Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley

Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley

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The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment (Schmidt DSE) builds tangible, replicable, and inclusive solutions to environmental problems. https://dse.berkeley.edu/about

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Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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AI can move beyond data centers 📣 In a commentary in @nature.com today, Schmidt DSE faculty and researchers argue that #OpenSourceAI models are part of a more sustainable future for scientific computing. Read the story: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @cires.colorado.edu @cu-esiil.bsky.social

nature.comWhy scientists should lead the shift away from AI mega data centresPublicly available AI models and local infrastructure can reduce AI’s environmental footprint while giving researchers greater control over the tools they use.
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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📣 New paper just dropped 📣 “Using Game Design to Inform a Plastics Treaty: Fostering Collaboration between Science, Machine Learning, and Policymaking,” was published in the Journal of Visualization and Interaction! Paper: journals.aau.dk/index.php/jo... Our post: dse.berkeley.edu/news/using-g...

journals.aau.dk Using Game Design to Inform a Plastics Treaty: Fostering Collaboration between Science, Machine Learning, and Policymaking | Journal of Visualization and Interaction
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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Cheers to @uofcalifornia.bsky.social Berkeley News for this great write-up on the benefits of #OpenSourceAI models, featuring Schmidt DSE faculty advisor @cboettig.bsky.social and faculty co-director @fernandoperez.org. Read & share: news.berkeley.edu/2026/08/11/w... #OpenSource #OpenScience

news.berkeley.eduWhy we don’t need more data centers to build better AI - Berkeley NewsInstead of power-hungry AI models, UC Berkeley experts argue that smaller and more efficient open-source technologies are the way of the future.
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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Thank you Berkeley News (@uofcalifornia.bsky.social) for featuring our suite of data science tools to support wildfire recovery: news.berkeley.edu/2026/08/05/w... #DataScience #FireRecovery #VegetationModeling #JoshuaTrees #OpenScience #OpenSource

news.berkeley.eduWith new digital tools, UC Berkeley researchers are helping Joshua trees survive wildfires - Berkeley NewsNew software lets national parks in the Mojave Desert quickly assess fire damage — and plan for recovery.
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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New on the blog: @lucialayr.bsky.social visited the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area & Channel Islands National Park to assess how our #OpenSource data science tools can improve fire recovery in these arid ecosystems. 🌱 See Lucia's notes & pics➡️ dse.berkeley.edu/news/field-s...

dse.berkeley.eduFrom the Field: Scaling Recovery Efforts for Southern California's Fire-Scarred Ecosystems | The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment at BerkeleyPostdoc 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...

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UC Berkeley CDSS
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The Barbara and Gerson Bakar Gateway, the new home of CDSS, is nearing completion! This space will foster AI-driven discovery, interdisciplinary collaboration and provide student support as we work to find solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4uJCKbs #UCBerkeley

Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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Kigali Sim is now published in the Journal of Open Source Software! The milestone marks a new chapter for our free, #OpenSource modeling tool w/ @unep.org to help #ReduceEmissions from the worst greenhouse gases. Read: joss.theoj.org/papers/10.21... Explore: dse.berkeley.edu/programs/red...

joss.theoj.orgKigali Sim: Open source simulation toolkit for modeling substances and policies related to the Montreal ProtocolPottinger 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...
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Join us at the UC Open Summit featuring @fernandoperez.org & many other science and technology leaders and experts! #OpenSource #OpenScience

Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)@ucbids.bsky.social

⭐ Join BIDS, UC technologists, researchers, staff, and open source maintainers at the UC Open Summit in Berkeley, April 22-23 -- with MANY opportunities to learn and share! Get details about guest speakers, panels, & breakout sessions, and register free ➡️ ucospo.net/events/uc-op... #UCOSPO

Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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👏 Last year DSE released 7 (!!) #OpenSource #AI tools that are helping advance global environmental #policymaking and improve #LandManagement. See them all in our 2025 annual report! 📘https://dse.berkeley.edu/2025-annual-report #KigaliSim #DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #AIForGood

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📣NEW in Mongabay: DSE's McKalee Steen & Magali de Bruyn share insights on how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and Indigenous digital sovereignty are key to creating #ResponsibleAI for achieving #conservation and environmental goals. 📰 Read the story now: bit.ly/4bqbrfG

bit.lyAI-centered conservation efforts can only be ethical if Indigenous people help lead them (commentary)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...

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Lucia S. Layritz
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If you are into vegetation modeling and disturbance recovery, meet me at #AGU25 this week! ❄️ Oral on disturbance recovery in the boreal forest - Tue, 8:50 - 9:00 tinyurl.com/oralBoreal 🔥 Poster on new approaches in fire recovery modeling - Wed, 14:15 tinyurl.com/joshmodels @schmidtdse.bsky.social

tinyurl.comAssessing the Role of Post-Disturbance Recovery in 21st-Century Boreal Forest Vegetation and Carbon Dynamics Using a Dynamic Vegetation ModelEcosystem disturbances, such as wildfires, windthrows, or biotic attacks, play ...
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Thank you @bigadshaban.bsky.social and Raj Mathai @nbcbayarea.com for featuring @sampottinger.com & the United Nations #KigaliSim tool! Kigali Sim could help some countries ⬇️greenhouse gas emissions by 5% by 2040, developed here @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social 📰 www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/u...

nbcbayarea.comUC Berkeley offers tech to United Nations to reduce pollutionA Berkeley mathematician has designed a new, easy-to-use interactive tool to help countries reduce harmful greenhouse gases
Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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Join @ucbids.bsky.social on 11/20 for a conversation & Q&A about open data science at the state of CA! Details below⬇️

Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS)@ucbids.bsky.social

📣 OSPO Meetup on Thurs, Nov 20 @ 3:30pm PT -> An open approach to data science at the State of California Meet Monica Bobra (CA Office of Data & Innovation) - Help shape the future of open source at UC Berkeley at a fireside chat, a Q&A session, and community gathering time! 🍿🥤

Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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Congrats to DSE postdoctoral researcher @lucialayr.bsky.social for her feature in @australia.theguardian.com last week!

Lucia S. Layritz@lucialayr.bsky.social

Super honored to have my #TidyTuesday viz featured in last week’s The Crunch newsletter from The Guardian Australia! 🙌 @australia.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/news/2025/au...

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Maya Zomer
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Happy to share that our new paper is now joined by an insight piece from Anna L Jacobsen & R Brandon Pratt giving context on Mediterranean shrub resprouting 🌿🔥 academic.oup.com/jxb/advance-... plus a blog post summarizing our article! 👇

academic.oup.comLegacies of stress and altered disturbance regimes threaten shrubland resilienceThis article comments on:Zomer MA, Moreira B, Pausas JG. 2025. Pre-disturbance plant condition drives intraspecific resprouting variability in Mediterranea
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👏DSE postdoc @mayazomer.bsky.social published new research in the @jxbotany.bsky.social! It explores how #MediterraneanShrubs resprout to recover after #disturbance and their resilience to global change: bit.ly/4mAwH5p cc @cideinvestiga.bsky.social ‪‪@bmoreira.bsky.social @jgpausas.bsky.social

Schmidt DSE at UC Berkeley
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This week the United Nations will negotiate a global treaty on #PlasticPollution. DSE's findings in @science.org revealed that by 2050, key policies could: ♻️ Reduce mismanaged plastic waste by up to 91% 🌞 Cut associated greenhouse gasses by 1/3 dse.berkeley.edu/programs/end... #EndPlasticPollution

dse.berkeley.eduEnd Plastic Pollution | The Eric and Wendy Schmidt Center for Data Science & Environment at BerkeleyThe 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...