Media Coverage
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NASA releases spectacular image to celebrate James Webb Space Telescope
Brant Robertson, a theoretical astrophysicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, notes that the Milky Way is beautiful and brings up the question of how the galaxy formed.
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Five Astounding Orca Behaviors Explained, From Ramming Boats to Hunting Great White Sharks
Salma Abdel-Raheem, an elephant seal researcher at University of California, Santa Cruz, described orcas interaction with elephant seals in the Smithsonian Magazine.
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A Photographer Documents Kelp Forests’ Decline and Efforts to Bring Them Back
Marine ecologist Mark Carr from the University of California, Santa Cruz talks about sea urchin feeding habits with Audubon.
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This Snail Goes Fishing With a Net Made of Slime
Peter Macht, aquarium curator at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center at UC Santa Cruz, explained how wormsnails capture food for KQED.
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Study reveals a widespread decline of snow cover in the Northern Hemisphere
Earth.com covered Professor of Statistics Robert Lund's research which used a rigorous statistical approach to find that snow cover has declined in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere over the last half century.
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Bold Imaginative Climate Ideas Proposed At Academic Conference
Forbes covered a conference cohosted by UCSC's Center for Analytical Finance and Center for Coastal Climate Resilience and discussed insights shared by Economics Professor Galina Hale on how financial regulation and other policies can help to fight climate change.
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Santa Cruz County area tops nationwide list of expensive rental markets
The Santa Cruz Sentinel discussed findings from a report on the housing crisis in Santa Cruz County by Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg and Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay.
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How to Build Solidarity Across Difference
Merrill College and Education Department lecturer Nolan Higdon spoke with YES! about how constructive conflict can help to change minds on important social issues.
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This California county now tops S.F. as the most expensive place for renters in the U.S., report says
San Francisco Chronicle cited findings from a report on the regional housing crisis by UCSC Sociology Professor Miriam Greenberg and Associate Professor Steve McKay.
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Millions in grants given to Central Coast colleges for ag education
KSBW covered news of new USDA grants, including a $10 million grant to UC Santa Cruz, that will support agricultural education programs along California's Central Coast.
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Start-ups are adding antacids to the ocean to slow global warming. Will it work?
Biogeochemist Greg Rau was quoted in a Nature news story about efforts to counteract ocean acidification and slow global warming.
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‘It gets worse every day’: why are sea lions and dolphins dying along California’s coast?
Biologist Daniel Costa and ocean scientist Raphael Kudela were quoted in a Guardian article about a harmful algal bloom affecting marine life in Southern California. Additional coverage in Bloomberg and the San Francisco Chronicle.