Press Room

The Rausser College of Natural Resources includes UC Berkeley faculty, Cooperative Extension specialists, graduate students, and undergraduates working in a variety of research areas related to:

  • Agriculture and agricultural economics
  • Energy technologies and policy
  • Environmental and climate-change science, policy, and ecology
  • Fire science, safety, and policy
  • Food safety, food supply, food additives
  • Insects and wildlife biology
  • Natural Resources: science, ecology, and conservation of water, soil, and energy.
  • Obesity, childhood obesity, nutrition
  • Plant and microbial biology, genetically modified organisms
  • Sustainable energy, farming systems, natural resource management, etc.

Contact details

For help locating Rausser College faculty experts or for other press inquiries, contact:

Julie Gipple
Communications Director
julie_gipple@berkeley.edu

Mathew Burciaga
Communications Specialist
mburciaga@berkeley.edu
(510) 664-5122

News

August 1, 2025

Pups in tow, Yellowstone-area wolves trek long distances to stay near prey

For the first time ever, a research team led by Avery Shawler, PhD '24 ESPM, and Associate Professor Arthur Middleton has observed gray wolves outside of the Arctic migrating during pup-rearing season.

July 29, 2025

EOS
Why Crop Yield Decreases at High Temperatures

Features Lucas Vargas Zeppetello, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 28, 2025

KQED
Forget Rooftops — Bay Area Residents Are Plugging Solar Into the Wall

Features Daniel Kammen, professor of the Graduate School in the Energy and Resources Group.

July 25, 2025

Berkeley News
Togo and UC Berkeley: A data science alliance to build a dynamic West African nation

Features Tamma Carleton, adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

July 23, 2025

Point Reyes Light
We must defend science and environmental data

Features Dennis Baldocchi, professor of the Graduate School in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 22, 2025

Nature
China is boosting its Antarctic research. What does that mean for the world?

Features Daniel Kammen, professor of the Graduate School in the Energy and Resources Group.

The New York Times
Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

Features Patrick Gonzalez, associate adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 17, 2025

The Wall Street Journal
Microsoft Wants Your Poop to Lower Its Emissions

Features Daniel Sanchez, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 16, 2025

Associated Press
Grand Canyon blaze shows how managing a fire can go suddenly sideways

Features Scott Stephens, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 15, 2025

Newsweek
California Hits 'Historic' Energy Milestone

Features Daniel Kammen, professor of the Graduate School in the Energy and Resources Group.

Inside Climate News
NASA Pulls Back From Promise to Host Major Climate Change Reports, Citing Legal Loophole

Features Patrick Gonzalez, associate adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 14, 2025

CITRIS
CITRIS Seed Awards fund 4 multicampus projects for public good

Features Duncan Callaway, professor in the Energy and Resources Group.

July 12, 2025

New York Times
Camp Mystic Cabins Stood in an ‘Extremely Hazardous’ Floodway

Features Anna Serra-Llobet, adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

July 9, 2025

FoodPrint
A new book says tech-supported industrial ag will feed the world. Agroecologists would like a word.

Features Timothy Bowles, associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 8, 2025

KQED
California Could Flood Like Texas. But Thunderstorms Likely Won’t Be to Blame

Features Anna Serra-Llobet, adjunct professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

July 7, 2025

WHYY
American garbage: What to do with our trash

Features Kate O'Neill, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

July 1, 2025

The New York Times
The U.S. Sends Lots of Plastic Trash Overseas. Malaysia Just Said No Thanks.

Features Kate O'Neill, professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.

Prism
California residents fight against policies that incentivize pollution

Features Aaron Smith, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.

United Press International
Nation's top climate science assessments removed from federal websites

Features Patrick Gonzalez, associate adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management