It's our 50th anniversary! Our spring magazine highlights groundbreaking research, changemakers and trailblazers, and little-known facts from our first 5 decades. Read the full issue at nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs #50years #Anniversary

Congratulations to Yiyan Hao, Vivian Lee, and Jade Marum on receiving the 2024 Kenneth L. Babcock Prize in Environmental Science, which recognizes exceptional academic achievement by graduating seniors in ESPM. Learn more about each recipient: ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2024/05/t…

Nearly 30 years of observations by the Beissinger lab explain the extreme behaviors that are surprisingly common among green-rumped parrotlets. Now out in PNASNews news.berkeley.edu/2024/05/06/why…

Help celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rausser College of Natural Resources by entering our 2024 photo contest! nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/05/p… #50years #50thanniversary

Gradfest is TODAY! Join in person or via livestream starting at noon! events.berkeley.edu/ESPM/event/243…

A study co-authored by Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt's Kathryn De Master and alum Adrian Lu, PhD '20, shows that diversified farming practices maintain soil health and biodiversity while also increasing crop yields, food security, and human well-being. Berkeley Food Institute
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Please check out our new paper about novel climate-induced stream drying! Dr. Stephanie Carlson and I started work on this paper when I was a Smith Fellows postdoc way back in 2014, so I'm thrilled to see it in print: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Join us Wednesday, May 1 in person or online for our 2024 Gradfest reserach symposium!! events.berkeley.edu/ESPM/event/243…

Water is critical to agriculture
From left, Josh Viers UC Merced, Hoori Ajami UC Riverside CNAS, John Durand UC Davis Center for Watershed Sciences & Ted Grantham Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt briefed policymakers in Washington DC

Last month, the City of Berkeley began the process of repealing its ban on natural gas hookups in new buildings. Professor Alastair Iles spoke to Cecilia Nowell about some of the alternative pathways to electrification that cities and supporters may take. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Congratulations to professors Allen Goldstein and Rodrigo Almeida, who were recently recognized for their outstanding faculty mentorship by UC Berkeley’s Graduate Assembly and Graduate Division. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2024/04/a…

Professors Sunaura Taylor, Youjin Chung, and Michael Mascarenhas recently published new books examining environmental issues and social movements in the United States and overseas. Hear more about their findings and process in this faculty book talk. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2024/04/s…

Congratulations to Professor Damian Elias, whose commitment to advancing DEIBJ at UC Berkeley and beyond earned him a Chancellor's Award for Advancing Institutional Excellence and Equity. Learn more about his research, teaching, and public service. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2024/04/e…

While on on the coast of Sri Lanka in 2004, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her family and friends in the Indian Ocean tsunami. Carried two miles inland by the water, she was able to survive by clinging to a tree limb. Hear her story tomorrow, April 10th at the David Brower Center.

Here's what's going on at the wood products lab at Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt. It was a great field day for our Ag&Natural Resources forest stewardship participants ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore…

Professors Dennis Baldocchi (@berkeleybiomet) and Trevor Keenan joined ERGBerkeley/Berkeley Lab's Margaret Torn and other leading experts to recommend ways to strengthen the scientific foundation for Nature-based Climate Solutions.
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Led by Ted Grantham and kbdobbin, a $9.1 million research project is exploring ways to distribute California surface water more equitably among agriculture, cities and unincorporated communities, and the environment.

This Thursday, April 4 - hear alum Manisha Anantharaman discuss her book 'Recycling Class: The Contradictions of Inclusion in Urban Sustainability!' Register here: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Wildfires started by power lines & other utility equipment are happening more as extreme heat wreaks havoc on electrical grids not built/upgraded to withstand them.

Margie Shafer&Eric Thomas spoke to Berkeley Environmental Science, Policy & Mngmt's Dr. Scott L. Stephens for more.

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ICYMI: PhD candidate Kyle Leathers spoke to The Daily Californian about a new Ruhi Lab study that predicts how a warmer, drier climate might impact California’s mountain waterways and the ecosystems that depend on them. dailycal.org/news/campus/re…