Assistant professor Bowles manages the Berkeley Agroecology Lab.
2020 anniversary edition of The Death of Nature
The legacy of professor emerita Carolyn Merchant’s seminal work remains 40 years after its publication.
Two Rausser College affiliates join Biden administration
Alumna Jane A. Flegal joins the White House Council on Environmental Quality as the senior director for industrial emissions.
Warmer California winters drive grapevine pathogen spread
ESPM researchers, including professor Rodrigo Almeida and professor emeritus Alexander Purcell, were recently featured in an Inside Climate News feature.
Textbook redefines global change biology narratives
Associate professor Erica Bree Rosenblum uses innovative pedagogy and focuses on student experience in her new book.
Food-safety guide outlines laws, best practices for urban farmers
Cooperative Extension specialist Jennifer Sowerwine is the lead author of a new report.
Recent studies reveal threats to global fisheries
Postdoctoral fellow Denise Colombano has coauthored two publications in the journals Science and Estuaries and Coasts.
Berkeley's cutting-edge advances in Indigenous archaeology
Peter Nelson, an assistant professor who studies anthropological archaeology and Indigenous environmental studies, is featured in Berkeley News.
Studying spider responses to sound at the Elias Lab
Maggie Raboin is a graduate student in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.
In a desert affected by climate change, burrowers fare better than birds
Professor Steven Beissinger was the senior author of the study on the Mohave Desert's fauna.
Researchers honored with U.S. Department of Energy Award
Assistant Cooperative Extension specialist Daniel Sanchez, a member of the team, researches carbon removal technology.
Researchers propose conservation funding through National Park management
Faculty members Arthur Middleton and Claire Kremen, along with graduate student Harshad Karandika, collaborated with the University of Wyoming for the study.
Near a waterfall’s roar, glass frogs wave hello to attract mates
Rebecca Brunner, a PhD candidate, has discovered a new communication strategy of an elusive glass frog species.
New study reveals how fences hinder migratory wildlife in the West
Graduate student Wenjing Xu and assistant professor Arthur D. Middleton are coauthors of the study published in the Journal of Applied Ecology.
Taking a deeper look at the land-grant legacy
Graduate student and staff member Rosalie Z. Fanshel co-organized a conference this fall focused on the Morrill Act and Indigenous land dispossession.
Op-Ed: conserving "more than twice the size of Texas"
In a New York Times piece out today, Arthur Middleton and Justin Brashares comment on how the Biden administration may reach the ambitious goal.
Five graduate students advance anti-racism efforts in Rausser College
The ESPM students led the creation of a class on anti-racist environmental scholarship.
Camera traps document wildlife’s return to Gorongosa National Park
Researchers publish a new study that evaluates wildlife populations following the Mozambican Civil War.
Why These Californians Are Starting Fires On Purpose
An Insider video features alumna Sasha Berleman, director of the Fire Forward program, which teaches volunteers to use "good fire" for landscape management.
An Eye for Conservation
Alumna Jen Guyton is a photographer whose images raise awareness about conservation.