Research by a team that includes Professor Rachel Morello-Frosch suggests flooding could hit power plants, refineries, and hazardous waste sites in many locations across the San Francisco Bay Area and southern California.
Policies for mitigating wetland loss hide large climate impacts
A commonly used policy for conserving ecosystems is underestimating large emissions of greenhouse gases, according to new research by UC Berkeley scientists published in the journal Ecography.
Native people take a different view of Thanksgiving
In a recent blog, Cooperative Extension specialist Jennifer Sowerwine and Professors Peter Nelson and Elizabeth Hoover offer insights for adjusting our thinking—and actions—around Thanksgiving.
Mary K. Firestone receives 2022 Philippe Duchaufour Medal
The European Geosciences Union recognizes Firestone for her contributions to Earth science research.
Professor Peter Nelson adds wildland firefighting to his expertise
Nelson, a California Native American, is training to be a wildland firefighter with the goal of using “good fire” as a tool to reduce risk and build ecosystem resilience against wildfires.
Alexii Sigona on supporting his tribe as an academic
Sigona, a member of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and a third-year ESPM Ph.D. student, focuses his research on Indigenous natural resource management, specifically with the Amah Mutsun—a landless and non-federally recognized tribe.
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.
Spotlight on Native American Heritage Month
During Native American Heritage Month this November, ESPM highlights researchers whose work is related to the heritage of Native communities.
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.
After California’s 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were ‘still smoldering’
Researchers in the Brashares lab tracked the movements and feeding patterns of deer before, during and after the 2018 Mendocino Complex Fire.
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.
NSF funds $12.5 million for collaborative research on amphibian resilience to infectious disease
Professor Erica Bree Rosenblum is part of the RIBBITR project, a new, collaborative research institute focused on understanding how amphibians survive infections.
The New Conservation
ESPM researchers and alumni are working to bring the bold 30x30 conservation initiative to life.
Taking the pulse of California ecosystems
The California Heartbeat Initiative uses new technologies to track environmental change on a landscape scale.
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.
Berkeley’s new Indigenous Community Learning Garden takes root
This fall, students are earning field study credits through the Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management to establish the garden, discover traditional Indigenous uses of native species, and more.
Wildfire beyond forests
Fire management in California is not seeing the forest for the trees, says a new study by ESPM researchers.
De-extinction Could Reverse Species Loss. But Should We Do It?
What would it mean to reintroduce woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons now?
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.
Whendee Silver elected as an AGU Fellow
The American Geophysical Union’s Fellows are elected for outstanding achievements and contributions pushing forward the frontiers of science.
