Led by ESPM faculty and graduate students, the collaborative effort focused on actionable changes to course material and structure.
Study finds potentially dangerous levels of arsenic in prison drinking water
ESPM alum Alasdair Cohen was co-author on an analysis of water quality data from California’s Kern Valley State Prison and neighboring rural communities.
Berkeley Forests personnel assessing impacts of Mosquito Fire on Blodgett Forest
Favorable fire behavior and weather are expected to continue to move the fire away from Blodgett Forest.
California Oak Symposium set for Oct. 31–Nov. 3
The four-day event, co-chaired by ESPM Cooperative Extension specialist Bill Tietje, will cover climate change, wildlife ecology, oak restoration, oak pests and diseases, fire ecology, and ranch management and generational transfer.
New study examines drivers of government investment in energy innovation
Analysis led by Professor Jonas Meckling shows new forms of international cooperation and technology competition with China are the main drivers of public investment in clean energy innovation, though it remains insufficient to help meet climate goals.
Mosquito Fire impacting Blodgett Forest Research Station
Fire crews on Sunday contained much of the active fire within the bounds of Blodgett Forest. Check the Berkeley Forests website for additional updates.
Participatory ethnographic film depicts the lives of immigrant, Indigenous, farmworker families
Produced by ESPM Professor Seth Holmes and directed by four Indigenous immigrant cousins, First Time Home will be screened by UC Agriculture and Natural Resources in September.
How to save a forest by burning it
The New York Times recently accompanied Robert York, professor of cooperative extension and co-director of Berkeley Forests, as he guided wildfire researchers from UC Irvine through a prescribed burn at Blodgett Forest.
Wildfire poses greater threat to cannabis than other California crops
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.