News

This week (August 5-14), representatives from the United Nations will begin final negotiations to establish a global treaty on plastic pollution. This is a historic opportunity to drastically reduce plastic pollution across the world. 

Lucia Layritz, a postdoctoral researcher on our team, recently published a new paper in Biogeosciences that examines how climate change and increasing disturbances, like wildfires, are impacting the future of boreal forests. She completed this research as part of her dissertation at the School of Life Science, Technical University of Munich (TUM). 

Faculty Co-Director Douglas McCauley highlighted findings from DSE's recent research on challenges and opportunities to end global plastic pollution.

Apply now to lead operations, event planning, and day-to-day administrative support for our team. First review date is July 11.

We are thrilled to welcome A'Maya to UC Berkeley this summer, where she hopes to gain hands-on experience in wildlife ecology research.

Kristin Davis, a postdoctoral researcher on our team, is lead author of a new paper that found Eastern screech-owls are responding to their environment in the Fort Collins, Colorado area in unexpected ways.

Professor Timothy Bowles, DSE's close collaborator on our sustainable ag work, and journalist Michael Grunwald debate the ways we can ramp up food production without causing more harm to the environment.

Great story on our team's latest agriculture research and open-source tool that shows challenges and opportunities for US corn farmers and insurance companies in the face of climate change.