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Sea otters might get reintroduced to historic habitat in the Bay Area
Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about plans to reintroduce sea otters in Northern California.
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The biggest extinction event in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
Botanist Jarmila Pittermann was featured in a Los Angeles Times story about an experiment to simulate a mass extinction event in a UCSC greenhouse.
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First Drought, Then Flood. Can the West Learn to Live Between Extremes?
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was quoted in an articles about California's weather extremes in the New York Times Magazine and from Reuters and the Christian Science Monitor.
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A Famous Sled Dog’s Genome Holds Evolutionary Surprises
Biologists Katie Moon and Beth Shapiro were featured on the public radio program Science Friday in a segment about their research on the genome of the famed sled dog Balto.
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Santa Cruz County vulnerable to cyber attacks, Grand Jury recommends putting plan in place
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Leilani Gilpin was quoted in a KION 46 story about Santa Cruz County's potential vulnerability to a cyber attack.
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Volcanoes have erupted in Mexico and Italy. Here are 7 things to know about volcanoes.
Geophysicist Emily Brodsky was quoted in a Vox explainer about volcanoes and a San Jose Mercury News article about geothermal energy and lithium extraction in the Salton Sea.
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A boat went dark. Finding it could help save the world’s fish.
Marine scientist Heather Welch was quoted in a Washington Post story about her research on illegal fishing activity.
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AI and Edge Computing Detect Disease for Real-Time Diagnosis
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Holger Schmidt was quoted in a Psychology Today story on a deep neural network for disease detection developed in Schmidt lab.

