Building Resistance
By Hussain Khan, M.J. ’25Simple measures like home hardening could cut the scope of fire destruction by up to half.
Climate
Managing Wildfire for All It’s Worth
By Coby McDonaldQ&A with Lenya Quinn-Davidson
The Burn Boss
By Coby McDonald, M.J. ’17Lenya Quinn-Davidson is spearheading a UC-backed movement that empowers California citizens to fight fire with fire
I, Naturalist
By Nathalia AlcantaraHow a Berkeley-born app has led to one of the largest biodiversity datasets on Earth
Editor’s Note: Spring/Summer 2025
By Pat JosephLooking at Wildflowers and Wildfires
First Person: You Can’t Tame Malibu
By James Rainey ’81“When the Old Topanga Fire blew through Malibu in 1993, our family home of a quarter-century looked like it didn’t stand a chance.”
Five Questions for Vishal Subramanyan ’24
By Nathalia AlcantaraThe wildlife photographer captured the first images of the rare Mount Lyell shrew.
Q&A: Is Berkeley Next?
By Jesse KleinWildfire scientist Michael Gollner on protecting the East Bay from disaster
Hot and Getting Hotter
By Pat JosephGoodell examines the most obvious effect of warming: Extreme heat.
Climate Change is an Energy Problem. Here’s How We Solve It.
By Glen MartinPreventing environmental collapse won’t be easy, but we can still squeeze through the bottleneck.
Scaling the Climate Crisis
By Margie CullenMolly Kawahata lives in Bozeman, Montana, so that she can climb frozen waterfalls in the frigid Rocky Mountain winters.
A Frank Conversation About California’s Chronic Energy Crisis
Last year, a heat wave caused hundreds of thousands of people to be without power in California. The rolling blackouts were the first to affect the state in almost 20 years, and are unlikely to be the last.
