MONDAY, Oct 6: Join us for the Albright Lecture with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social, renowned marine biologist, policy expert, and climate thought leader, as she discusses her new book What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures. Register here: events.berkeley.edu/RausserColle...

Still looking for a class to add to your schedule? Rausser College professor Adrienne Correa is sponsoring a DeCal course on Polar Microbiology, which gives students a chance to explore how organisms survive in one of the most extreme climates on Earth. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/29/f...

Professor @allenhgoldstein.bsky.social and @berkeleyengineer.bsky.social collaborators are flying high-tech drones through simulated wildfires that move into cities. Their goal? Uncover what makes the smoke particularly toxic. Read more in @cenmag.bsky.social: cen.acs.org/environment/...

A new study led by alum @jacoblevine.bsky.social, BS '18 Forestry and EEP, and co-authored by Professor Scott Stephens and research scientist Brandon Collins explores why forests planted for logging purposes fuel devastating wildfires more often than untouched land. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Rausser College is excited to welcome six new faculty members this academic year. Their research expertise spans a variety of topics, including environmental economics, metabolic biology, land management, and plant biology. Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/rausse...

New analysis co-authored by ARE professor David Zilberman suggests that global policymakers can support a carbon-neutral agricultural future by changing the way we reward farmers who utilize “climate-smart” practices when growing crops. Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/promot...

Plant Biology PhD student Kylee Hillman and Chemistry PhD student Teng-Jui (Owen) Lin were recognized with a national prize for their efforts to highlight misleading visualizations published in academic journals. Read more at @berkeleychemistry.bsky.social: chemistry.berkeley.edu/news/shining...

Congratulations to Nutritional Science and Toxicology professor Ana Paula Arruda and postdoctoral scholar Alex Inague, who each received multiyear grants from The Pew Charitable Trusts to support their research and professional growth. www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-ns...

Associate Professor @jonasmeckling.bsky.social recently spoke to Harvard Business School about the Trump administration’s policy bill, and how their support for fossil fuels diverges from the global trend of prioritizing ambitious green-energy projects. www.hbs.edu/bigs/inside-...

China’s newest polar research station runs entirely on renewable energy, a shift that Professor Emerit @dankammen.bsky.social says can better safeguard this pristine—and easily disrupted—ecosystem. Read more in @sciam.bsky.social.

ICYMI: For the first time ever, a research team led by UC Berkeley biologists @averyshawler.bsky.social, PhD '24, and Associate Professor Arthur Middleton has observed gray wolves outside of the Arctic migrating during pup-rearing season. news.berkeley.edu/2025/08/01/p...

Short-term profit motives have historically led companies to oppose climate reforms, according to new research co-authored by @jonasmeckling.bsky.social. Still, it's unclear whether this influenced recent cutbacks to climate provisions passed by Congress. Read more:

UC Berkeley faculty and Rausser College-trained foresters and fire ecologists are helping lead @ucanr.edu’s statewide Fire Network, which links experts to the more than 7 million Californians living in some of the state’s most fire-prone regions. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/07...

A new @aguadvances.bsky.social study led by Lucas Vargas Zeppetello suggests that the amount of water in soil has the strongest influence on crop yields, and can actually explain the high-temperature growing conditions that scientists have observed.

Many of the cabins at Camp Mystic were built in designated flood zones. Lecturer Anna Serra-Llobet told the @nytimes.com that construction is discouraged in river floodways, where deep and fast-moving waters are expected to travel during flood events. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Professor Kate O'Neill spoke to The New York Times about Malaysia’s ban on importing plastic waste from the United States, and how this change could result in waste being redirected to countries that are less equipped to handle it.

We are excited to welcome Robert Bonnie, a former USDA undersecretary who served during the Biden and Obama administrations, to the Stone Center for Environmental Stewardship. Learn more about their new distinguished scholar: nature.berkeley.edu/stewardship/...

The Joint Genome Institute (‪@jgi.doe.gov‬) has supported cutting-edge genomic research for nearly three decades. Learn more about how ESPM professors Jill Banfield and Matteo Garbelotto have utilized the facility in their work.

Graduate students Sarah Sarfaty Epstein and Cynthia Wilson were named 2025 Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation fellows. The fellowships support next-generation leaders committed to creating positive environmental change across the public and private sectors. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/06...

Assistant Professor @rachelspatial.bsky.social‬'s latest study explores whether some of Hawaii's coastal businesses, which benefit from threatened coral ecosystems, may serve as an untapped funding source for reef conservation and restoration. Learn more:

Rausser College PhD candidates Yihong Zhu, Marco Dueñas, Sheherazade, and Simon Greenhill were awarded fellowships by the Philomathia Center to study issues related to the environment. Learn more about their research: vcresearch.berkeley.edu/philomathiac...

You know it. You know the story. 🥇 UC Berkeley is ranked the top public university in the nation according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best global universities. Way to go, Bears. It’s all because of you! 💙🐻💛

Postdoctoral researcher @sunnyjoydupuis.bsky.social, PhD '25 Microbiology, writes about the Merchant Lab and @qb3-berkeley.bsky.social scientists peeking in on algae at night to discover how the organisms prepare for another stressful day on the job.

Ali Odeh oversees nearly 300 water service providers across Palestine. As a recent participant in the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program, he’s drawing on his lessons to help navigate the urgent resource crisis.

Alum @lowseverityfire.bsky.social‬, BS '20 Ecosystem Management and Forestry; MF '22, works as Fire Network statewide coordinator for ‪@ucanr.bsky.social‬. Read more about her education and career path in this recent feature.

In February, Dean David Ackerly visited Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, as one of UC Berkeley’s representatives during bipartisan discussions about water, agriculture, forestry, wildfire, and more. Learn more about the trip: nature.berkeley.edu/breakthrough...

LISTEN: Agricultural and Resource Economics professor Meredith Fowlie recently spoke on a ‪@capitolweekly.bsky.social‬ panel about the future of California's insurance market, and how climate change and wildfires are introducing new challenges.

Rooms 304 and 205 in Hilgard Hall now bear the names of three UC Berkeley scientists—George Meléndez Wright, Joseph S. Dixon, and Benjamin H. Thompson—credited with bringing science-based natural resource management to the National Park Service. nature.berkeley.edu/news/2025/05...

An international, interdisciplinary group focused on advancing seaweed research, cultivation, and application gathered at UC Berkeley in early May for the inaugural workshop of the International Bioeconomy and Macroalgae Center.

LISTEN: ESPM professor Timothy Bowles and journalist Michael Grunwald discuss the impact of our current agricultural methods and debate the ways we can ramp up food production without causing more harm to the environment.

“Now more than ever, science is essential for addressing complex global issues,” writes Assistant Professor @arrudalab.bsky.social‬. Learn more about her career path—and advice for new scientists—in our spring magazine.

Professor Paolo D'Odorico and postdoctoral scientist Tobia Rinaldo are part of a new multidisciplinary effort involving researchers from seven UC campuses focused on better understanding the sources, impacts, and future of dust in California. ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/news/2025/05...

Assistant Professor Christopher Schell and alums @scrappynaturalist.bsky.social and @drpheebs.bsky.social recently spoke to @nytimes.com reporter @heatherknightsf.bsky.social about one of San Francisco’s most polarizing urban residents: coyotes. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/19/u...

Researchers from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social‬ and @innovativegenomics.bsky.social‬ are leveraging CRISPR and other genomic tools to help safeguard the planet’s supply of cacao from disease. Read more about their efforts in our latest issue of Breakthroughs. nature.berkeley.edu/breakthrough...

ICYMI: Grist spoke to @schmidtdse.bsky.social researcher @sampottinger.com about a new open-source tool—developed in collaboration with Rausser College professor Tim Bowles—that simulates future growing conditions for corn to model how crop insurance rates will change under climate change.

“The big question is whether people think about almonds as something where they’re like, ‘Oh, I’m just going to eat walnuts instead or some other nut instead,’” Aaron Smith @natureatcal.bsky.social told @maliyaellis.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com www.sfchronicle.com/california/a...

Rausser College prides itself on providing a small-college experience inside a large university. It's what helps students like second-year Indra Deshmukh feel supported while still having the opportunity to explore everything @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social has to offer. www.dailycal.org/blo...

Greenhouse gas emissions may fall as consumption slows in response to a global trade war. But ESPM professor @jonasmeckling.bsky.social cautions that ambitious environmental policymaking could be stymied if the U.S. sinks into a recession. www.nytimes.com/2025...

Third-year environmental economics and policy major Steven Zeng recently spoke to Rausser College about his love of film production, and how getting involved with @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social's Cinematic Arts and Production Club helped grow his skills. nature.berkeley.edu/...

Congratulations to @dankammen.bsky.social, a professor in the Energy and Resources Group and the @goldmanschool.bsky.social, on being elected to the National Academy of Sciences. He is one of eight @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social faculty members elected this year. news.berkeley.edu/20...

Sabeeha Merchant, a professor in the Departments of Plant and Microbial Biology and Molecular and Cell Biology, recently wrote about the history of her research in the Journal of Molecular Biology. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A collaborative global network of scientists spearheaded by Rausser College researchers is collecting and sharing open-source data to measure the breathing of the biosphere around the globe. Read more in Breakthroughs magazine: nature.berkeley.edu/breakthrough...

Rausser College’s commitment to addressing pressing environmental and societal challenges extends far beyond the Bay Area. Read more about our international exchanges and impacts in the latest issue of Breakthroughs magazine at nature.berkeley.edu/breakthroughs/

Professors Meredith Fowlie and Duncan Callaway recently spoke to LAist about Southern California Edison’s plans to underground power lines in Altadena and Malibu. laist.com/news/climate...

Congratulations to Rausser College graduate students Annelise Goldman, Yarrow Syskine, and Dakota Pekerti on receiving 2025 Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation. nature.berkeley.edu/...

Professor Timothy Bowles and collaborators including researchers at the @schmidtdse.bsky.social have released an open source tool that models the likely future of the US corn industry, in which growers and insurance companies face increasing economic uncertainty. Explore the research further:

WATCH: Tom Steyer, founder and co-executive chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, spoke with Rausser College Dean David Ackerly and @goldmanschool.bsky.social Dean David Wilson earlier this month during the Spring 2025 Horace M. Albright Lecture in Conservation. nature.berkeley.edu/...

Researchers, conservation practitioners, Tribal leaders, and others leading conservation efforts focused on keystone species in the U.S. and territories are encouraged to apply to be part of a new cohort of National Geographic Explorers by May 23rd. nature.berkeley.edu/...

Sudden Oak Death Blitz Survey 2025 is underway. To volunteer to scout for SOD among your trees, see nature.berkeley.edu/matteolab/?p... Matteo Garbelotto, UCCE specialist at @natureatcal.bsky.social & @ucanr.bsky.social discusses SODmap mobile app in the video below www.youtube.com/watch?v=csAz...