by Andrea | Sep 1, 2022
Joshua Zimmt is a PhD candidate in Integrative Biology, working at the University of California Museum of Paleontology. He is studying the link between climate change and mass extinction in the fossil record, combining paleobiological, geological, and geochemical data...
by Andrea | Sep 1, 2022
Liverworts are a group of haploid plants that challenge our idea of what a plant is. They lack flowers, wood, roots, and sometimes even leaves! Yet, they are plants. In fact, palaeobotanical research suggests that some extant liverworts are morphologically similar to...
by Andrea | Sep 1, 2022
Cellulose, the most abundant biopolymer on Earth, is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels for energy and the production of commodity chemicals. However, the high stability of cellulose poses a great challenge in its utilization as a renewable resource. In nature,...
by Andrea | Sep 1, 2022
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are long, flowing regions of moisture in the atmosphere – sometimes referred to as rivers in the sky. Globally, ARs are responsible for transporting the vast majority of water vapor towards the poles but regionally can have significant...
by Andrea | Mar 18, 2022
PhD candidate in Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley. At Berkeley, she works with Sally Thompson studying ecohydrology. Prior to coming to Berkeley, Jeannie did her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arizona as a Flinn Scholar....
