ESPM grad student and BFI Center for Diversified Farming Systems student Aidee Guzman is featured in this Monterey Herald for her work with Salinas-area students on an area survey of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus.
ESPM CE Specialist and professor Matteo Garbelotto's Forest Pathology and Mycology Lab is featured in this KRCB radio segment on Napa's Sudden Oak Death Blitz. The Garbelotto Lab's SODMAP Project relies on a partnership of citizens and scientists to create a distribution map of SOD across Northern California.
ERG former researcher Deborah Sunter is featured in this Grist article on the wide range of technologies available for cities to decrease their carbon emissions. Sunter collaborated with ERG professor Dan Kammen on a report that documents these recommendations, recently published in Science.
ESPM post-doc researcher Patty Oikawa is featured in this PBS News Hour video segment on Measure AA, which if passed would earmark tax revenue for wetland restoration around San Francsico Bay. Oikawa's research focuses on the unique ability of wetlands to store carbon, a train that can offset the effects of climate change.
ERG professor Dan Kammen recently participated at Silicon Valley Energy Summit's panel debate on the future of the world's use of nuclear energy. Many countries are still developing nuclear energy, prompting the discussion about its safety, security and cost. The rapidly rising demand for energy is at the heart of the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century, making our energy choices and their impacts fundamental to managing a planet in peril, said Kammen.
ESPM CE Specialist Max Moritz is highlighted in this UnDark article on shifting perspectives on forest fire management. Moritz notes that locating human development close to vulnerable wildlands is a major factor in wildfire home losses, fatalities, evacuability, and fire suppression budgets.
Urban Bee Lab researcher Jaime Pawelek (B.S. '08) is highlighted in this Los Angeles Times article on bee-friendly gardens. Pawelek notes that the bet plant choices are "native since our native bees evolved with these plants and are pre-programmed to prefer to visit them."