Media Coverage
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Boats Are Killing Endangered Manatees at an Alarming Rate
Celeshia Guy Galves, who conducted this research as a graduate student in the Coastal Science and Policy Program at UC Santa Cruz, and co-author Marm Kilpatrick, a professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, discuss the findings of their research that indicate conservation measures can be implemented to reduce future risk. Additional coverage from…
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These species were discovered in museum collections. They might already be extinct.
Conservation ecologist Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela of the University of California, Santa Cruz said she has no doubt that many species are going extinct without anyone noticing. Additional mention in Salon.
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NASA’s Year-Long Mars Simulation Is a Test of Mental Mettle
Craig Haney, a UC Santa Cruz psychologist who researches solitary confinement, has documented the debilitating and sometimes permanent effects of isolation on prisoners—effects that can emerge in just a couple weeks.
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Film about CZU Lightning Complex fire, salmon airs Friday
Biologist Eric Palkovacs was featured in a Santa Cruz Sentinel story about the documentary 'Southern Range' about salmon restoration in the Scott Creek watershed.
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USGS report predicts rising sea levels threaten California's coast
Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed in a story on KPIX (CBS Bay Area) about coastal erosion.
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Sea otters might get reintroduced to historic habitat in the Bay Area
Biologist Tim Tinker was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about plans to reintroduce sea otters in Northern California.
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The biggest extinction event in the planet’s history is happening again — in Santa Cruz
Botanist Jarmila Pittermann was featured in a Los Angeles Times story about an experiment to simulate a mass extinction event in a UCSC greenhouse.
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First Drought, Then Flood. Can the West Learn to Live Between Extremes?
Hydrogeologist Andrew Fisher was quoted in an articles about California's weather extremes in the New York Times Magazine and from Reuters and the Christian Science Monitor.
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Grassroots organizations push for a Just Transition for communities impacted by coal extraction in Arizona
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies J. Mijin Cha spoke with Prism about how the needs of communities can be better served in the transition away from fossil fuels.
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How much inflation did Covid fiscal support cause?
Economics Professor Galina Hale joined VoxEU to share her findings on Covid-era fiscal policy impacts in Europe.
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A Famous Sled Dog’s Genome Holds Evolutionary Surprises
Biologists Katie Moon and Beth Shapiro were featured on the public radio program Science Friday in a segment about their research on the genome of the famed sled dog Balto.
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Santa Cruz County vulnerable to cyber attacks, Grand Jury recommends putting plan in place
Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Engineering Leilani Gilpin was quoted in a KION 46 story about Santa Cruz County's potential vulnerability to a cyber attack.