In an interview with NASA, Manuela Girotto explains how she merges satellite measurements and computer models to gauge how water flowing off the land might affect future sea level rise.
Student Spotlight: Jade Marum
The third-year environmental science major and African American studies minor recounts her experience at the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference.
Monitoring biodiversity in the post-fire Santa Cruz Mountains
ESPM professor Kip Will is leading a SPUR project to help monitor the effects of tree and underbrush removal on arthropod biodiversity in the post-fire Santa Cruz Mountains.
Rausser College faculty and affiliates among the most highly cited in their fields
The selected researchers rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide over the last decade.
Droughts pose additional challenges to endangered Russian River coho salmon
Research led by Brian Kastl, a PhD candidate in ESPM, outlines a deadly mismatch in water flows and temperatures for young salmon headed to sea.
'Newly emerging' field of Urban Ecology comes to UC Berkeley
Read more about last spring's special topics class on Urban Ecology, co-taught by ESPM professor Christopher Schell and graduate student Tyus Williams.
California’s 2022 Fire Season: “A Remarkably Different Year”
Scott Stephens, professor of fire ecology in ESPM and co-director of Berkeley Forests, broke down 2022's "remarkably different" fire season for the Public Policy Institute of California.
Student Spotlight: Ashlyn Olah
Olah, a fourth-year Society and Environment major and Master of Forestry student, shares how the Dixie Fire inspired her to pursue a career in forestry.
Ron Amundson honored by the Geological Society of America
The ESPM soil scientist received the 2022 Farouk El-Baz Award, which recognizes an outstanding body of work in the field of desert research.
New Compact Genome Editors Found in Viruses
ESPM and PMB researchers have identified a variety of potential CRISPR-based genome-editing tools in viruses, according to new findings published in Cell.
Patrick Gonzalez to lead Institute for Parks, People, and Biodiversity
Gonzalez, an associate adjunct professor in ESPM, brings advanced climate change science capabilities and an international perspective to the Institute.
Collective action and cooperation among users of common-pool resources
A new study co-authored by Paolo D’Odorico assesses how shared goals and information on resource levels can encourage cooperation and reduce resource depletion.
Climate change threatens Sierra Nevada stream ecosystems
A team of University of California scientists found that high-mountain streams may be more vulnerable to droughts and heatwaves than previously thought.
Tim Bowles recognized for climate change leadership
The ESPM professor and Co-Director of the Berkeley Food Institute received the Climate Leadership Award at the 7th California Climate and Agriculture Summit.
Study highlights the complexity of dryland dynamics under a changing climate
ESPM Professor Paolo D’Odorico is co-author of a review published in today the journal Nature Climate Change.
In Memoriam – Larry Waldron
Former students and colleagues remember Waldron, an emeritus professor of soil physics who passed away earlier this year.
Getting to Carbon Negative
In the fall Breakthroughs magazine on the bioeconomy, faculty members Matthew Potts, Van Butsic, and Dan Sanchez spoke about their work scaling markets for carbon capture, storage, and management.
Widespread forest disturbances hold potentially grave consequences for wildlife
A new study by Rausser College faculty and the U.S. Forest Service suggests mature forest habitats in California may be susceptible to complete loss without intervention.
Alexii Sigona named Local Hero by the Bay Nature Institute
Sigona, an ESPM graduate student and member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band, was recognized for his community involvement and research on Indigenous land access and collaborative stewardship
Like the Borg of Star Trek, these ‘aliens’ assimilate DNA from other microbes
Professor Jill Banfield and PhD candidate Jacob West-Roberts have helped identify a new transferrable DNA structure that appears to play a role in balancing atmospheric methane.
