Faculty members Daniel Okamoto, John Coates, David Zilberman, and Alexandra Hill will co-lead the new International Bioeconomy Macroalgae Center at UC Berkeley, which has been granted nearly $13 million from the NSF and international partners.
May 09, 2024
Associate Professor Adrienne Correa (Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management) is sworn into a three-year term as Education Seat on the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council.
April 16, 2024
Berkeley faculty assembled to launch the Berkeley Center for Ocean Futures, which includes 33 faculty and senior scientists, as well as numerous graduate and undergraduate trainees, representing 11 departments and institutions. The group discussed its mission and actions for its inaugural year.
February 28, 2024
Associate Professor Adrienne Correa and collaborators gave a webinar reaching over 220 people from 30 states about ongoing research on the causes of a 2022 coral disease event in the northwest Gulf of Mexico.
February 01, 2024
A new study co-authored by Assistant Professor Dan Okamoto and Indigenous leaders from the Xaayda (Haida), nuučaan̓uł (Nuu-chah-nulth), and Haíɫzaqv (Heiltsuk) Nations applies Indigenous principles to biodiversity conservation drawing on lessons from sea otter recovery.
January 25, 2024
Research led by incoming Assistant Professor Rachel Carlson in partnership with the community of Miloliʻi, HI indicates areas where coral populations are more likely to rebound after heatwaves.
January 16, 2024
A new study with Professor Cindy Looy as senior author provides evidence that early kelps were present during the Eocene–Oligocene transition.
January 15, 2024
A partnership co-led by Assistant Adjunct Professor Juan Liu has pioneered methods of studying anatomical systems non-invasively.
November 26, 2023
Associate Professor Adrienne Correa earns Volunteer of the Year award for her efforts to measure stony coral tissue loss disease in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary.
November 13, 2023
The Wendy and Eric Schmidt Center for Data Science and Environment at UC Berkeley and Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory partnered to create an AI-driven tool for informing actions to reduce plastic pollution.