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Scientists on the Change Forecasting project have drilled into ancient sediments at the bottom of Northern California’s Clear Lake for clues that could help reveal the consequences of past climate change, and help us predict the future consequences of global warming. Photo Credit: Robert Sanders.

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Specimens like this honey bee collected in 1965 and curated in the Essig Museum collection can help researchers understand how plant and animal populations have changed over the past 100 years.

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UC Berkeley has an extensive soil collection of ~12,000 samples from over 3,000 sites across California from the early 20th century. The samples hold the potential for rich comparative material for recreating past vegetation and habitat.

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The California Vegetation Type Map (VTM) collection which was created in the 1920s-1930s, is a key dataset for the 
Ecoinformatics Engine.

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