Alum Anna Hope Jahren (Ph.D. '96) recently penned a book titled Lab Girl, which encompasses her journey from rural Minnesota to Oahu, where she's an internationally renowned geobiologist with three Fulbrights and a world-class laboratory at the University of Hawaii.
The Conversation US | March 25, 2016
ESPM professor Miguel Altieri wrote an article for The Conversation US on the impact of the normalization of U.S.-Cuban relations on Cuba's sustainable agricutlure model. Altieri warns that if relations with U.S> agribusiness companies are not managed carefully, Cuba could revert from its revolutioanary agroecological model.
The Los Angeles Times | March 23, 2016
ERG alum Michael Kiparsky penned an editorial letter to the LA times about the need for more data on California's hydrology and water supply. Kiparsky is co-director of the UC Water Security and Sustainability Research Initiative.
Mother Jones | March 23, 2016
ESPM alum Bernadette Del Chiaro (B.S. '95) comments on this Mother Jones article on California's decarbonization efforts. Del Chiaro, executive director of California Solar Energy Industries, notes that in the early 2000s government policies didn't make solar panel installation appealing for either utilties or consumers.
Mother Jones | March 23, 2016
ESPM professor Miguel Altieri is featured in this Mother Jones article about the possible effects of ending the Cuba trade embargo on small agiculture producers. Altieri comments that "with the right policies in place, Cuba's highly productive small farms could both feed Cuba and earn foreign exchange by exporting."
The Richmond Standard | March 22, 2016
An announcement of launch of the Every Kid in a Park-Richmond Initiative, which launched on Wednesday at Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park at Craneway Pavilion. Also covered here: http://www.radiofreerichmond.com/every_kid_in_a_park
California Sea Grant | March 22, 2016
2 of 12 recipients of the 2016 Delta Science Fellowship, awarded by California Sea Grant, are CNR students. Kyle Hemes (ESPM) was awarded the fellowship to support his assessment of annual greenhouse gas fluxes in drained and restored wetlands in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. ESPM alumnus and postdoctoral fellow Julie Hopper was awarded the fellowship to study the effectiveness of a water hyacinth weevil as a biological control agent of the invasive water hyacinth. EDIT: ESPM grad student Kyle Hemes and alum Julie Hopper (Ph.D. '15) were 2 of 12 recipients of the 2016 Delta Science Fellowship, awarded by the California Sea Grant. The fellowship partners early career scientists with academic and community mentors to work on collaborative data analysis and research projects applicable to the California Bay-Delta system.
The Telegraph (UK) | March 22, 2016
UC Berkeley is cited as the #1 university in the world in the subject of Environmental Sciences. These new rankings were published by Quacquarelli Symonds.
KQED | March 22, 2016
ERG professor Dan Kammen comments on this KQED article on the new construction of an Okalnad cargo terminal that could be used to export Utah coal. Kammen disagrees with Utah senator J. Stuart Adams on the idea of clean coal.
SciTech Now | March 15, 2016
ESPM professor Katharine Milton is highlighted in this SciTech Now article on what going Paleo means in the modern age. Milton's research has shown that cultivated fruits show a different pattern of sugars as compared to wild fruits.