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A helicopter drops a large amount of water onto a forest fire

Politics & society

UC Berkeley researchers simulate how wildfires spread through communities

Insights from the model could help communities adopt more effective mitigation strategies to save lives and property

A black and white illustration depicts an artist’s imagining of an aquifer, showing a large underground mass sprouting a collection of small arms that reach for the roots of plants growing above.

Humanities

Can an aquifer be injured? Scholar brings a disability lens to ecological repair

A landscape with alternating grassy and forested patches.

Politics & society

Reforestation is more cost-effective than previously thought, study finds

Collage of three photos. Left: Paul Raftery; middle: Therese Peffer; right: Hui Zhang.

Mind & body

UC researchers awarded $8 million to advance commercial building decarbonization

Two individuals inspect a wooden structure in the middle of the weir.

Planning for climate resilience in California’s freshwater ecosystems

dirty white glacier ending at blue lake with deep blue sky above

Size of tropical glaciers at lowest point in at least 11,000 years

Llamas anaranjadas de un incendio forestal en California ardiendo por la noche en la distancia, con la silueta de una bomba de petróleo y gas en primer plano.

Según un nuevo estudio, los incendios forestales amenazan cada vez más los pozos petroleros, lo que empeora los riesgos potenciales para la salud

orange flames from a wildfire in California burning at night in the distance, with the silhouette of an oil and gas pumpjack in the foreground.

Wildfires increasingly threaten oil and gas drill sites, compounding potential health risks, study says

a person holds a sprig of the berry-like fruit of a coffee plant

Climate Break: Adapting coffee production for climate resilience

A stream gauge, which looks like a tall metal cylinder, mounted on the bank of a river a few hundred yards below a concrete dam.

Gaps in stream monitoring may hinder water management in California, study finds

A rendering of a five-story building with a glass façade.

Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub: Berkeley’s new home for climate innovation

Water flows through a series of concrete channels that zig-zag across a dry, grassy mountainside. In the foreground, Two researchers are placing a wood-framed mesh grid into one of the channels to prevent fish from entering the experiment. Snowy mountain peaks rise up in the background.

What artificial streams can teach us about insects, algae and our changing climate

A photo of a prescribed burn in a conifer forest. The fire burns across the forest floor, generating flames and smoke, but does not extend into the branches of the trees. In the distance, a person wearing yellow fire protection gear is holding out a drip torch.

Twenty-year study confirms California forests are healthier when burned — or thinned

A photo of a dense green forest.

Terrestrial ecosystems significantly offset human carbon emissions

A photo shows smoke coming from smokestacks

Racial gap in air quality may persist under Biden program, study finds

A camera trap photo shows a coyote exploring a charred landscape

Hidden cameras spot wildlife returning home after 2018 megafire

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