BERKELEY — The competition between farmers and fish for precious water in California is intensifying in wine country, suggests a new study by biologists at the University of California, Berkeley. … [Read more...]
Graduate student Thomas Azwell’s research spurred by Gulf oil spill
February 8, 2012
BERKELEY — A graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, deeply influenced by the Deepwater Horizon disaster, is helping to restore the Gulf’s blackened marshes with a project that could also aid threatened ecosystems nationwide, including in … [Read more...]
Berkeley Initiative awarded $2.5 million from Moore Foundation
October 18, 2011
The Berkeley Initiative in Global Change Biology (BiGCB) was recently awarded a $2.5 million dollar grant by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The grant funds seven major projects and involves the participation of faculty members in eight departments including ESPM faculty George Roderick, … [Read more...]
Gene sleuths trace tree-killing pathogen back to California
September 2, 2011
BERKELEY — A new study by UC Berkeley and Italian researchers spotlights the hazards of planting trees and other vegetation in regions where they are not native. … [Read more...]
There’s something in the California air
August 25, 2011
UC scientists built and worked in towers as part of the largest single atmospheric research effort in the state. The data they've collected will guide policymakers dealing with air pollution. … [Read more...]
Ecosystems take hard hit from loss of top predators
July 14, 2011
A paper reviewing the impact of the loss of large predators and herbivores high in the food chain confirms that their decline has had cascading effects in marine, terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems throughout the world. … [Read more...]
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