Climate Change

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Science & environment

Berkeley Talks: Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi on turning air into water for all

The UC Berkeley chemist recounts his journey as a young immigrant from Amman, Jordan, and the productive "failures" that led to the development of a technology that harvests clean water from the driest air on Earth.

Science & environment

The surprising ecological benefits of cows

Research

A new ‘hypertropical’ climate is emerging in the Amazon

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Research

How UC Berkeley is improving the affordability of hydrogen fuel

Lines of fire burn through a carpet of dried pine needles on a forest floor.

Prescribed burning helps store forest carbon in big, fire-resistant trees

A group of seven people pose for a photo that was taken during Cara Schulte's research in Bangladesh

Berkeley student documents ‘climate hell’ in Bangladeshi garment factories

A home with severe fire damage, including a collapsed roof, broken windows and smoke damage, stands next to a home that appears undamaged.

California communities can reduce wildfire damage by half. Here’s how.

A person holds a measuring tape against a massive tree with Yosemite’s El Capitan peak visible in the background.

IPCC selects UC Berkeley scientist for climate change assessment

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Scientists hack microbes to identify environmental sources of methane

An aerial view of golden yellow wheat fields

Climate change cuts global crop yields, even when farmers adapt

Maria Paz Gutierrez standing next to a structure that looks like corrugated cardboard.

UC Berkeley professor showcases flood-resilient architecture at international exhibition

a man in a red hat and winter gear stands onboard the green deck of a ship with red railing in Antarctica. He is holding a camera and filming something, looking focused.

In a tiny boat 7,800 miles from UC Berkeley, graduate students made a daring documentary

Artificial leaf uses sunlight to capture carbon and produce valuable chemicals

Two steelhead trout swim within the bubbling waters of a flowing stream.

A single dry winter decimated California’s salmon and trout populations

Clouds of white-gray smoke billow from three smokestacks against a blue sky

Nearly 40% of companies missed 2020 climate targets, with no consequences

This BAMPFA documentary series explores the unseen side of climate change

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