ESPM grad student Colin Carlson is featured in this Popular Science article on the potential impacts of climate change on parasites. By tracking how parasites are moving and disappearing as the climate changes, Carlson and his fellow researchers predicted how parasite populations will shift as this process continues. They found that a third of all parasites face a risk of extinction.
Guardian | September 11, 2017
ESPM grad student Colin Carlson is featured in this Guardian article on potential impacts of climate change on parasites, which play a vital role in eocsystems. Major extinctions among parasites could lead to unpredictable invasions of surviving parasites into new areas. “If parasites go extinct, we are looking at a potential massive destabilisation of ecosystems [which] could have huge unexpected consequences,” Carlson said, with other parasites moving in to take advantage. “That doesn’t necessarily work out well for anyone, wildlife or humans.”
A former Trump science adviser on his “impeach” message, getting rid of coal, and embracing renewable energy
Vox | September 06, 2017
ERG professor Dan Kammen is featured in this Vox interview on his resignation as science envoy, the debate on 100 percent renewables for the grid, the recent Department of Energy report on grid reliability and coal’s supposed contribution to grid resilience
California Magazine | August 31, 2017
ESPM professor Gordon Frankie is featured in this California magazine article on the Sonoma Bee Count, a citizen-science initiative led by Frankie's Urban Bee Lab. The Sonoma Bee Count has identified more than 70 species in the agricultural region of Sonoma, a higher number than Bee Lab scientists expected to find in an urban environment. “This is a people, flower, bee thing,” says Frankie, meaning it takes each of the three for this study to work, and, more generally, to keep bees in urban environments.
Scientific American | August 30, 2017
ESPM postdoc researcher Justine Smith is featured in this Scientific American article on new research shows that some of the world’s biggest carnivores are responding to humans in a way that resembles how prey animals react to predators.
KQED | August 30, 2017
ERG professor Dan Kammen is featured in this KQED Forum segment on the role of climate change on the severity of Tropical Storm Harvey and on his recent resignation from his appointment as a science envoy for the US State Department.
Bay Nature magazine | August 29, 2017
ESPM professor Neil Tsutsui is featured in this Bay Nature article on citizen science and the California Pools Project. Although the project has been running less than a year, it is already giving scientists a new perspective on insect biodiversity in California, with roughly 4,000 insects and arachnids recorded – from just 12 pools — so far. That figure includes over 300 ant specimens, which has been especially exciting for ant specialist Tsutsui. Pools are also potentially a new way of identifying invasive species that might be showing up in California or that have extended their range to a new place in the state.
Democracy Now! | August 25, 2017
ERG professor Dan Kammen is featured by Democracy Now! after his resignation in protest of President Trump’s refusal to quickly condemn the deadly white supremacist violence in Charlottesville. In his resignation letter, Kammen, referring to Trump, wrote, "Your presence in the White House harms the United States domestically and abroad and threatens life on this planet." The first letter of each paragraph of his resignation letter spells out the word: "Impeach."
Sacramento Bee | August 23, 2017
ERG professor Dan Kammen is featured in this Sacramento Bee article on his recent resignation from the US Science Envoy post with the US State Department. In his resignation letter, Kammen said the president’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement and undermine energy and environmental research was unacceptable. As a science envoy, Kammen focused on building capacity for renewable energies, according to a state department website. The science envoy program draws on scientists and engineers to leverage their expertise and networks to build connections and identify opportunities for international cooperation.