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KUOW
San Juans’ sea stars start long crawl back from near-extinction
“Such a large number were impacted over such a large area that captive rearing probably isn’t realistic for restoring populations,” said Bellingham-based researcher Melissa Miner with University of California, Santa Cruz. “Raising them to sub-adult size takes a lot of time and resources.” Additional coverage in Canadian Geographic.
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Science
Will regulators OK controversial effort to supercharge ocean’s ability to absorb carbon?
Given the controversy surrounding geoengineering experiments, it’s important for scientists to do public outreach before experiments happen, Environmental Studies Professor Sikina Jinnah told Science. Although scientists might be inclined to stay in the lab and focus on the technical questions, they need to engage with the public, she says. “Until scientists take this seriously, we’re…
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Popular Science
You can (probably) sing better than you think
Popular Science covered research by cognitive science Ph.D. Candidate Matt Evans and Psychology Professor Nicholas Davidenko that shows a surprisingly large portion of the population has a type of automatic, hidden 'perfect pitch' ability. Additional coverage in Earth, Cosmos, and Yahoo News.
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Business Insider
There's a 40% chance the US economy is already in a recession, according to a new indicator
Business Insider covered a new paper coauthored by Associate Professor of Economics Pascal Michaillat that presents a new recession indicator method that uses data on both the unemployment rate and the vacancy rate for jobs.
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The Verge
A controversial experiment to artificially cool Earth was canceled — what we know about why
Environmental Studies Professor Sikina Jinnah, who co-chaired the advisory committee for Harvard University's SCoPEX solar geoengineering experiment, talked to The Verge about some of the lessons learned from that process. “One of the core messages that comes out of this is that public engagement is necessary even when you don’t think that the impact of the…
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CNN
Fact check: Trump made at least 20 false claims in his conversation with Elon Musk
Gary Griggs, a University of California, Santa Cruz professor of earth and planetary sciences who studies sea-level rise, said last year that Trump’s similar claims “can only be described as totally out of touch with reality” and that Trump “has no idea what he is talking about.”
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East Bay Times
A new plan seeks to protect California's coast against a rising ocean. And it doesn't require sea walls.
“This is the biggest dilemma human civilization has had to face,” said Gary Griggs, a distinguished professor of Earth Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, in an interview earlier this year. “Many of the biggest cities in the world are at sea level. Our options are very few. We have to face it. There is absolutely…
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Los Angeles Times
Outbreak of neurotoxin killing unprecedented number of sea lions along California coast
Raphe Kudela, a professor of ocean science at UC Santa Cruz, said there might also be a connection to heat and runoff from inland rivers. He said in the last few years, really wet winters have contributed to an increase in river runoff — and a resulting dump of nutrients into California’s coastal waters. “So…
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Scientific American
Moon ‘Spiders’ Suggest Extensive Underground Lunar Caves
The researchers spotted the first four spiders hiding almost imperceptibly in a photograph from the powerful cameras on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter: “The spider legs are almost at the edge of resolution,” says the study’s lead author, Mikhail A. Kreslavsky, a planetary scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
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SF Gate
Pack of coyotes surround, kill dog on popular San Francisco beach
A family group of coyotes have dwelled in the Presidio for decades, and the canines visit and occupy beach habitats year-round, which can be important areas for feeding and denning in the same way green spaces and parks are in a highly developed city like San Francisco, said Frankie Gerraty, a Ph.D. student at UC…