Environmental Studies
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Beginning Farmers, Farmers of Color Outbid as Farmland Prices Soar
Civil Eats discussed research by Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Madeleine Fairbairn on how ownership of and access to farmland has been transformed by financial investing.
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How Biotech Crops Can Crash—and Still Never Fail
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro de Wit coauthored an opinion piece for Scientific American critiquing the U.N. Food Systems Summit's focus on biotechnology.
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Return of the golden jackal as wolf-like animal expands across Europe
Environmental studies postdoctoral scholar Nathan Ranc spoke with The Telegraph about how golden jackals are expanding their ranges across Europe. This story was also covered by The Independent .
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Farmland draws investor interest with inflation running hot
A Bloomberg article describing the effects of inflation on farmland investing cited research by Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Madeleine Fairbairn on how this type of investment initially arose in the U.S.
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Conservation ethic allows Monterey Bay farmers to thrive during drought
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad spoke with Santa Cruz Sentinel about water conservation and recycling practices on Central Coast farms.
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The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
WIRED interviewed Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers about the role sea otters play in carbon sequestration in kelp forest ecosystems.
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Managed retreat: Unpopular, expensive and not going away
Environmental studies doctoral student Amanda Stoltz, who is pursuing a designated emphasis in Coastal Science and Policy, was interviewed by E&E News Climatewire about research on managed retreat policies for sea level rise in coastal California.
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California making seawater drinkable amid drought
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad discussed desalination technology and policy for a video shared by USA Today via The Associated Press.
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Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl discussed tree planting and forest regeneration considerations with Mongabay.
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The false promise of massive tree-planting campaigns
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl shared her research-based expertise as part of a Vox article explaining the problems with large-scale tree planting campaigns.
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Growing Uncertainty in the Central Valley
An article by The New Yorker on disruptions to agriculture in California's Central Valley discussed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Madeleine Fairbairn's research on how farmland is increasingly being bought up by financial investors.