In what came to be called the “Christmas Valley Miracle,” the Lake Tahoe Basin communities of Christmas Valley and Meyers ...

UC Davis forest ecologist Hugh Safford overlooks Echo Lake in the Lake Tahoe Basin. In August 2021, the Caldor Fire entered the basin but spared the communities of Meyers and Christmas Valley due to ...

Water runs through a burn scar of the 2021 Caldor Fire in the Lake Tahoe Basin in this photo taken in 2025. UC Davis ecologists found that unburned fuel piles increased the fire's severity.

Marine bacteria are key to determining whether carbon is recycled near the ocean surface or transported to deeper waters, but ...