UC Berkeley |

Cyborg bacteria turn into tiny, zero-waste solar panels

Chemists create a more efficient photosynthesis that can help produce green fuel.

UC Newsroom |

How a (nearly) zero-carbon conference can be a better conference

Borrowing a page from Netflix can help slash university emissions by as much as a third.

UC Newsroom |

UC sustainability: Students and solar light the way forward

The 2016 UC Sustainability Report highlights the university's big steps in the right direction as well as the hurdles ahead.

UC Newsroom |

How UC research led to a landmark global deal against superpollutants

More than 170 countries will phase out HFCs, based on seminal research by a UC San Diego atmospheric scientist.

UC Newsroom |

Climate change hits the classroom

Hundreds of new sections on climate change in courses from music to medicine are coming to UC classrooms.

UC Newsroom |

Tree of life faces deep cuts from climate change

A new study finds rarer, older lineages may go first when climate change leads some species to extinction.

California Magazine |

How UC is playing a unique role in global race against climate change

UC is a participant in Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Coalition and has proposed 10 scalable solutions for "carbon neutrality and climate stability" in California.

UC Merced |

New canal project expands on UC Merced solar research

A new project to place solar panels on the water in the Delta-Mendota Canal, part of a $19 million investment through President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, was announced by the Department of the Interior April 4.
UCLA |

UCLA and Equatic to build world’s largest ocean-based plant for carbon removal

The $20 million system in Singapore will be capable of removing 3,650 metric tons of CO2 per year.
UC Riverside |

Inexpensive, carbon-neutral biofuels are finally possible

Study finds a new way for next-generation biofuel production to finally become both cost-effective and carbon neutral.
UC Berkeley Cal Alumni Association |

Climate change is an energy problem. Here’s how we solve it.

Preventing environmental collapse won’t be easy, but we can still squeeze through the bottleneck.
UC Riverside |

How to make reclaimed water ready for crops

A new, simple solution for cleaning out unhealthy chemicals and turning sewage into sustenance.