Research
How aspen genetics determine success in a changing climate
Assistant professor Benjamin Blonder and graduate student Courtenay Ray co-authored a recent study in the journal Ecological Applications.
ESPM faculty discuss cluster hires
Meg Mills-Novoa, Elizabeth Hoover, and Peter Nelson are featured in an article on campus-wide cluster hires in climate equity, Native American and Indigenous Peoples, and more.
Patterns of income and urbanization linked to mammal biodiversity
Assistant professor Christopher Schell co-authored a new study on urban ecology in the journal Global Change Biology.
Patrick Gonzalez to advise White House on climate change and biodiversity
Associate adjunct professor Patrick Gonzalez joins the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Oil palm plantations reshape human hunting
Recent graduate alum Dave Kurz co-authored a study on shifting Indigenous practices now published in the journal People and Nature.
Drought and climate change shift tree disease in Sierra Nevada
Researchers at Berkeley and UC Davis explain how infectious plant diseases move in a study out today in Nature Communications.
National Science Foundation awards $10 million to alliance of Native American institutions
Researchers at Berkeley and the University of Arizona will focus primarily on bolstering Indigenous participation in STEM education.
Indonesia: Spectacles of Small-scale Gold Mining
In a photo series exhibited on the UC Berkeley Library website, professor Nancy Lee Peluso documents her ethnographic fieldwork.
How wildfire restored a Yosemite watershed
A new study, co-authored by ESPM and Berkeley Forests researchers, was featured in Berkeley News .
Bogs, Bugs & Borgs
Professor Jill Banfield and her team are studying the microorganisms that live in rice paddy soils, with the aim of understanding how they contribute to greenhouse gas emissions—and how to intervene.
Cannabis farms irrigating with groundwater may affect stream flows
A new study from the Cannabis Research Center examined where cannabis growers in California are getting water for their crops, highlighting significant gaps in cannabis cultivation policy.
Analysis reveals global ‘hot spots’ where new coronaviruses may emerge
Professor Paolo D'Odorico was co-author of the study published in Nature Food.
Researchers outline strategy for biomass carbon capture in Europe
Alumnus Lorenzo Rosa and CE specialist Daniel Sanchez coauthor a study that outlines how 200 million tons of CO2 could be removed annually.
Crop diversity enriches soil fungi in depleted soil
PhD candidate Aidee Guzman collaborates with farmers in the San Joaquin Valley to better understand soil health and support farmers.
Policy roadmaps for direct air capture of carbon
In a study published in Nature Communications, associate professor Jonas Meckling analyzes how policy can encourage the adoption of carbon dioxide removal technologies.
Agrifood system diversification promotes resilience
In a new study, a team of ESPM researchers analyze how agriculture can better adapt to biodiversity loss, climate change, and food insecurity.
Soil borne pathogen invasions linked to ecological restorations
Matteo Garbelotto, Cooperative Extension specialist and adjunct professor, co-authored a new study in the journal Biological Invasions.
Textbook redefines global change biology narratives
Associate professor Erica Bree Rosenblum uses innovative pedagogy and focuses on student experience in her new book.
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.
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.
