Earth & Planetary Sciences
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Submarine springs reveal how coral reefs respond to ocean acidification
Ocean acidification due to rising carbon dioxide levels will reduce the density of coral skeletons, making coral reefs more vulnerable to disruption and erosion.
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Major study assesses sea level changes due to ice sheet losses
Improved satellite measurements and computer simulations of ice sheets are creating a more accurate picture of the current and future rise in global sea level.
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Dietary flexibility may have helped large predators survive after last ice age
A study of mammoth steppe predators suggests dietary flexibility gave wolves and bears an edge over saber-toothed cats and cave lions.
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Scientists retrieve temperature data from Japan Trench observatory
Data recovered in an unprecedented series of operations will reveal frictional heat generated by fault slip during the Tohoku earthquake
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Astrophysics internships bring community college students to UCSC
The astrophysics program is reaching out to community college students through a new summer internship program.
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Marine scientist Adina Paytan receives prestigious international award
IMS researcher Adina Paytan has been awarded the Excellence Award of the Werner Petersen Foundation.
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UCSC alumna Kathy Sullivan named acting administrator for NOAA
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has appointed UCSC alumna Kathryn Sullivan to serve as acting administrator for NOAA.
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Scientists collect first intact samples from an Antarctic subglacial lake
A research team including UCSC scientists successfully drilled through the Antarctic ice and sampled a subglacial lake.
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Year of the Slug: A look back at 2012 at UC Santa Cruz
Higgs boson, condors, pumas, the Grateful Dead Archive … 2012 was yet another year of discoveries, breakthroughs, newsmakers, and honors for UC Santa Cruz. Here’s a look back at a few highlights of the year at UCSC.
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Scientists develop new approach to support climate projections
A recalibration of climate sensitivity based on records of past climates agrees with IPCC estimates for the future.
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Giant impact scenario may explain the unusual moons of Saturn
The middle-sized moons of Saturn may have been spawned during giant impacts in which several major satellites merged to form Titan.
