Environmental Studies
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The Cutest Way to Fight Climate Change? Send in the Otters
WIRED interviewed Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers about the role sea otters play in carbon sequestration in kelp forest ecosystems.
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Managed retreat: Unpopular, expensive and not going away
Environmental studies doctoral student Amanda Stoltz, who is pursuing a designated emphasis in Coastal Science and Policy, was interviewed by E&E News Climatewire about research on managed retreat policies for sea level rise in coastal California.
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California making seawater drinkable amid drought
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad discussed desalination technology and policy for a video shared by USA Today via The Associated Press.
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Beyond tree planting: When to let forests restore themselves
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl discussed tree planting and forest regeneration considerations with Mongabay.
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The false promise of massive tree-planting campaigns
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl shared her research-based expertise as part of a Vox article explaining the problems with large-scale tree planting campaigns.
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Growing Uncertainty in the Central Valley
An article by The New Yorker on disruptions to agriculture in California's Central Valley discussed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Madeleine Fairbairn's research on how farmland is increasingly being bought up by financial investors.
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Uber and Lyft drivers have no right to a minimum wage. That must change
An opinion article in The Sacramento Bee cited research on app workers by Sociology Professor Chris Benner, who is the director of the Institute for Social Transformation.
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How Do Birds Move Across A Changing World? Ask This Colombian!
Incoming Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela was featured in a Forbes profile about her work studying birds.
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How would planting 8 billion trees every year for 20 years affect Earth’s climate?
Professor of Environmental Studies Karen Holl wrote about the potential and limitations of tree-planting efforts for The Conversation's "Curious Kids" series.
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Climate change is causing tuna to migrate, which could spell catastrophe for the small islands that depend on them
UC Santa Cruz Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Katherine Seto wrote about her newest coauthored paper for the Australian edition of The Conversation. Seto also serves as a research fellow for the University of Wollongong in Australia.
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Uber and Lyft Drivers Are Striking Nationwide to Demand Better Pay
Sociology Professor Chris Benner's research on working conditions and compensation for app-based drivers was discussed in an article by Vice that covered worker strikes. Benner's research was also cited in the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, CBS News, and The Guardian