Research
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.
The New Conservation
ESPM researchers and alumni are working to bring the bold 30x30 conservation initiative to life.
Taking the pulse of California ecosystems
The California Heartbeat Initiative uses new technologies to track environmental change on a landscape scale.
Wildfire beyond forests
Fire management in California is not seeing the forest for the trees, says a new study by ESPM researchers.
How aspen genetics determine success in a changing climate
Assistant professor Benjamin Blonder and graduate student Courtenay Ray co-authored a recent study in the journal Ecological Applications.
ESPM faculty discuss cluster hires
Meg Mills-Novoa, Elizabeth Hoover, and Peter Nelson are featured in an article on campus-wide cluster hires in climate equity, Native American and Indigenous Peoples, and more.
Patterns of income and urbanization linked to mammal biodiversity
Assistant professor Christopher Schell co-authored a new study on urban ecology in the journal Global Change Biology.
Patrick Gonzalez to advise White House on climate change and biodiversity
Associate adjunct professor Patrick Gonzalez joins the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Oil palm plantations reshape human hunting
Recent graduate alum Dave Kurz co-authored a study on shifting Indigenous practices now published in the journal People and Nature.
Drought and climate change shift tree disease in Sierra Nevada
Researchers at Berkeley and UC Davis explain how infectious plant diseases move in a study out today in Nature Communications.
National Science Foundation awards $10 million to alliance of Native American institutions
Researchers at Berkeley and the University of Arizona will focus primarily on bolstering Indigenous participation in STEM education.
Indonesia: Spectacles of Small-scale Gold Mining
In a photo series exhibited on the UC Berkeley Library website, professor Nancy Lee Peluso documents her ethnographic fieldwork.
How wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed
A new study, co-authored by ESPM and Berkeley Forests researchers, was featured in Berkeley News .
Bogs, Bugs & Borgs
Professor Jill Banfield and her team are studying the microorganisms that live in rice paddy soils, with the aim of understanding how they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions—and how to intervene.
Cannabis farms irrigating with groundwater may affect stream flows
A new study from the Cannabis Research Center examined where cannabis growers in California are getting water for their crops, highlighting significant gaps in cannabis cultivation policy.
Analysis reveals global ‘hot spots’ where new coronaviruses may emerge
Professor Paolo D'Odorico was co-author of the study published in Nature Food.
Researchers outline strategy for biomass carbon capture in Europe
Alumnus Lorenzo Rosa and CE specialist Daniel Sanchez coauthor a study that outlines how 200 million tons of CO2 could be removed annually.
Crop diversity enriches soil fungi in depleted soil
PhD candidate Aidee Guzman collaborates with farmers in the San Joaquin Valley to better understand soil health and support farmers.
Policy roadmaps for direct air capture of carbon
In a study published in Nature Communications, associate professor Jonas Meckling analyzes how policy can encourage the adoption of carbon dioxide removal technologies.