Environmental Studies
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Prepare for gridlock if future of autonomous vehicles is plentiful cheap journeys
Forbes discussed the findings of a paper on the potential traffic and environmental impacts of autonomous vehicles that was produced by Associate Professor Adam Millard-Ball through UCSC's Environmental Studies Department.
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UCSC Researchers Win Grant to Develop More Sustainable Aquaculture
Environmental Studies Professor Anne Kapuscinski and Associate Research Professor Pallab Sarker talked with Good Times about their new aquaculture research facility at the UCSC Farm and shared what's next in their work to develop more sustainable aquaculture feed.
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‘The landscape of fear’: Big cats pay a price for avoiding areas now inhabited by humans
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers talked with Lookout Santa Cruz about new research with Barry Nickel, director of the Center for Integrated Spatial Research. The team documented changes to puma ranges.
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Planting trees sounds like a simple climate fix. It’s anything but.
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl talked with The Huffington Post about the long-term commitments and careful planning it takes to truly utilize tree-planting as part of a climate change mitigation strategy.
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Wildlife corridors aren’t a new idea, but taking human resistance into account makes them much more effective
Popular Science cited a new paper by Environmental Studies professor Chris Wilmers and Center for Integrated Spatial Research Director Barry Nickel as an example of how the "landscape of fear" impacts animal movements.
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Scientists develop sustainable ‘game-changer’ fish feed that does not contain fish
One of the UK's top newspapers, iNews, covered a breakthrough in sustainable aquaculture research from Anne Kapuscinski and Pallab Sarker, of the UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies department. This research was also covered within the U.S. by UPI.
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Who’s afraid of who? Mountain lions fear and avoid humans
Anthropocene Magazine covered new research from Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers and Center for Integrated Spatial Research Director Barry Nickel, which showed how the energetic cost of avoiding humans affects habitat use among local pumas.
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Taking fish out of fish feed can make aquaculture a more sustainable food source
Pallab Sarker, an associate research professor in environmental studies, wrote an article for The Conversation about the recent breakthrough in sustainable aquaculture feed that he and professor Anne Kapuscinski made from their ecological aquaculture lab.
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Researchers fear gig work will spread to grocery industry as demand for delivery surges
MarketWatch broke the news about a new report on e-commerce labor trends in the grocery retail industry that was led by Chris Benner, an environmental studies and sociology professor and director of the Institute For Social Transformation.
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UC Santa Cruz researchers develop environmentally sustainable fish feed
Environmental Studies Department faculty members Anne Kapuscinski and Pallab Sarker were interviewed in the Santa Cruz Sentinel about a research breakthrough from their ecological aquaculture lab.
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Can industrial aquaculture grow vegetarian fish?
Pallab Sarker, an associate research professor in environmental studies, was featured in Anthropocene Magazine for a sustainability breakthrough from the ecological aquaculture research lab he co-leads with sustainability science and policy expert Professor Anne Kapuscinski.
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California, Reject Prop 22
The New York Times editorial board cited a study led by Professor Chris Benner that showed workers performing the majority of app-based ride hailing and delivery services in San Francisco are typically working full time. Benner is director of the Institute for Social Transformation and a professor of environmental studies and sociology.