Media Coverage
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Which is worse for wildlife, wind farms or oil drilling?
Aspen Ellis, a seabird biologist at University of California, Santa Cruz, spent a decade doing field work on remote islands off the coast of the United States. She often lived for months amongst thousands of birds, becoming so immersed in their ways that she even learned to tell which predators were nearby from the birds'…
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How Restoring Coral Reefs Can Save Millions In Coastal Flood Damages
“Most hazard mitigation and disaster recovery funding supports artificial infrastructure, such as seawalls, that degrade nature,” said Michael W. Beck, director of the UC Santa Cruz Center for Coastal Climate Resilience, who co-led the study. “By valuing the benefits of natural infrastructure, we level the playing field and open major new funding opportunities for reef restoration.”
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Lurking Inside an Asteroid: Life’s Ingredients
David Deamer, professor emeritus of biomolecular engineering, was quoted in a New York Times story on the chemistry of the early solar system.
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UC, a top recipient of federal research funding, is concerned about Trump pause on grant reviews
John MacMillan, UC Santa Cruz vice chancellor of research, said that even if the pause is lifted on Feb. 1, rescheduling the meetings takes time and could delay funding decisions for at least two or three months. “Particularly for our younger scientists, pausing their work and the long-term effects of that can be pretty profound.”
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The dodo bird is extinct. This scientist says she can bring it back.
Beth Shapiro, the chief science officer at Colossal and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, is attempting a feat straight out of science fiction: reviving the dodo, a bird that’s been extinct for more than three centuries.
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Environmental concerns still loom over Northern California lithium battery facility fire
The ongoing fire is raising concerns not just for the residents in the area, but also for the endangered sea otters living in the sensitive wetlands near the Vistra plant. "They're a keystone species. They help to protect the kelp beds offshore by consuming sea urchins, and they help to protect the sea beds here…
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After the fire, should some parts of Los Angeles never rebuild?
Miriam Greenberg, a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, says a lot more research is needed before designing managed-retreat programs for wildfire-prone areas. But in some cases it’s much better for people to stay and rely on the knowledge of indigenous people who have kept fires away for centuries. “We need people who…
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The perfect storm: why did LA’s wildfires explode out of control?
Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg explained the housing affordability pressures that are driving people to live in areas with rising fire risk as the climate changes. “Living in dense urban areas – which are safer in relation to fire and many other climate hazards – has become out of reach for many people, so they’re moving…
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‘Rage-giving’ bolstered migrant nonprofits through Trump’s first term. How will they fare in the next?
Research by UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor Juan Pedroza found that giving to immigrant-serving nonprofits increased markedly during the first Trump Administration. "It’s no secret that right out the gate, Trump went after immigrants, early and often and loudly,” said Pedroza. “It’s encouraging and impressive that all these different sources knew where to get the…
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As Los Angeles burns, Santa Cruz County officials urge wildfire prep — and not just in the mountains
Santa Cruz Local shared information about an upcoming wildfire preparedness event co-hosted by UC Santa Cruz's Center for Critical Urban and Environmental Studies.
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Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn
Miriam Greenberg, an urban sociologist at UC Santa Cruz has argued that academics and policymakers need to see residential expansion into the state’s most fire-prone areas as yet another reflection of California’s affordability crisis. “People are looking to the (wildland-urban interface) as one of the only places that has capacity for housing,” she said.
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Debunking 5 claims about the California wildfires
Brent Haddad, a professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, corrected President-elect Trump's false claims about water for firefighting efforts in the Los Angeles area. "No water restoration declaration was put before Gov. Newsom," Hadded told ABC News in an email.