Environmental Sciences Major, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720-2922
Patina Mendez
Danielle Perryman & Robin Lopez
Georgiana Prevost
Impacts of Food Access on K-8 Education Analyzed through Proximity in Sacramento
Kenneth Guan
Environmental Health Impacts on Asian American Elders in San Francisco
Anthony Migliacci
Incorporating the Unincorporated: Environmental Violence and Resistance in the Warehouses of the Inland Empire
Priyanka Venkatesh
Implementation of Gray vs. Green Infrastructure in Urbanizing Cities in Emerging Countries: A Case Study of Perungudi, Tamil Nadu, India
Justin S. Kim
The Impact of Social Media on Consumer Perceptions of Fashion Sustainability and Ethics
Ximena S. Verduzco-Villanueva
Community-based Air Monitoring in Historically Underserved Communities of Eastern San Francisco
Emma Yakutis
Orthohantaviridae in Barbados: the Effect of Tropical Climates on Viral Prevalence in the Caribbean
Kimberly Peña Diaz
A Case Study on the Effects of Environmental Racism on the Latine Community in California
Wanees N. Hannan
Urban Green Spaces as a Tool to Combat Loneliness
Fiona L. Starsiak
Environmental Equity: Case Studies on Easy Bay Creek Restorations
Hoi Nam Hellas Lee
Optimizing Spatial Planning of Small-scale Green Infrastructure to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands in Hong Kong
Ridge J. Coughlin
Themes in Residential Garden Design in Berkeley, CA
Hannah Sy
Greener Grades: The Impacts of Green Schoolyards on Academic Achievement
Christina R. Schulte
Quality or Quantity? Corporate Environmental Disclosure and Third-party ESG Scores
Ashley Yip
ESG in Asia: A Closer Look at Sustainability in the Asian Food System
Annie Miller
Incorporating Community Science into Arctic Sea Ice Models: Validation of Ice Watch Data
Caroline H. H. Combs
Field Study of Ground Rock and Compost Amendments for Climate Change Mitigation at a Sonoma Dairy Farm
Anders de Wit
Investigating Timescales of Causality within Fluxes of Greenhouse Gasses
Luis Vargas
Salinity and Biogeochemical Dynamics at Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
Shifali Kerudi
The Impact of Social Media on Consumer Perceptions of Fashion Sustainability and Ethics
Sachi J. Land
Ecotourism and Nonprofit Influence in Rural Balinese Villages:
Environmental, Economic and Sociocultural Implications
Taylor Kavieff
A Silent Pandemic: Intersectionality and Eco Anxiety Among College Students at UC Berkeley
Agnes Villaroman
Is The Water OK? Factors Influencing Treated Wastewater Acceptability
Chloe Suarez
Interactive Exhibits at the Lawrence Hall of Science as a Tool for Environmental Education
Madeline E. Chapman
Assessing Fuel Treatment Strategies for Decreasing Fire Risk in Sonoma County, CA
Théa C. Adumitroaie
Seasonal Dynamics of Soil Moisture Effects on Vegetation Productivity of an Oak Woodland Savanna and Grassland Ecosystem in Northern California
Kayla A. Lin
Urban Forestry: Biodiversity of San Francisco's Street Trees
Danielle Fujimoto
Factors affecting California Wildfires: Ownership, Ecoregion, and Forest Types' Impacts on Forests and the likelihood of Wildfires
Shea A.W. Rousseau
Drought Disturbance Impacts on Sierra Nevada Ecosystems: A Remote Sensing Approach
Delaney Siegmund
Impacts of High Severity Wildfire on Vegetation Type Conversion in Southern California Chaparral
Madison Chi
Climate Impacts of Particulate Matter Levels and Land Surface Temperature
Jessica B. Blelloch
Modeling Future Climate Change Risk in the California Ski Industry
Yichao Sun
Using Remote Sensing to Assess the Effectiveness of Afforestation Projects in China
Sarah Zhang
Sensing Snow Over Arctic Sea Ice Using GNSS Interferometric Reflectometry
Sophia Kennedy
Assessing Water Use for Almond and Alfalfa Fields in the San Joaquin Valley Using Remote Sensing
Ana Wong
Is it Really Zero Waste? Comparative Analysis Between Plastic and Compostable Plastic
Julia R. Goswick
Evaluation of Compost Application in Mediterranean Climates and The California Healthy Soils Program Demonstration Projects
Christiana S. Wong
Stakeholder Mapping of California's Precision Weeding Sector
Daniel A. Escajeda
Student Perception of Access to the California High-Speed Rail
Sharon Trisha
Can Surface Water be an Alternative to Groundwater in Jakarta, Indonesia?
Maxine A. Mouly
Thermoregulatory Physiology and Behavior of the Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris, amid Environmental Change
Riley C. Croghan
Artificial Light at Night (ALAN): Impacts on Carabid Beetle Movement
Martha L. Gomez Mateo
Biological Adaptations Assessed by Morphological Changes within Zonotrichia Taxa: A Focus on Climate Change Impacts
Julia Choi
Look Both Ways: The Influence of Floral Orientation on Feeding Behaviors of the Anna's Hummingbird
Julius Bronola
Using Occupancy Models to Assess Illegal Wildlife Trade Patterns across the Philippines
Russell E. Trutane
Analysis of the Effect of Grazing by Cattle on the Floral Communities of Grasslands in California
Arianna E. Standish
The Impact of Sheep Grazing on Spider Diversity and Abundance
Charlynn Teter
The Effects of Anthropogenic Activity in Forested Campgrounds on Stream Ecosystems
Mauricio González
Chemical and Biological Health Assessment of Urban Streams in the Richmond and San Francisco Bay Area
Alexandra B. Santas
Pollination Success and the Implications of Pollinator Decline
Mariam Alsaid
Groundwater Necrophagy: The Role of Dead Microbes on the Subsurface Microbiome
Isra Raza
The Effect of Low pH and Nitrate on Microbial Growth and Community Interactions
Yizhou Yang
Creating and Characterizing Inducible BBM-WUS Transgenic Sorghum Lines to Improve Editing Efficiency
John H. Hopkins
The Potential for Microcystis Growth and Microcystin Exposure in the San Francisco Bay Estuary
Karina Gadkari
The Characterization of Growth Curves and Evolutionary Trajectories in Hosts of Xylella fastidiosa
These studies were undertaken by seniors in the Environmental Sciences Group Major, a program administered by the Department of Enviromental Science, Policy, and Management in the Rausser College of Natural Resources at the University of California at Berkeley. The Environmental Sciences major allows students to concentrate in one of three fields of specialization: biological science, physical science, and social science. In their senior year, students in the major participate in a two-semester Senior Research Seminar, investigating an environmental topic of current concern. This project gives the students experience in field work, general research techniques, and oral and written presentation of research results. This volume is the compilation of research reports from the Fall 2022 to Spring 2023 Senior Research Seminars.