An ambitious new multicampus consortium is seeking ways to capture billions of tons of carbon dioxide and bring net carbon emissions in California to zero by 2045.
CNR faculty awarded Berkeley curriculum development grant
Five plant and microbial biology professors will revise undergraduate course curriculum for microbial biology majors.
Näär receives $9.2 million Novo Nordisk Foundation grant
Näär will co-lead a team developing new therapies for the treatment of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, a liver disease impacting millions globally.
David Zilberman awarded Wolf Prize in Agriculture
The 2019 prize recognizes Zilberman for his work developing economic models for fundamental problems in agriculture, economics, and policy.
Oceans are warming even faster than previously thought
Heat trapped by greenhouse gases is raising ocean temperatures faster than previously thought, concludes an analysis of four recent ocean-heating observations.
Who benefits from the solar energy revolution?
Remote sensing data and census tract information reveal significant racial disparities in the adoption of rooftop solar photovoltaics.
Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in the California wildlands?
New research highlights for the first time the widespread and deadly threat of the soil- and waterborne pathogen Phytophthora restoration sites.
Beahrs ELP deadline extended, scholarship offered
Applications to the environmental leadership course will be accepted through January 25, 2019.
Rachel Morello-Frosch receives Chancellor's equity award
The Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity recognizes faculty who advance inclusion and diversity through their research, teaching, and service.
Holiday Greetings from the College of Natural Resources
Watch a video holiday message to the CNR community.
Three in CNR recognized for advising excellence
Kay Burns, James Sallee, and Ricky Vides are among those honored by UC Berkeley’s Advising Council.
In Memoriam: Joanne Ikeda
The Cooperative Extension Specialist Emeritus was a nationally recognized expert on pediatric nutrition and obesity.
Gene Rochlin, who warned of overreliance on technology, dies at 80
Rochlin's work studied the societal implications of nuclear proliferation, nuclear waste disposal, military weapons systems and the increasingly computerized society of the 1990s.
Allen Goldstein elected AAAS fellow
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is the nation’s largest scientific organization.
Q&A: The UC Berkeley Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity
Launched in 2017, the Institute seeks to advance the research, management, and protection of our treasured public parks and lands.
Profile: Dean David Ackerly
The College of Natural Resources has a new dean, plant ecologist and evolutionary biologist David Ackerly.
Fire and water: restoring natural fire regimes to California's mountains
Researchers from the College of Natural Resources and the College of Engineering are helping shape wildfire management strategies.
Van Jones delivers fall Albright Lecture
During his visit to Berkeley, the CNN political commentator and Dream Corps president discussed environmental justice and action.
Dean Ackerly on equity, inclusion, and diversity in CNR
The College of Natural Resources' dean shares a message with the CNR community.
Berkeley earns high U.S. News & World Report rankings
The most recent rankings from the U.S. News & World Report places UC Berkeley at and near the top in several fields, including environment/ecology, plant and animal science.