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California’s Endangered Serengeti: Drought Could Wipe Out Key Wildlife on Carrizo Plain
The recent rains aside, the drought bedeviling California still is expected to be the worst in 500 years and will change the way Californians live and work—but not just the people. It’s going to be pretty hard cheese, as Evelyn Waugh might have said, on the critters as well.
What Can We Learn From the Rim Fire?
Professor Scott Stephens was a featured expert on public radio KQED's Forum to discuss the Rim Fire that has been raging near Yosemite National Park.
Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch talks about how climate change hits disadvantaged the hardest
Low-income neighborhoods are more often exposed to poor environmental quality when compared to wealthier communities, and scientists are saying this gap will increase as climate change is more widely felt.
Marketplace: Will U.S. clothing firms change on Bangladesh?
Associate environmental science, policy, and management professor Dara O’Rourke, a labor policy specialist, weighs in on a group of US clothing manufacturers' plan to create a $50 million fund to improve factory safety in Bangladesh.
Minorities more likely to live in 'urban heat islands,' study finds
Public health and environmental science professor Rachel Morello-Frosch has found that minorities are more likely to live in "urban heat islands" and are most at risk during heat waves.
New crypt-keeping beetle species discovered on Pacific island
Peter Oboyski, senior museum scientist at Berkeley’s Essig Museum of Entomology and ESPM alumnus, comments on the discovery, in Hawaii's Bishop Museum, of a new species of beetle.
Professor Gary Sposito on KGO: Texas blast is example of lax oversight
By Mark Matthews, ABC Local Station KGO
A New Development? A symposium on the promise and politics of provincializing experts, models, and knowledge in the 21st century
ESPM invites scholars to reflect on the dynamics of science, technology and expertise in international development, domestic development practices, and how these two interact.
Professor Claire Kremen featured in NPR and LA Times
A recent study in Science magazine co-authored by Claire Kremen, highlights the importance of wild insects and bees in pollination and agriculture.
Air pollution linked to low birth weight
Mothers who breathe the kind of pollution emitted by vehicles, coal power plants and factories are significantly likelier to give birth to underweight children than mothers living in less polluted areas, according to international findings published Wednesday.
Graduate student Scott Fortmann-Roe creates interactive model-sharing site
By Pooja Mhatre, The Daily Californian Staff
Beyond manifesto: How to change the food system
Mark Bittman, cookbook author and New York Times food writer, used the occasion of New Year’s Day to throw down the gauntlet for real and permanent change to the U.S. agricultural system. “We must figure out a way to un-invent this food system,” he says in a Times opinion column.
PhD Student Kendra Klein talks about healthy food in health care
PhD student Kendra Klein sat down with the Switzer Network News to talk about her work in bringing healthy food and sustainable food production systems into hospitals.
Professor Inez Fung appointed by President Obama to the National Science Board
President Obama has announced that he will appoint Professor Inez Fung to the National Science Board, the governing body of the National Science Foundation.
Professor Peng Gong on the future of science in China
Professor Peng Gong suggests that China's changing leadership can benifit science by bringing in people with more varied backgrounds.
Professor Céline Pallud and other researchers team up with the community to eliminate toxic chemicals
UC Berkeley researchers are teaming up with local organizations to plant a specialized fern known to extract a thousand times more arsenic from the soil than a typical plant.
Professor Wayne Getz discusses global warming tipping points with Dr. Helen Caldicott
Though the interview was recorded in June, Caldicott and Getz touched on important points relevant to the recent Hurricane Sandy.
A New Prescription for the Local Food Movement
Can the local food movement scale up to meet institutional demand without losing sight of its original values?
The sound of air pollution: PhD student Gabriel Isaacman creates soundscapes from smog
Air is not the same everywhere. In both urban areas and wild, powerful natural and human forces combine to create intricate mixtures of chemicals that compose the air we breathe, seek for pleasure, or avoid.
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.
