ESPM CE specialist Max Moritz and his recent publication on coexisting with wildfire is featured in this New York Times Dot Earth blog article. Moritz article noted that "promoting the right kind of fire - and smarter development - is safer and more cost-effective than fighting a losing battle.
ESPM CE specialist Max Moritz is quoted in this East Bay Times article on the Soberane fire in Monterey County. With the Southern California region in a critical drought, Moritz noted that recent fires "do seem to indicate that we're in for a difficult fire season ahead."
ESPM Ph.D. candidate Nathan Van Schmidt and professor Steve Beissinger are featured in this TakePart article on a new study on newly created wetlands. Flooded rice fields, which bolster wetland ecosystems, are establishing new habitats for stabilized populations for rare birds.
ESPM CE specialist and adjunct professor Matteo Garbelotto is quoted in this Daily Californian article on this week's California wildfires - the Sand and Soberanes fires. Garbelotto noted the high density of trees in forests because of cumulative years of lack of effective forest management and fire exclusion methods is also a cause of the increase in wildfires.
ESPM professor Scott Stephens is featured in this New York Times article on the marked increase in wildifre damage. Stephens noted that "the widespread practice of suppressing smaller fires had caused some forests to become 'predisposed to larger events.'"
ESPM associate CE specialist Max Moritz is featured in this Christian Science Monitor article on the increasing severity of CA wildfires. Moritz attributed the rapid growth of this past weekend's Santa Clarita fire to years of drought that have created persistent hot and dry conditions, while also noting that "human development patterns can put us at greater risk."
ESPM associate professor Rodrigo Almeida published a research perspective in Science on the plant pathogen Xylella fastidiosa and its devastating effects on olive trees in Italy's southern region of Apulia.
ESPM undergrad Nicolas Leslie, one of 84 killed in the Nice terror attack, was remembered at a vigil held yesterday on Sproul Plaza. Hundreds gathered to mourn the passing of Leslie, who was remembered as a happy and charismatic friend who was full of life.
ESPM alum Kenneth Williams (Ph.D. '08) is featured in this Daily Californian article on the new $20 million grant received by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory researchers to study the watershed impacts of the Upper Colorado River Basin. Williams, a staff geological scientist in the Energy Geosciences Division, is the deputy lead of the project.
PMB alum Jose Dinneny (B.S. '00) is featured in this BBC article for his new publication on plant behaviors during times of drought. Dinneny, who is an assistant professor at Stanford, commented that "plants are, essentially, more intelligent than people in periods of drought as they restrict the rate in which they are taking up water and that preserves the lifespan of water in the soil."
