This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final milestones a graduate student has before they are officially a “Dr.”. Upon the successful defense of a thesis, the labmates of the PhD student craft a graduation hat from a mishmash of scrap cardboard and memorabilia. Hours of work go into these beloved pieces, and you can often find these hand-m...| Cryospheric Sciences
Fire Ecology is a three-year, multi-part project that spans public programs, publishing, and archival initiatives. It adopts the metaphor of Fire Ecology—the practice of maintain ecosystem health by using controlled fires to burn old growth, thereby fertilizing the soil, and clearing space for new growth to thrive.| Art Papers
Learn about the 4 elements of fire in the fire tetrahedron and how the fire tetrahedron evolved from the fire triangle from the Western Fire Chiefs Association.| WFCA
A UC Davis study summarizing the 2020 California wildfire year said just over 9,900 wildfires burned 4.3 million acres in 2020. That's twice the previous record but only average compared to burn rates before Euro-American settlement. Fire severity is the far greater concern.| UC Davis