Environmental Studies
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Fear of Human Voices Can Shape an Ecosystem
KQED Radio covered the latest research by Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers and postdoc Justin Suraci about the effects that predators' fear of humans have on ecosystems.
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Mega-Trees Are the New Weapon Against Climate Change
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl was quoted in a Daily Beast article about planting "mega trees" to fight climate change.
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Dealers take note: Autonomous vehicles are coming for you
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Adam Millard-Ball's research on the traffic-snarling potential of self-driving cars continues to get media attention, most recently in Automotive News Canada.
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Rising Inequality in Silicon Valley
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies Chris Benner, director of the Institute for Social Transformation, was interviewed on "Valley Politics" about wealth inequality in Silicon Valley.
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Fearsome mountain lions high-tail it out of there when they hear human voices
The San Francisco Chronicle was among the media outlets that covered the latest research about mountain lions by Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers and postdoctoral researcher Justin Suraci.
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California Asked to List Mountain Lions as Endangered
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers was featured in SCV-TV coverage of a proposal to declare mountain lions endangered in California.
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How we found out that rat poisons are killing wildlife in Cape Town
Environmental Studies postdoctoral fellow Laurel Serieys coauthored a piece for The Conversation about the link between rat poison and the death of wildlife in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Why It's Time To Think About Self-Driving Cars In Regards To Parking
Adam Millard-Ball, associate professor of environmental studies, was featured on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," in a story about his research on the impact of self-driving cars on parking and traffic.
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San Francisco Has More Billionaires Per Capita Than Anywhere Else on Earth
Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, was quoted in a VIPortal story about San Francisco having more billionaires per capita than anywhere on Earth.
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The real climate change controversy: Whether to engineer the planet in order to fix it
Sikina Jinnah, an associate professor of politics who studies global environmental politics, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times article about proposals to address climate change by geoengineering the Earth's climate.
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‘Two-Tiered Caste System’: The World of White-Collar Contracting in Silicon Valley
In a story about the two-tiered world of white-collar contracting in Silicon Valley, KQED turned to a study coauthored by Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, for context.
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Companies use your data to make money. California thinks you should get paid
CNN Business tapped Chris Benner, professor of sociology and environmental studies, for insight into "data dividends," which Gov. Gavin Newsom mentioned in his State of the State address.