A study by ESPM researchers shows that the lucrative commercial crop is at high risk of loss from wildfire to do primarily rural growing areas.
How machine translation could make English-only science accessible to all
ESPM graduate student Emma Steigerwald is helping highlight how translation tools are critical to the multilingual future of science.
ESPM welcomes four new faculty members
Join us in welcoming Professors Kristin Dobbin, Laureano Gherardi, Miranda Redmond, and Kristen Shive to ESPM.
Paolo D’Odorico to be honored by American Meteorological Society
The ESPM professor will be awarded the Society’s highest honor and named a fellow.
Sniffing the delta for greenhouse gases
San Francisco Estuary's summer magazine highlights Professor Dennis Baldocchi's research and the role it plays in the restoration of Dutch Slough in Oakley.
Changing conservation narratives with Jimena Díaz Leiva
Díaz Leiva, PhD '21, spoke to Eos magazine about advancing environmental and social justice projects in California and Peru.
Why forest managers need to team up with Indigenous fire practitioners
In a recent LA Times op-ed, ESPM Professor Scott Stephens calls on forest managers to commit to active stewardship informed by Indigenous knowledge and cultural fire practitioners.
New research identifies patterns of carbon accumulation in planted forests
Research by former ESPM PhD student Jacob Bukoski and Professor Matthew D. Potts might serve as the building blocks for carbon sequestration studies.
Why the largest fires aren't always the most devastating
Professor Scott Stephens explains how high-severity fires have drastically changed their environment.
Understanding the function of plant diversity in wetland ecosystems
A first-of-its-kind analysis by ESPM Professor Iryna Dronova found that plant diversity plays a key role in improving seasonal biomass stability.
How ESPM alum Mackenzie Feldman is advocating for a toxin-free world
The Berkeley Food Institute speaks to Feldman about her work on pesticide reform and interest in food systems.
Debunking the myths that discourage public funding of clean energy
New commentary led by ESPM Professor Jonas Meckling urges governments to spur decarbonization by moving beyond the myths surrounding public investment in clean energy that discourage the use of public funds.
How healthy soil can improve crop resilience
New recommendations from postdoc Joanna Ory, and professors Timothy Bowles and Alastair Iles suggest better soil management may be the key to climate resilience and drought tolerance in crops.
Professor Scott Stephens appointed to federal wildfire commission
Stephens, a professor of fire science and ecology and co-director of Berkeley Forests, will advise federal efforts to better prevent, mitigate, suppress, and manage wildland fires.
How Agricultural Power Structures Inform Rural Responses to Climate Change
ESPM PhD candidate Margiana Petersen-Rockney speaks with the Daily Yonder about how climate change messaging–or the lack thereof–by farm service providers affects rural communities.
Professor Dennis Baldocchi awarded international water prize
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water recognizes cutting-edge innovation in water research.
Multi-layered strategies needed to protect public health from oil and gas drilling impacts
Rachel Morello-Frosch is senior author on a commentary out today in Environmental Research Letters on developing policies to mitigate the impact of gas and oil production.
ESPM, ERG graduate students named 2022 Switzer Fellows
ESPM’s Leslie “Leke” Hutchins and ERG’s Chelsi Sparti receive support for their work to drive positive environmental change.
Extreme temperatures linked to increased mortality in Latin America
ESPM Professor Iryna Dronova co-authored the multidisciplinary study published in Nature Medicine.
Can CRISPR help us deal with climate change?
Rausser College researchers lead research on how CRISPR can help plants thrive in a changing climate and sequester carbon in the soil to draw down greenhouse gases and reduce methane emission.