(Editor's Note: The paper is now online.)

The widespread “pest-proliferation hypothesis” that climate warming will result in unprecedented agricultural pest populations and lead to monumental food insecurity worldwide is oversimplified, a nine-member team of entomologists and ecologists led by UC Davis entomologist Mia Lippey declared today.  

The legendary UC Davis Distinguished Professor Bruce Dupree Hammock (1947-2026), internationally recognized for his scientific research in chemistry, toxicology, biochemistry, entomology and human health, died Jan. 5, 2026 at age 78. A 45-year member of the UC Davis faculty, he was an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors, among other honors.