Media Coverage
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When the Otters Vanished, Everything Else Started to Crumble
Biologist James Estes was featured in a New York Times story about sea otters and kelp forests in the Aleutian Archipelago, which also appeared in the Seattle Times, New Zealand Herald, and other media outlets.
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Earth barreling toward 'Hothouse' state not seen in 50 million years, epic new climate record shows
Climate scientist James Zachos was quoted in coverage of his research with an international collaboration to produce a detailed record of Earth's climate over the past 66 million years, including stories from LiveScience, Scientific American, Courthouse News Service, Cosmos, Daily Mail, Metro UK, Mirror, Science Daily, Science Alert, SlashDot, and many other media outlets.
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The world's largest digital camera could unlock mysteries of the universe
Physicist Steven Ritz was quoted in coverage of the testing of a 3200-megapixel camera being built for the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, including stories from CNN, Newsweek, LiveScience, Space.com, and other media outlets.
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After Wildfire, a Family of Artists Faces the Cultural Losses of Climate Change
KQED ran a story about book artist and publisher Felicia Rice, a UCSC alumna and former staff member who lost her home and Moving Parts Press in the CZU Lightning Complex Fire.
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What Young, Healthy People Have to Fear From COVID-19
Infectious disease biologist Marm Kilpatrick was quoted in an Atlantic story about the health effects of COVID-19 on young people.
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Coming Home to the Klamath
Salmon researcher John Carlos Garza was quoted in a Hakai magazine article about restoring salmon populations in the Klamath River.
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The true polar wander of Jupiter’s moon Europa
Planetary scientist Francis Nimmo was quoted in a story on EarthSky.org about the cracks in the icy shell of Jupiter's moon Europa.
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Wildfires rage, Covid spreads: in California, life as we knew it has disappeared | Dana Frank | Opinion |
Emerita professor of history Dana Frank contributed an extensive and personal op-ed to The Guardian.
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Doomsday Clock ticks closer to disaster
Physicist Anthony Aguirre was quoted in a Physics World article about the Doomsday Clock.
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What A 1000-Year-Old Seal Skull Can Say About Climate Change
Biologist Ana Valenzuela-Toro was quoted in a Smithsonian magazine story about the skull of a southern elephant seal that was found in Indiana.
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Kamaal or not: Kamala Harris and South Asia
Associate professor of feminist studies Anjali Arondekar contributed an op-ed to Indica News about Kamala Harris and the upcoming presidential election.