CE Specialist Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Dr. Peggy Lemaux, Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, was presented with The Society of In Vitro Biology Lifetime Achievement Award for 2010.
Jesse Reynolds Receives Fulbright Award
Mr. Jesse Reynolds of California has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Netherlands in Law, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently.
Ferns and fog on the forest floor
Redwood forest ecosystem of northern California depends on fog to stay hydrated during rainless summers.
City Hopes to Address Urban Deer Attacks
A marked rise in the "urban" deer population has led to three separate incidents of wild deer attacks on dogs and humans within the last year, according to city officials, and the city is looking to alleviate the situation.
Professor elected as an Academician by Academia Sinica
Professor Inez Fung, a professor of both Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, Policy and Management, is elected as one of the 18 Academicians recognized by Academia Sinica. Academia Sinica holds its twice-yearly Convocation of Academicians.
Exposing the Student Body: Stanford Joins U.C. Berkeley in Controversial Genetic Testing of Students
The idea behind the two novel projects is that students will learn about optimizing treatment based on one's genetic profile most effectively if they are studying their own DNA.
The fewer Island marmots there are, the crankier they get
When they were facing extinction, the 25 or so Vancouver Island marmots remaining in the wild were cranky, uncommunicative and aloof.
Scientists study Global Warming Effects on Redwoods in CA
Sillett is a Humboldt State botanist whose pioneering research climbing redwoods 300 feet tall and higher. As part of the "Redwoods and Climate Change Initiative," he and his colleagues are making 3-D computer models of several trees at each site, meticulously measuring their girth every 15 feet, their bark, every branch larger than two inches in diameter, even the number of cones.
Spring 2010: Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief, National Geographic Magazine
With striking visuals and in-depth reporting, we will focus on the emerging challenge of global freshwater shortages and the choices ahead as the world manages a limited supply.
Wild Neighbors: Local Spider Makes Good
By Joe Eaton
A couple of weeks ago, Ron and I went to the Bone Room to hear UC-Berkeley entomologist Rosemary Gillespie discuss her research on the spiders of the Hawai’ian Islands.
A couple of weeks ago, Ron and I went to the Bone Room to hear UC-Berkeley entomologist Rosemary Gillespie discuss her research on the spiders of the Hawai’ian Islands.
Trees shift upward as climate warms
By: David Perlman
The world's warming climate is forcing trees and the plant life around them into new territories where the environment is more like the areas where they normally thrive, scientists report from a new global survey.
The world's warming climate is forcing trees and the plant life around them into new territories where the environment is more like the areas where they normally thrive, scientists report from a new global survey.
Viewpoints: We can harness green energy by managing California forests
By: William Stewart
Forest management can lead to cleaner air, safer communities and lower firefighting costs, yet its greatest value may lie in addressing climate change and what it keeps hidden underground.
Forest management can lead to cleaner air, safer communities and lower firefighting costs, yet its greatest value may lie in addressing climate change and what it keeps hidden underground.
Exploring the Sierra with Naturalist John Muir Laws
* Date: 6/29/2010
* Event Location: Berkeley REI
* Event Fee: Free
* Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (PDT)
* Presenter: John (Jack) Muir Laws
* Group Size: 75
* Event Location: Berkeley REI
* Event Fee: Free
* Time: 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. (PDT)
* Presenter: John (Jack) Muir Laws
* Group Size: 75
Berkeley Butterfly Walk
by Steven Finacom
About a dozen people joined eminent UC entomologist Jerry Powell on Saturday, May 29, 2010 for a leisurely butterfly-watching walk along trails at the top of Berkeley’s Panoramic Hill.