Instead of power-hungry AI models, UC Berkeley experts argue that smaller and more efficient open-source technologies are the way of the future.

Publicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI’s environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.

New software lets national parks in the Mojave Desert quickly assess fire damage — and plan for recovery.

Postdoc Lucia Layritz recently traveled to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park with the National Park Service (NPS) to assess opportunities for scaling ou...

Pottinger et al., (2026). Kigali Sim: Open source simulation toolkit for modeling substances and policies related to the Montreal Protocol. Journal of Open Source Software, 11(121), 10104, https://doi...

In November, we joined more than 50,000 Indigenous and world leaders, diplomats, scholars and activists at the 30th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP30) in Brazil. Some of the most central...

Ecosystem disturbances, such as wildfires, windthrows, or biotic attacks, play ...

A Berkeley mathematician has designed a new, easy-to-use interactive tool to help countries reduce harmful greenhouse gases

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The ProblemGlobal plastics pollution is an urgent and growing concern that is exacerbating the climate crisis, creating threats to endangered species and at-risk ecosystems, putting human health at ri...

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Crop insurance is a lifeline for farmers. But research shows it's not ready for climate change.