environmental science

As climate change is becoming more prominent in our day to day lives, we see it everywhere from the newspaper to TV and pop-culture. Inherently, the topic of climate change will be brought into the classroom anywhere from primary to secondary school because of its wide public attention.

The idea of “framing” can facilitate a two-way exchange of ideas and one day inspire change within communities that are uncomfortable with climate science.

Small mammals may be better adapted than birds to the increasing temperatures of California’s deserts caused by climate change, according to a new study by UC Berkeley researchers published Friday.

UC Berkeley researchers published a commentary on Nov. 13 encouraging international governments and those in the western Sahel region of Africa to help prevent political and economic downfall in the Sahel area.

George Oster, campus professor emeritus of environmental science, policy and management and a groundbreaking researcher in the study of mathematical biology, died April 15. He was 77.

On Friday morning, incoming UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ addressed the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce, or BCC, at the Bancroft Hotel about campus student housing concerns.

Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law Monday to ensure that California households restrict excessive water use during one of the most severe droughts recorded in the last century.