By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley Media Relations
Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about the environment, study finds
New gene found that turns carbs into fat, could be target for future drugs
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Media Relations
Plants and soils could accelerate climate's warming, study warns
By Robert Krier, InsideClimate News
Scientists look to Hawaii's bugs for clues to origins of biodiversity
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Media Relations
New Wetland Design Shows Leap in Cleansing Toxins from Salton Sea
By Ann Brody Guy, College of Natural Resource
Urban Ag Students Turn Neglected Yards into Gardens
Students in Professor Miguel Altieri’s Urban Agriculture class showed off their class-community partnership this Saturday (Oct.
ESPM Ph.D. Student Wins Switzer
Esther Conrad, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, was among twenty environmental scholars to receive the prestigious Switzer Environmental Fellowship for her work on water resources issues.
Energy scholars release long-term vision for sustainability
Global energy sustainability will require systemwide transformation, according to long-term vision laid out in a new paper co-authored by energy scholars from five countries, including Dan Kammen, a professor in both the UC Berkel
Diesel Exhaust Findings Heat Up Air-Pollution Policy Debate
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Public Affairs
Cal Energy Corps Interns Field-Test Smart Solutions
By Roibín Ó hÉochaidh, UC Berkeley Media Relations
Wildfire Smoke Linked to Lower Birth Weights
By David Danelski, Press Enterprise
Pregnant women exposed to wildfire smoke during Southern California’s epic 2003 fire season had babies with lower birth weights, UC Berkeley researchers have found.