Research
Researchers say Western Sahel investment needed to avert crisis
In a new commentary in Nature, ESPM student Lorenzo Rosa and his coauthors argue that agricultural and social reforms are needed to ensure stability in the region.
Collapse of desert birds due to heat stress from climate change
Professor Steve Beissinger authored a study on the effects of water shortage on desert birds.
First known cases of sudden oak death detected in Del Norte County
Matteo Garbelottos' citizen science project—SOD Blitz—found signs of an outbreak affecting oak trees.
Scientists track frog-killing fungus to help curb its spread
New research from professor Erica Bree Rosenblum and her team examine the effects of a deadly fungus on amphibian populations.
Restoring our river ecosystems: an interview with Albert Ruhi
Ruhi co-authored a review on restoration of river flow regimes in Science this week.
Managing fish populations with artificial intelligence
New research uses an algorithm to help make better global fishery population predictions.
ESPM experts can lead on carbon dioxide removal
Daniel Sanchez and Whendee Silver discuss carbon dioxide removal technologies the latest edition of California Agriculture.
The Collaborative Net
ESPM researchers are working with citizen scientists to gather data around the Bay Area and across the globe.
Leading the citizen science contagion
Coopertive Extension Specialist Matteo Garbelotto is on a mission to enlist citizen scientists to stomp out sudden oak death in California.
Social Insects
Neil Tsutsui's lab invites the public to join the scientific process through citizen science and outreach projects.
Assessing coral bleaching vulnerability in the Caribbean
A new study finds that in the Caribbean, independent island nations are less vulnerable to coral bleaching than island territories.
Scientists find new and smaller CRISPR gene editor: CasX
Discovered two years ago by UC Berkeley scientists including Jill Banfield, the protein was similar to CRISPR, but quite a bit smaller: a big advantage if you’re trying to deliver a gene editor into a cell.
Cannabis Research Center to explore environmental, social impacts of legalization
The new Center will explore how cannabis production impacts the environment and society, and how these impacts will evolve under new regulations.
$4.7M to Study Storing Greenhouse Gases in Soil
An ambitious new multicampus consortium is seeking ways to capture billions of tons of carbon dioxide and bring net carbon emissions in California to zero by 2045.
Is habitat restoration actually killing plants in the California wildlands?
New research highlights for the first time the widespread and deadly threat of the soil- and waterborne pathogen Phytophthora in CA restoration sites.
Science adventures to help curb extinction
Graduate student Joan Dudney discusses surveying whitebark pine in the Sierras, and if the species will soon be listed as endangered.
UC Berkeley scientist leads Climate Change Assessment for US Southwest
Patrick Gonzalez led the assessment and found human-caused climate change has aggravated severe impacts in the US Southwest.
Sustainable irrigation could feed extra 2.8 billion people
According to a new study, the implementation of sustainable and advanced irrigation systems could help feed billions.
Data-intensive study finds food supply can grow to meet needs of expanding world population
Over the course of the next three decades, the world’s food supply will have to expand to feed an additional two billion people.
UC Cooperative Extension works in local communities to help Californians adapt to climate change
Across California, UC Cooperative Extension specialists and advisors are working in their local communities to prepare for warming temperatures and adapt to the changing climate
