New analysis led by Professor Ronald Amundson determined that the Atacama Desert began drying out roughly 2 million years ago
UC Berkeley launches new center focused on environmental stewardship
Led by a team of experts in wildlife, data science, and parks and protected areas, the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship is advancing nature conservation and restoration in the U.S. through community-engaged research, training, outreach, and policy.
Dennis Baldocchi honored by American Meteorological Society
Baldocchi was named the 2025 Verner E. Suomi Technology Medal recipient for his significant technological contributions to atmospheric sciences.
Costa Rica’s rainforests offer a window—and warning
Professor Todd Dawson is part of a collaborative team studying how climate change could reshape forest ecosystems in Costa Rica and around the world.
A new discovery in Mono Lake
Professor Jill Banfield helped UC Berkeley researchers identify a choanoflagellate colony that hosts its own microbiome, something never before seen in these organisms.
Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair
In her new book Disabled Ecologies, ESPM professor Sunaura Taylor returns to a Tucson Superfund site to document how residents organized one of the earliest and most successful environmental justice movements in the country.
ESPM welcomes three new faculty members
Join us in welcoming Professors Rachel Carlson, Stephanie Pau, Lucas Vargas-Zeppetello, and other new Rausser College faculty.
How color shapes which animals we fear — and which we protect
From albino squirrels to black coyotes, urban wildlife with unique color variations reveal the role of human bias in wildlife conservation.
Planning for climate resilience in California’s freshwater ecosystems
A new perspective paper co-authored by UC Berkeley researchers highlights the complex interactions of climate and non-climate stressors on California’s freshwater ecosystems.
How urban raccoons adapt to new foraging challenges
A new study led by postdoctoral researcher Lauren Stanton documents how raccoons use innovative problem-solving skills when foraging for food.
Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought
A new study co-authored by Professor Matthew Potts sheds new light on reforestation and its untapped potential as a powerful and responsive climate strategy.
A new tool for climate resilience in California
Adjunct professor Patrick Gonzalez and other UC Berkeley affiliates have launched the Seeds of Change spatial tool to help parks and protected areas in California select climate-resilient plant seeds.
Rausser College recognizes three retiring ESPM faculty
We congratulate ESPM professors Inez Fung, Nick Mills, and Nancy Peluso on their retirement from UC Berkeley.
The first study to measure toxic metals in tampons
A new study co-authored by postdoctoral researcher Jenni Shearston shows arsenic, lead, and other contaminants in the feminine hygiene products.
HBCU-Berkeley Environmental Scholars visit KARE
Students in the HBCU-Berkeley Environmental Scholars for Change Program got a taste of California agriculture during a recent visit to the Kearney Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Parlier, California.
Fifty Years of Excellence
Rausser College of Natural Resources celebrates a milestone anniversary this month! Learn more about the impact of ESPM and the entire College over the last half century.
Vernard Lewis honored by Pest Control Operators of California
Lewis, a world-renowned termite expert and professor emerit of Cooperative Extension, received the organization’s Harvey Logan Lifetime Achievement Award.
Improving the resilience of California’s pinyon-juniper woodlands
Assistant Professor Miranda Redmond is leading a collaborative research project aimed at expanding Indigenous forest stewardship of the culturally important woodland ecosystems.
Unveiling the hidden culprits of air pollution in Los Angeles
A new study led by UC Berkeley researchers found that trees and plants play an important role in the formation of summertime air pollution in the region.
Paolo D’Odorico awarded international water prize
The ESPM professor was awarded the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water, which recognizes cutting-edge innovation in water research.