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Monday, August 2, 2021

UC wildfire symposium focuses on wildland-urban interface

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A second UC wildfire symposium was held Wednesday to discuss the wildland-urban interface in response to climate change and California's rapidly spreading fires.

UC scientists and researchers discussed fire in the wildland-urban interface at the second UC wildfire symposium Wednesday.
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State

Thursday, December 10, 2020
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CA Gov. Newsom appoints 3 UC Berkeley faculty to state, county positions

California Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed three UC Berkeley faculty members to state and county positions this week.
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Research & Ideas

Tuesday, October 13, 2020
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UC Berkeley professors discuss health effects of poor air quality

Amid California’s unprecedented fire season, UC Berkeley faculty discussed the health effects of poor air quality and safety measures Berkeley residents can take.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, June 11, 2020
campus study oil well low birth rates

Study shows oil and gas wells have adverse effects on pregnancy

A study, roughly three years in the making, conducted by a team including UC Berkeley researchers revealed that the negative impacts of oil and gas production reach beyond pollution.
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Research & Ideas

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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Building ventilation guidelines aim to reduce COVID-19 spread

Researchers from Singapore-Berkeley Building Efficiency and Sustainability in the Tropics released guidelines April 24 for building ventilation, which aim to reduce indoor exposure to COVID-19.
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Research & Ideas

Thursday, February 6, 2020

UC Berkeley study finds association between asthma, ozone exposure

UC Berkeley researchers participated in a recent study that found there is an association between ozone — an air pollutant that forms when pollution from cars, power plants and refineries react to sunlight — exposure and increased severity of asthma symptoms.
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Research & Ideas

Monday, October 28, 2019
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Study shows CA had worst air quality in US in 2018

California has recently received criticism from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for not doing enough to improve its poor air quality, which was the worst in the U.S. last year.
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Alameda County

Friday, August 10, 2018

Cal Fire, East Bay Regional Park District issue extreme fire restrictions

The East Bay Regional Park District, a system of parklands and trails in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, has implemented extreme fire danger restrictions on all regional parks, according to its website.
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Notes from the Field

Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Berkeley air quality safe despite wildfire in Yolo County

Berkeley continues to have healthy air quality, despite the County Fire spreading ashes and smoke in the Bay Area throughout the weekend.
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Campus should advise students to stay home amid poor air conditions

This past Wednesday, The Daily Californian reported on the increased air pollution in the Bay Area due to the North Bay wildfires and the various impacts of the fires on our campus. As an undergraduate public health student with asthma, I was not surprised to hear stories of my peers
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