Former ESPM postdoctoral scholar Max Lambert is part of a team of wildlife experts studying local Western pond turtles, a species that is struggling to survive the combined threats of climate change, habitat loss and competition from red-eared slider turtles.
2021 State of College Address
The third annual State of College address featured information on faculty hires, equity and inclusion efforts, capital projects, and more.
Spotlight on Native American Heritage Month
During Native American Heritage Month this November, Rausser College highlights researchers whose work is related to the heritage of Native communities.
Implications of the Drought for California Agriculture
Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno is co-editor of a special issue of the Agricultural and Resource Economics publication ARE Update focused on how the state can adapt to a drier future.
Recycling isn’t what we thought it was. So, what now?
ESPM Professor Kate O'Neill is featured on a recent Berkeley Voices podcast, discussing recycling issues in China, the U.S., and worldwide.
Engineering a hungry bacterium to protect public health
PMB professor Dr. Cecilia Martinez-Gomez and Dr. Nathan Good have used their research to engineer bacteria that removes gadolinium from medical waste
After California’s 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were ‘still smoldering’
Researchers in the Brashares lab were unexpectedly able to track the movements and feeding patterns of deer before, during and after the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire.
USDA-funded SWIM aims to secure water for agriculture and ecosystems
Cooperative Extension Specialist Ellen Bruno joins a new, interdisciplinary project working to create a resilient water future.
Finding hope for biodiversity conservation
In a recent Berkeley Talks podcast, Professor Erica Bree Rosenblum discusses how the mountain yellow-legged frog is making a comeback after years of conservation efforts.
NSF funds $12.5 million for collaborative research on amphibian resilience to infectious disease
Professor Erica Bree Rosenblum is part of the RIBBITR project, a new, collaborative research institute focused on understanding how amphibians survive infections.
Dan Kammen to advise USAID on sustainable energy development
A leading expert in renewable energy science, technology, and policy, Kammen primarily work with the agency’s PowerAfrica team to expand access to sustainable power across in African nations.
Berkeley’s new Indigenous Community Learning Garden takes root
This fall, students are earning field study credits through the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management to establish the garden, discover traditional Indigenous uses of native species, and more.
Air conditioning in a changing climate: a growing rich-poor divide
As the earth’s climate warms, residents of affluent nations will find some relief with air conditioning, but people in lower-income countries may have to pay vastly more for electricity or do without cooling, says a new study.
Facebook Fellow Spotlight: Gauthami Penakalapati
Energy & Resources Group graduate student Penakalapati studies gender empowerment development programs in India.
Wildfire beyond forests
Fire management in California is not seeing the forest for the trees, says a new study by ESPM researchers.
Alum Lara Cushing is leading the way for health equity
Cushing was recently appointed the Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
De-extinction Could Reverse Species Loss. But Should We Do It?
What would it mean to reintroduce woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons now?
Ksenia Krasileva receives NIH New Innovator Award
The grant is part of the National Institutes of Health's High-Risk, High-Reward Research program.
Climate Change, Fire and Giant Sequoias
Adjunct professor Rob York, research forest advisor for Berkeley Forests, joined PBS News Hour yesterday to discuss the impacts of fire and a warming, drying climate on giant sequoias.
Whendee Silver elected as an AGU Fellow
The American Geophysical Union’s Fellows are elected for outstanding achievements and contributions pushing forward the frontiers of science.