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Leadership at the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley recognizes that climate change is a pressing and complex issue affecting all of us, and needs to be addressed immediately. The program, says Ann Harrison, dean of Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, aims to shape the next group of leaders to be at the forefront of the climate solution.

US (CA): Five UC Berkeley-led projects awarded California Climate Action Grants

Researchers have uncovered warning signs that forests in the Western U.S. are struggling to adapt to the rapidly changing climate.

Rachel Jordan, the ex-wife of murdered Campbell Town man Shane Barker, gave evidence in the murder trial of...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Monday reveals that Western forests are not adapting fast enough to match the current rate of climate change.

UC Berkeley doctoral candidates Ataya Cesspooch and Sierra Edd and doctoral student Breylan Martin published a collective statement Nov. 11 about campus associate professor Elizabeth Hoover, who released a statement Oct. 20 rescinding her previous claim to Native American ancestry.

The University of California at San Diego is facing allegations that professors are harassing postdocs, as the academic staff union continues to negotiate for more workplace climate protections.

Academic workers in the department of plant and microbial biology protested against alleged bullying in the department July 28.

Aiming to tackle climate change and biodiversity loss among other environmental challenges, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife are giving $12.6 million...

UC Berkeley PhD candidates Jessie Moravek and Kendall Calhoun combine sensor arrays and data science to study the impacts of fire and drought on California’s biodiversity.