most efficient routes and estimating walking speed through any environment that considers slope steepness, vegetation density and ground surface roughness.
Read MoreEnvironmental refuges to escape the heat
Categories: Belonging, Community, Faculty/Staff, Health & Medicine, Impact Initiatives, Innovate Initiatives, News Releases, Research, Science & Technology
Daniel Mendoza discusses the need for “cool zones,” for the public to escape increasingly extreme heatwaves and its associated heat-related illness.
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