Environmental Studies
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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.
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Monarch butterfly autopsies reveal potential predators
Environmental Studies senior Rico Ruiz's research on the decline of western monarch butterflies along the Central Coast was featured in the San Jose Mercury News.
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High-speed rail could doom mountain lions, other wildlife in Santa Cruz Mountains, biologists say
Chris Wilmers of Environmental Studies was featured in a San Jose Mercury News story about the potentially devastating impact on mountain lions and other wildlife of California's proposed high-speed train.
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Chocolate: Brought To You By Bugs
In a segment pegged to Valentine's Day, Environmental Studies Professor Stacy Philpott was featured on National Public Radio's "Science Friday" program, talking about the menagerie of insects that thrive on and around cacao trees.
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The shot hole borer beetle could kill 38% of all trees in the L.A. region
Environmental Studies doctoral candidate Shannon Lynch co-authored an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times about the dire threat an invasive beetle poses to trees in Southern California.
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In Peru’s Deserts, Melting Glaciers Are a Godsend (Until They’re Gone)
Environmental Studies Professor Jeff Bury was quoted prominently in a New York Times story about the impacts of climate change on farming in Peru, where warming temperatures are melting glacial ice, providing a new–but finite–source of water.
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How did a cougar find its way to San Francisco?
Puma expert Chris Wilmers of Environmental Studies was quoted in two San Francisco Chronicle articles about a mountain lion that was spotted in the city–and subsequently turned over to Wilmers for relocation.
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Renewable energy: Smart greenhouses generate solar power and grow crops at the same time
Newsweek covered new research by Michael Loik of environmental studies about the electricity-generating power of solar greenhouses, which appear to have no negative impacts on the plants grown inside them; the greenhouses use technology developed by Physics Department faculty members Sue Carter and Glenn Alers.