Media Coverage
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California Plant Rescue: The race to save precious wild seeds and sprouts
Arboretum native plant experts Alex Hubner, Lucy Ferneyhough, and Brett Hall were featured in a San Jose Mercury News story about California Plant Rescue, a consortium of botanical institutions working to protect the state's botanical diversity.
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Study finds widespread occurrence of microplastic in Monterey Bay
Environmental toxicologists Myra Finkelstein and Sami Michishita were featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about their research on microplastics in Monterey Bay.
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James Webb telescope spots galaxies near the dawn of time, thrilling scientists
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in widespread coverage of new JWST images of the earliest galaxies, including stories from NPR, Washington Post, Space.com, CBS News, Associated Press, CNET, LAist, Nature, U.S. News & World Report, and other media outlets.
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Trump vastly understates how much experts expect sea levels to rise
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a Politifact article fact-checking Donald Trump's wildly inaccurate statement about sea level rise.
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Can Wildlife Corridors Save Mountain Lions?
Chris Wilmers, a professor at UC Santa Cruz and the principal investigator at the Santa Cruz Puma Project, discusses the issues facing pumas in the Santa Cruz range.
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No Capes
In a first-person essay, Executive Director for College Student Life Alex Belisario writes about presenting on community building at Comic-Con.
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Microplastics rife in these Monterey Bay fish and seabirds, study finds
Environmental toxicologist Myra Finkelstein was quoted in coverage of her research on microplastics in Monterey Bay, including stories in the San Francisco Chronicle, KION, NBC Bay Area, Forbes, Technology Networks, PhysOrg, and other media outlets.
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Suspected illegal fishing revealed by ships’ tracking data
Fisheries ecologist Heather Welch was quoted in a Nature news story about her research on illegal fishing activity.
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Collective Mental Time Travel Can Influence the Future
Jeremy Yamashiro, an assistant professor of psychology at UC Santa Cruz, discusses how collective pasts and futures might be manipulated for various means.
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The U.S. makes it easy for veterans to get into college. Keeping us there is another story
Joseph Holsworth, who teaches theory and criticism at UC Santa Cruz, penned an op-ed advocating for more support for combat veterans pursuing degrees in higher education.
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Black hole announces itself to astronomers by violently ripping apart a star
Astronomers Ryan Foley and Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz were quoted in coverage of their research on midsize black holes, including stories in Space, Jerusalem Post, LiveScience, SFGate, MSN, Yahoo News, IFL Science, Inverse, SciTechDaily, and other media outlets.
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Stanford study reveals Monterey Bay whales ingest millions of pieces of microplastic every day
Ocean scientist Ari Friedlaender was featured in a CBS News story about microplastics consumption by whales.
