UC researchers are engineering the tobacco plant to produce biofuels
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
"Perfect Storm" of Climate Change and Population Growth Brewing in African Sahel, Experts Warn
The African Sahel will descend into large-scale drought, famine, war and terrorist control if immediate, coordinated steps are not taken to avert the perfect storm of climate change and the most rapidly growing population in the world, according to a report findings from the first international, multidisciplinary meeting on the region.
New AIDS research uses models to see through lies about sex, inform HIV policy
By Ann Brody Guy, College of Natural Resources
Persistent methodological flaw undermines biodiversity conservation in tropical forests
What is the role of logging in tropical forests? How is biodiversity affected by this logging?
Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about the environment, study finds
By Yasmin Anwar, UC Berkeley Media Relations
New gene found that turns carbs into fat, could be target for future drugs
By Sarah Yang, UC Berkeley Media Relations
Plants and soils could accelerate climate's warming, study warns
By Robert Krier, InsideClimate News
Scientists look to Hawaii's bugs for clues to origins of biodiversity
By Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley Media Relations
New Wetland Design Shows Leap in Cleansing Toxins from Salton Sea
By Ann Brody Guy, College of Natural Resource
