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The quest for environmental and climate justice with Dr. Robert Bullard
Bullard spoke about dismantling systemic racism and policies and practices that create, exacerbate, and perpetuate inequality and vulnerability during the Fall 2023 Albright Lecture.
Improving the modeling, measurement, and management of wildfire emissions
Forest science professor Scott Stephens discusses integrating Indigenous knowledge into California’s forest policy recommendations.
What can we do about deadly wildfires?
Lenya Quinn-Davidson, '04 CRS, Director of the University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources Fire Network, speaks on the causes and mitigation of megafires fueled by the climate crisis.
How wildfires have remade the Illilouette Creek Basin
A decades-long experiment in Yosemite involving wildfires is showing researchers what a healthy forest should look like.
Berkeley Talks: Jessica Morse on how we can live with fire
Morse, who serves as California's Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildland Resilience, spoke about how the state is working to prevent catastrophic wildfires during last fall's S.J. Hall Lecture.
Managing the Eel River’s pikeminnow problem
A new project overseen by research scientist Gabe Rossi and postdoc Phil Georgakakos could contribute to salmonid recovery in northern California.
Recent photography exhibition features work by ESPM graduate student
PhD candidate Vera Chang merges empirical research with participatory photojournalism.
Berkeley Voices: Biologist confronts deep roots of climate despair
Bree Rosenblum, a professor of global change biology in ESPM, speaks about confronting the root causes of the environmental crisis and expanding our idea of what it means to be human on our planet.
Visualizing the architecture of a leaf
Learn about graduate student Mickey Boakye's work on leaf structure and adaptation, and see how artist-scientist Dr. Juniper Harrower and composer Marcus Norris interpret their research.
Rosemary Gillespie contributes to “Biodiversity at Risk” publication
An ESPM professor and evolutionary ecologist, Gillespie is co-author of a resource on biodiversity published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
U.N. climate report underscores urgency of cutting carbon emissions
Patrick Gonzalez, ESPM associate adjunct professor, served as a lead author of the chapter on terrestrial ecosystems.
Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab
UC Berkeley’s Blodgett Forest Research Station is a model for how California can reduce the risk of severe wildfires.
A wellness check for Tilden Park’s turtles
Former ESPM postdoctoral scholar Max Lambert is part of a team of wildlife experts studying local Western pond turtles, a species that is struggling to survive the combined threats of climate change, habitat loss and competition from red-eared slider turtles.
Recycling isn’t what we thought it was. So, what now?
ESPM Professor Kate O'Neill is featured on a recent Berkeley Voices podcast, discussing recycling issues in China, the U.S., and worldwide.
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.
Partnering to protect grapevines
Professor Rodrigo Almeida’s research and extension collaborations are highlighted in a story and video from the University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.
Climate Change, Fire and Giant Sequoias
Adjunct professor Rob York, research forest advisor for Berkeley Forests, joined PBS News Hour yesterday to discuss the impacts of fire and a warming, drying climate on giant sequoias.
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.
Erica Bree Rosenblum featured in the BBC film “Endangered”
The documentary, released on Earth Day and now available for streaming, spotlights Rosenblum's research into amphibian conservation.
Near a waterfall’s roar, glass frogs wave hello to attract mates
Rebecca Brunner, a PhD candidate, has discovered a new communication strategy of an elusive glass frog species.