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After more than a century of prioritizing fire suppression, forests across the country are more loaded with fuel than ever. Watch Dean David Ackerly explain why experts are starting to use "good" fire—and other approaches—to restore balance to the ecosystem. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx4n...
Research from @AreBerkeley Professor Aaron Smith finds that new legislation allowing the use of E15 fuel (gasoline with up to 15% ethanol) is unlikely to provide drivers much relief at the pump. Learn more about his latest @GianniniFnd study: are.berkeley.edu/news/will-ne...
Chytrid fungus has driven roughly 90 amphibian species to extinction and pushed more than 500 into decline. “Once you start taking species out of ecosystems, it has cascading, catastrophic effects," Professor Bree Rosenblum told @cnn.com. www.cnn.com/science/chyt...
For a recent Science Advances study, postdoc Johan Eckdahl reconstructed emissions from more than 300 wildfires in Sweden. His results suggest that current climate estimates fail to fully account for carbon released from smoldering organic soils.
Postdoctoral researcher @diegoellissoto.bsky.social recently spoke about how combining his academic research with his passion for music offers him a fresh way to think about nature in motion. Listen to his full conversation on @kuow.org's podcast "The Wild." www.kuow.org/stories/let-...
ICYMI: Cooperative Extension Professor Kristen Shive and collaborators at @nature.org and the U.S. Forest Service find that wildfires could be leveraged to increase forest resilience to future high-severity fires across the West. Learn more about their research: www.nature.org/en-us/newsro...
Analysis by Cooperative Extension Professor Ali Hill and collaborators at @ucanr.edu indicates that California's working landscapes—the farms, ranches, mines, forests, renewable energy installations, and fisheries—generated $404 billion in sales income in 2024.
Assistant Professor @ornithoale.bsky.social and alum @beckyck.bsky.social join a @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social-led team of scientists who say Earth science information can do more than quantify the instrumental or monetary value of nature—it can also measure social good. news.ucsb.edu/2026/022371/...
Mark your calendars: #CalBigGive is ONE WEEK away! Join the Rausser College community as we come together for 24 hours of giving beginning at 9 pm on March 11. Every gift during this period will help us unlock matching funds to support students and research. givingday.berkeley.edu/giving-day/1...
WATCH: Beyond Yellowstone Research Director Kristin Barker and colleagues at the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship spoke with @WyomingPBS about their collaborative work to improve migration corridors in the state. www.pbs.org/video/beyond...
From @innovativegenomics.bsky.social: recent research by @benpwilliams.bsky.social and @daweidai08.bsky.social suggests that Arabidopsis thaliana, a model organism in plant biology, could help scientists study aging at the molecular level. innovativegenomics.org/news/how-a-t...
A California company has become the first commercial manufacturer of dowel-laminated timber in the state, drawing on research from Cooperative Extension Professor Paul Mayencourt's lab to transform waste wood in forests into construction-ready panels.
Congratulations to advisors Ryann Madden and Zarah Ersoff, undergraduate Sanya Sitlani, and Professor Daniel Portnoy, who were honored earlier this month with 2025 Excellence in Advising and Student Services awards. Learn more about the recognition: nature.berkeley.edu/news/four-ra...
A new @nature.com study from a team of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social scientists details how a previously unrecognized membrane-shaping protein regulates how liver cells store and secrete fat—processes central to the development of fatty liver disease. mbn.berkeley.edu/news/berkele...
Cows and other grazing animals have sometimes been cast as environmental villains. But across California, Rausser College faculty are studying how to balance the impacts of agricultural methane emissions with the ecosystem benefits of grazing. nature.berkeley.edu/breakthrough...
A recent study led by Mitchell Serota (PhD '24 Environmental Science, Policy, and Management) reveals how Magellanic penguins have disrupted the traditional social structures of pumas in Argentina’s Monte León National Park. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/how-pen...
Congratulations to PhD student Isabela Tapia Jaramillo, who was selected as a 2025 recipient of the Fonseca Leadership Fellowship, which provides financial support for research and education focused on critical conservation challenges in Latin America. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/phd-stu...
On Wednesday, Professor Matteo Garbelotto will walk through the town of Canazei, Italy. In one hand, he'll hold the Olympic torch as it makes its way to Milan. In the other will be the lead to S’Abba, the service dog who helped him walk and ski again. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/deep-do...
Join us on Jan. 14 for a free screening of "Western Monarch Butterflies: Protecting Our Pollinators." After the film, hear from director Ian A. Nelson as he joins Dean David Ackerly and Essig Museum scientist Peter Oboyski for a Q&A.
Register today: nature.berkeley.edu/albright/202...
A recent study led by ESPM PhD student @rosemohammadi.bsky.social and Associate Professor @albertruhi.bsky.social reveals the vulnerability of riparian biodiversity hotspots to California’s intensifying climate whiplash. Learn more about their findings: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/climate...
Approximately 5,500 hazardous sites across the United States are at risk of coastal flooding by 2100, according to a new study led by researchers from UC Berkeley, UCLA, and the nonprofit Climate Central. nature.berkeley.edu/news/coastal...
Eight Rausser College faculty were recently named among the world’s most influential researchers, according to a new report from analytics firm @clarivateag.bsky.social. Learn more about the methodology and see who made the list: nature.berkeley.edu/news/rausser...
Congratulations to our colleagues at the Schmidt DSE for launching Kigali Sim in partnership with @unep.org. This new, open-source tool will help global policymakers reach environmental and climate goals.
Read more about the tool and its development: nature.berkeley.edu/news/new-mod...
Our Fall issue of Breakthroughs looks inland to California's rural and agricultural areas, highlighting the Rausser College researchers advancing science and solutions to support communities and ecosystems across the Golden State. Read the full issue at nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs.
A recent Ecological Applications study led by alum Jessie Moravek, PhD '24, details how beavers can boost fire resilience and water storage in 31 watersheds across California's Sierra Nevada by creating well-connected wetland environments. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/beavers...
ARE Cooperative Extension Professor Alexandra Hill recently spoke with Ag Alert about challenges in the farm labor market, and how California farmers are working to support their farmworkers amid fears of deportation.
www.agalert.com/california-a...
A new study led by Cooperative Extension Professor Kristin Dobbin finds that, on average, water utilities where all voters have a say in local water decision-making tend to perform better than those whose voters do not have a say. Read more: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/how-wat...
The ecological impacts of drought on California's Sierra Nevada are far more complex and context-dependent than previously understood, according to a recent study by Kyle Leathers and ESPM professor @albertruhi.bsky.social. Learn more about their findings: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/how-dro...
