Media Coverage
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UCSC professor seeks to bring elephant seal research to K-12 classrooms
Biologist Roxanne Beltran was featured in coverage of her elephant seal research and outreach to K-12 classrooms, including stories from the Santa Cruz Sentinel and local TV stations KSBW and KION.
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What Are Carbon Offsets, and Can They Combat Climate Change?
Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl shared insights on carbon offsets with The Wall Street Journal.
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The Astrophysicist Who Sculpts Stars Before They Are Born
Astrophysicist Nia Imara was featured in an interview with Quanta magazine about her research on star formation.
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James Webb Space Telescope Sheds New Light on the Universe
Astronomers Garth Illingworth, Brant Robertson, and Natalie Batalha were featured in a Good Times story about the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Did Nature Heal During the Pandemic ‘Anthropause’?
Environmental Studies Professor Chris Wilmers spoke with The New York Times about his research on how pumas changed their behavior during the quiet of pandemic-era lockdowns in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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What does it look like when an ecosystem collapses? Kelp can tell
Biologists Pete Raimondi and Josh Smith were featured in a story about kelp forests in the Monterey Herald, Scientific American, and San Jose Mercury News.
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Terrifying video shows a glacier completely collapsing. Could that happen in California as the climate warms?
Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the potential for glaciers on Mt. Shasta to collapse.
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Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World?
The New York Times interviewed Environmental Studies Professor Karen Holl about the need to switch focus from planting trees to ensuring their long-term survival.
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Webb telescope wows with first images
Astronomers Brant Robertson, Jonathan Fortney, and Garth Illingworth were quoted in coverage of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, including stories in Science, Christian Science Monitor, New York Times (including a second story), Lookout Santa Cruz, New York Daily News, Fast Company, Yahoo News, and other media outlets.
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UCSC professor reacts to new images of space taken by James Space Telescope
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was interviewed on KSBW TV about the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope released by NASA.
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Edtech’s future in India: Affordability and access can be casualties of innovation unless they receive explicit attention
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote for Financial Express about the role that edtech could play in India's educational system.
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Oil operations cause strange physiological changes in narwhals – study
Biologist Terrie Williams was featured in coverage of her research on the response of narwhals to ocean noise, including stories in the Jerusalem Post, Earth.com, CBC Radio, Science Daily, and other media outlets.