Media Coverage
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As sea levels rise, it’s time for West Coast communities to overcome ‘taboo of managed retreat’: report
Coastal resilience experts Michael Beck and Borja Reguero were quoted in a Smart Cities Dive story about sea level rise and managed retreat.
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In California, Desperate College Students Compete for Spots in Trailer Park
Associate Professor of Sociology Steve McKay spoke with The Wall Street Journal about his research on rent burden in Santa Cruz and how it affects students.
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The Green Revolution Will Not Be Painless
The Atlantic interviewed Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies J. Mijin Cha about the importance of ensuring a just transition as economies shift away from fossil fuels.
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‘The trouble with First Republic is real’: Experts say S.F. bank teeters on brink of collapse
Economics Professor Galina Hale spoke with San Francisco Chronicle about the risks of bank rescue efforts.
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Big banks are succeeding at turning a profit, struggling to meet climate commitments
Marketplace interviewed Economics Professor Galina Hale about the economic incentives for banks to set strong emissions reduction goals on climate change.
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Fire in Ciudad Juárez: binational immigration systems fail Central, South American victims
El Tecolote interviewed Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies Carlos Martinez about how U.S. border policies have resulted in increased imprisonment of migrants in Mexican detention facilities.
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Giant proto-galaxy in early universe devours recycled material to birth new stars
Astronomer X. Prochaska was quoted in a Space.com story about new observations of gas recycling and star formation in a massive galaxy cluster.
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A star ate a planet, and astronomers saw it happen for the first time
Astronomer Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz was quoted in a Washington Post story about observations of a star engulfing a planet.
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Who wore this ancient deer pendant? DNA reveals a Stone Age woman with surprising origins
Biologist Beth Shapiro was quoted in a Science news story about the extraction and analysis of human DNA from an ancient deer-tooth pendant.
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Holding Back Sea Level Rise
Geologist Gary Griggs was interviewed in a KNTV (NBC Bay Area) news story about sea level rise.
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Data-deficient species are a conservation blind spot. Geneticists found a way to see through it.
Biologists Megan Supple and Beth Shapiro were quoted in stories from Anthropocene magazine and Earth.com about the use of genomics to estimate a species' risk of extinction.
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The Foul Chartreuse Sea
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a Hakai magazine story about harmful algal blooms in Alaska.