Environmental Studies
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Climate change will make hundreds of millions more people nutrient deficient
Kai Zhu of Environmental Studies was quoted in a News Today article about the effects of climate change on food production and the impacts they will have on people in the poorest regions.
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Iconic Joshua trees may disappear—but scientists are fighting back
Environmental studies graduate student Juniper Harrower was quoted in a National Geographic article about joshua trees and the threats they face due to climate change.
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How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts
Assistant Professor Madeleine Fairbairn of Environmental Studies was quoted in a Grist article about how Harvard University is buying up large swaths of farmland around the world.
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Environmental advocates line up against Trump administration marine policy
Anne Kapuscinski, professor of environmental studies and director of the new Coastal Science and Policy Program, was quoted in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about local opposition to an executive order signed by President Trump that revokes numerous ocean protections.
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Why industry should be forced to clean up its messes
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl published an op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News decrying the Trump administration's recent decision that industries that use public lands don’t have to repair the damage they do to the land.
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The politics of Trump's Twitter spat with Calif.
Environmental Studies professors Michael Loik and Brent Haddad were quoted in an E&E News story about California water politics, wildfires, and President Trump's tweets about water access.
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This Morning with Alex Jensen
Ravi Rajan, professor of environmental studies, was interviewed live on the South Korean radio network TBS about his new book, The Great Convergence: Environmental Histories of BRICS.
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‘Global Greening’ Sounds Good. In the Long Run, It’s Terrible.
The New York Times turned to Elliott Campbell of Environmental Studies to set the record straight in a story about "global greening;" the article followed earlier coverage of Campbell's research, which was embraced by climate-change deniers.
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Turning to Recycled Wastewater, Cities May Face Obstacle: The 'Ick' Factor
Environmental Studies Professor Brent Haddad was featured in a story produced by NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media about the "ick" factor of recycled wastewater.
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Forest growth limited over next 60 years, study finds
UPI was among the news organizations that covered new research about climate change by Kai Zhu, an assistant professor of environmental studies.
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The darkness within a greening planet
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Elliott Campbell coauthored an op-ed for the San Francisco Chronicle that pushed back on media reports that distorted his scientific research about climate science.
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Santa Cruz County Profiles: UCSC professor Flora Lu goes to the Amazon to study where nature, society meet
The Santa Cruz Sentinel profiled Environmental Studies Professor Flora Lu, who studies how the indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest interact with the natural environment.