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A new series in The Lancet led by Professor Seth Holmes equips policymakers and clinicians with a toolkit to break out of silos and make more informed health decisions.Read more about Why social context is the key for improving modern medicine

Professors Jillian Banfield, Brandon Collins, Trevor Keenan and Scott Stephens were among the most highly cited in their fields, in addition to three professors emeriti.Read more about Seven ESPM faculty and affiliates among the most highly cited in their fields

Quinn-Davidson, BS ‘04, Conservation and Resource Studies, is growing fire resilience across the state through prescribed and cultural burning, policy work, and community building.Read more about How ecologist Lenya Quinn-Davidson is rethinking California’s relationship with fire

A project co-led by Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch found that 5,500 toxic coastal sites in the U.S. are at risk of flooding by 2100 if emissions remain high, threatening underserved and vulnerable communities.Read more about Coastal flooding could impact 5,500 toxic facilities by 2100

Our Fall issue of Breakthroughs highlights the Rausser College researchers working to benefit the people, landscapes, and ecosystems of rural and agricultural California.Read more about Breakthroughs magazine: Inside California

New research from ESPM postdocs, DSE scientists, and the Karuk Wildlife Team validates the importance of implementing local Indigenous knowledge in studies on biodiversity and population changes over time.Read more about How citizen science and Indigenous knowledge can enhance biodiversity monitoring

A decades-long experiment in the Sierra Nevada found that regular prescribed burns promote carbon sequestration in live trees and plants, maintaining forests’ long-term ability to store carbon while also reducing wildfire hazard.Read more about Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees

Marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco explains how the story of the ocean as endlessly bountiful and resilient has led to its degradation, and why we need to embrace a new narrative: that it's too big to ignore.Read more about Why the ocean needs a new narrative

In a recent Nature Perspective article, ESPM professor Jonas Meckling breaks down how geoeconomic competition could impact decarbonization policy.Read more about What the geoeconomic turn in decarbonization means for policymakers

New research from ESPM Cooperative Extension professor Matteo Garbelotto and UCANR scientists shows that plant pathogens and pests, and urbanization and climate change, are shifting the natural range of California trees.Read more about Climate, diseases driving death of several tree species in multiple California regions

Associate Professor Timothy Bowles explains how agroecology draws both on the ecological sciences and generations of farming wisdom to create more sustainable ways of growing food.Read more about Watch a professor explain agroecology in 101 seconds