http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 https://escholarship.org/uc/ucla_wmrc/rss Recent eScholarship items from White Mountain Research Center Fri, 19 Jun 2026 10:08:23 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9x2069ms The exceptional geology of the White-Inyo Mountains region, eastern California, has for over a century served as an ideal location for both research and teaching on topics related plate-boundary interactions and continental tectonics. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9x2069ms Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Zuza, Andrew V Levy, Drew A Haproff, Peter J Burkey, Jordan D https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9pn9z9q1 Clem Nelson, a renowned paleontologist and accomplished field geologist, spent over fifty years engaged in mapping and interpretation of early animal evolution in the CambrianPrecambrian rocks of the White-Inyo mountains. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9pn9z9q1 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Jayko, Angela S https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w34795n Anthropology to atmospheric dynamics at altitude: Celebrating 75 years of multidisciplinary research at the White Mountain Research Center in eastern California https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8w34795n Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73k864wm We utilize an analogy with communication theory to highlight how information and uncertainty flow from the world into our understanding of the world. The uncertainty of geological observations can be combined with an evaluation of the consistency and coherence of patterns to indicate the quality of a conceptual model. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/73k864wm Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Shipley, Thomas F Tikoff, Basil Nelson, Ellen N Wilson, Cristina https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5c49t6cc High-elevation white pines are among the noteworthy features that bring international recognition to the Eastern Sierra landscape and here we briefly discuss trends in these forests, agents of change, and opportunities for management aimed at conservation. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5c49t6cc Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Slaton, Michèle R Hankin, Lacey E Meyer, Marc D MacKenzie, Martin Engelhardt, Blake https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4651d5xf For twenty years, White Mountain Research Center has provided essential logistical and collaborative support for an international program (GLobal Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments; GLORIA) that assesses climate change effects on alpine (above upper treeline) flora. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4651d5xf Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bishop, Jim Bishop, Catie https://escholarship.org/uc/item/44g517q6 The Sage Hen Flat pluton has been the subject of a geological interpretation controversy, leading investigators and students to examine it more closely, testing new ideas of pluton emplacement and geocognition. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/44g517q6 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bilodeau, Bruce J Glazner, Allen F Tikoff, Basil https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3vf0n5fp Marmot group members vary in their aggression with mixed consequences, such that agonistic skew results in groups producing fewer pups, but with relatively more offspring by agonistic males. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3vf0n5fp Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wang, Thea B Nigenda-Morales, Sergio Nonacs, Peter https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2jd034xj This paper summarizes the findings of two recent archaeological studies that identified remnant Nüümü (Paiute) irrigation systems emanating from Horton and Pine Creeks in Kwinaba (Round Valley), California. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2jd034xj Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Haverstock, Gregory J Jayko, Angela S Williams, Harry C https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2g7962n7 I compile information on five rare conifer species in the White Mountains: Pinus albicaulis, P. contorta, P. ponderosa, P. jeffreyi, and Juniperus grandis. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2g7962n7 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Millar, Constance https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d62h782 For bighorn sheep in the Sierra Nevada (SN) and White Mountains (WM) of California, this study found that (1) bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis Shaw) in the WM grew much more rapidly than those in the SN, (2) in alpine habitats SN bighorn sheep (O. c. sierrae; SNBS) were primarily selecting plant species or parts with higher phosphorus (P) content, and (3) samples from alpine sedge and grass species had notably higher P in the WM compared with the SN, a difference I attribute to high soil leaching in the SN. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2d62h782 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wehausen, John D https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2c78z3pd In this Q&A-style contribution to the anniversary volume, Owens Valley Paiute (Nüümü) and Shoshone (Newe) who work on environmental matters briefly share about their homeland and experiences. Worldwide, scientists and Indigenous peoples now acknowledge the benefits of building relationships and working together to address environmental and resource challenges, and this opportunity exists in the Eastern Sierra. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2c78z3pd Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Big Pine Paiute Tribe of the Owens Valley Environmental Department https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2095m20w Air pollution research has been conducted intermittently at the White Mountain Research Center since its founding, and efforts since 2009 have focused primarily upon continuous, long-term measurements of surface-level ozone (O3 ), which is present at elevated concentrations due to the high elevation and transport from upwind source regions. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2095m20w Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Burley, Joel https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1937w10v The BEACON (Beamforming Elevated Array for COsmic Neutrinos) prototype, consisting of an array of antennas atop Mt. Barcroft, seeks to detect particles created by distant astrophysical objects. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1937w10v Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Zeolla, Andrew https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16d85877 The White Mountains contain many stone structures related to sheepherding in the early 20 th century. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/16d85877 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Wing, Michael R https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kv5d9m3 Arthropod assemblages in wetlands were far more diverse and abundant than in fell-fields across all taxa; vegetation structure and abiotic factors were both important predictors of assemblage structure. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0kv5d9m3 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Holmquist, Jeffrey G Schmidt-Gengenbach, Jutta https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0d80f4z5 Treeline is increasing and is dominated by limber pine ‘leapfrogging’ over the more common Great Basin bristlecone pine; at the tops of mountains, there has been surprising climatic heterogeneity over short distances which may have led to the observed limited change in species richness over about 20 years. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0d80f4z5 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Smithers, Brian V https://escholarship.org/uc/item/06x2s49m Columns in the Devils Postpile, eastern California, occur in hexagonal domains stitched together by chains and clusters of pentagons and heptagons, a geometrical pattern, also found in honeycombs and graphene, that forms a centroidal Voronoi tessellation. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/06x2s49m Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Glazner, Allen F