Morse, who serves as California's Deputy Secretary for Forest and Wildland Resilience, spoke about how the state is working to prevent catastrophic wildfires during last fall's S.J. Hall Lecture.
Managing the Eel River’s pikeminnow problem
A new project overseen by research scientist Gabe Rossi and postdoctoral researcher Phil Georgakakos could contribute to salmonid recovery in northern California.
The Insect Crisis is a Human Crisis
Insects can seem to be everywhere, all at once, sometimes to an annoying extent. Three out of four every four known animal species on Earth are insects, after all. But these dazzlingly adept creatures, which pre-date the dinosaurs, are suffering a silent yet hugely consequential crisis, with their numbers plummeting around the world. Oliver Milman, environment correspondent for Guardian US, has outlined the ramifications of this loss in his book The Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World.
2023 Rausser College Photo Contest Winners
More than 80 images were submitted to Rausser College's 2023 photo contest! View this year's winning photos here.
Erica Bree Rosenblum delivers TEDxBerkeley Talk on biodiversity
Rosenblum, a professor of global change biology in ESPM, shares ways we can feel more connected to our global ecosystem in this recording of her presentation.
What is the Just Energy Transition?
Energy and Resources Group professor Dan Kammen breaks down how social, racial, and gender justice are reshaping the climate and political landscape.
Ecologies of Segregation: Empirical Insights from Baltimore and Experience from Louisville
Steward T.A. Pickett is an Ecologist and Distinguished Senior Scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, in Millbrook, New York who specializes in urban and landscape ecology.
Recent photography exhibition features work by ESPM graduate student
PhD candidate Vera Chang merges empirical research with participatory photojournalism.
How We Can Live with Fire: Lessons Learned from California’s Investments in Wildfire Resilience
California is investing $2.8 Billion in wildfire resilience over three years – one of the largest investments to prevent catastrophic wildfire ever. Deputy Secretary Morse discusses the current State of California’s wildfire crisis and how this novel investment in wildfire resilience is helping both communities and ecosystems better withstand fire and lay the ground work to restore natural fire regimes throughout the State.
The small alga with a big impact
PMB Professor Sabeeha Merchant breaks down the impact of sequencing the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genome.
Forestry Camp reunion weekend returns after two-year hiatus
The first reunion since 2019 was back in full swing with over 170 alumni in attendance.
Berkeley Talks: Damilola Ogunbiyi on driving an equitable energy transition
A podcast featuring the Energy and Resources Group's 2022 annual lecture, given by Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).
2022 Rausser College Photo Contest Winners
Our 2022 photo contest had over 120 photo submissions! View winning photos here.
Berkeley Voices: Biologist confronts deep roots of climate despair
Bree Rosenblum, a professor of global change biology in ESPM, speaks about confronting the root causes of the environmental crisis and expanding our idea of what it means to be human on our planet.
Visualizing the architecture of a leaf
Learn about graduate student Mickey Boakye's work on leaf structure and adaptation, and see how artist-scientist Dr. Juniper Harrower and composer Marcus Norris interpret their research.
Climate Justice and the Question of Reparations
Panel featuring: Olúfẹmi O. Táíwò, Naomi Klein, Sabrina Fernandes, and Jackie Fielder, moderated by Daniel Aldana Cohen. Organized by UC Berkeley’s Climate Equity and Environmental Justice Roundtable, co-sponsored by the Socio-Spatial Climate Collaborative, or (SC)2.
ERG Annual Lecture: Damilola Ogunbiyi
Ogunbiyi is CEO of Sustainable Energy for All and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.
Rosemary Gillespie contributes to “Biodiversity at Risk” publication
An ESPM professor and evolutionary ecologist, Gillespie is co-author of a resource on biodiversity published by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
U.N. climate report underscores urgency of cutting carbon emissions
Patrick Gonzalez, ESPM associate adjunct professor, served as a lead author of the chapter on terrestrial ecosystems.
Lessons on wildfire resilience from a 4,000-acre forest lab
UC Berkeley’s Blodgett Forest Research Station is a model for how California can reduce the risk of severe wildfires.