ERG professor Dan Kammen is featured in this Washington Post article on two new studies suggesting that carbon-capturing biomass plantations cannot singlehandedly solve the world's climate problems. Kammen says the findings correlate with previous studies. Biomass energy systems could be valuable, he says, "but only if the biomass is entirely sustainable." Ultimately, "the value of a biomass crop for meeting climate targets is non-existent."
PBS News Hour | May 20, 2017
ARE grad student Susanna Berkouwer is featured in this PBS News Hour piece on electricity access in Kenya, where the government aims to acheive universal access to electricity by 2020. Berkouwer is part of a team that surveyed 4,000 households in Kenya to measure the impact of electricity on people's lives - everything from health to education to employment.
Pacific Standard | May 19, 2017
ARE Ph.D. candidate Tamma Carleton has been chosen by Pacific Standard as one of the Top Thirty Thinkers Under 30. In her research, Carleton combines social and physical data with statistical models to assess how issues such as climate change and freshwater scarcity affect poverty and economic growth.
UCANR Green Blog | May 18, 2017
ESPM CE specialist and adjunct professor Adina Merenlender authored this post for the UC ANR Green Blog on increased visitation at parks and the impacts of human recreational activity on wildlife.
Vox | May 17, 2017
ERG professor Dan Kammen stars in this Climate Lab UCOP/Vox media collaboration video on nuclear energy technology. Kammen joins other nuclear energy experts in discussing new nuclear energy technology. Kammen noted that promising technologies include small modular reactors, which could have specialized uses.
Yale Environment 360 | May 11, 2017
ESPM professor Adina Merenlender is quoted in this Yale Environment 360 article on the expansion of Napa County vineyards, where concern is growing about the potential impact on forested regions, watersheds, and biodiversity. The transformation of shrub, oak, and conifer habitat into new vineyards threatens wildlife migration corridors, she says. “We’re down to the final pinch points,” says Merenlender, referring to narrow corridors that could eventually become functionally severed from the relatively expansive wilderness areas in the mountains north of Napa County.
Berkeleyside | May 08, 2017
PMB professor Mary Wildermuth is featured in this Berkeleyside article on her work with the Berkeley Public Schools Fund's Be a Scientist program, which brings research scientists from UC Berkeley into middle school classrooms to mentor students in science.
Daily Californian | May 04, 2017
ESPM undergrad Mackenzie Feldman authored this op-ed for the Daily Californian on her recent project on pesticide-free landscape management.Feldman recently met with members of Berkeley Open Source Food (including NST lecturer Kristen Rasmussen) to formulate potential plans to deal with weed growth on campus sans herbicide and pesticide use.