UC Agriculture and Natural Resources recently profiled Katie Low, BS '20 Ecosystem Management and Forestry; Master of Forestry '22, who helps accelerate the implementation of fire adaptation and resilience projects as UCANR's Fire Network statewide coordinator.
Two PhD candidates awarded fellowships by the Philomathia Center
PhD candidates Yihong Zhu and Sheherazade were recognized by the Philomathia Center for their exceptional promise and academic distinction in environmental research.
Biodiverse Cities, Resilient California
Highlights from the Stone Center’s Recent Urban Biodiversity Roundtable at UC Berkeley.
Assessing the private sector's role in reef restoration
A recent study by Assistant Professor Rachel Carlson explores whether Hawaiian businesses are willing to pay to protect coral ecosystems.
Why working lands are critical to Wyoming’s conservation goals
Associate Professor Arthur Middleton, who co-directs the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship, offers a recap of a recent panel on how Wyoming's ranches, farms, and forests are important to the future of conservation in the state.
On the Ground: National Geographic Explorers
Highlighting some of the ESPM students, faculty, and alums affiliated with the esteemed Society.
Rosalie Fanshel recognized with leadership in graduate diversity award
Fanshel, a 2025 ESPM PhD graduate, received the Graduate Division's Cynthia Ladd-Viti Award for integrating justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within their teaching, mentoring, advising, and research.
Linking landscape conservation and wildlife viewing in protected areas
A new study from the Stone Center researchers and collaborators finds that national park visitors would donate to support conservation efforts.
New insights about birds in San Francisco’s community gardens
ESPM assistant professor Alejandra Echeverri co-authored a recent study that explored trends in bird sightings at community gardens in low- and high-income neighborhoods.
Irrigation boosts groundwater resilience in northern Italy
Despite a decline in the groundwater stores of northern Italy’s Po Plain, a new study led by ESPM researchers found that irrigation practices make aquifers more resilient to drought.
Four seniors named winners of the 2025 Babcock Prize in Environmental Science
Endowed as a tribute to longtime soil chemistry professor Kenneth Babcock, the prize recognizes high-achieving ESPM undergraduates.
Report details the widespread impacts of dust on California
ESPM professor Paolo D’Odorico and postdoctoral scientist Tobia Rinaldo co-authored a new report that shows that dust emissions in California are now greater than at any other period in history.
Four ESPM students receive funding from the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship
Michelle Katuna, Dara Noonan, McKalee Steen, and Royale Williams are receiving grants from the Center to support their conservation research.
LA’s communities of color bear a disproportionate burden of air pollution
A recent study led by ESPM researchers found that disadvantaged communities in Los Angeles experience significantly higher concentrations and emissions of hazardous air pollutants than non-disadvantaged communities.
How to Decipher a Forest
Professor Emerit Nancy Peluso has spent her career analyzing entanglements between human and natural worlds.
How ecosystems contribute to Colombia’s energy and water sectors
A new study demonstrates how natural capital accounting approaches can be used to value the economic benefits of ecosystems in Colombia’s Upper Sinú Basin.
A World of Climate Data
Professors Dennis Baldocchi and Trevor Keenan are helping lead a collaborative network of scientists measuring the breathing of the biosphere around the globe.
What we really need in the fight against extinction
ESPM faculty members Justin Brashares and Douglas McCauley write in TIME about how “de-extinction efforts” distract from the accelerating decline and extinction of nature.
Study Finds Opportunities to Increase Financial Security for Farmers and Insurance Companies
Professor Timothy Bowles and collaborators including researchers at the UC Berkeley Schmidt Center for Data Science and the Environment have released a paper and an open source tool that models the likely future of the US corn industry, in which growers and insurance companies face increasing economic uncertainty.
Yarrow Syskine receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Syskine, who researches how to improve the social-ecological resilience of California’s dryland forests under climate change, is one of three graduate students in the College to receive the competitive fellowships.