Climate & Sustainability
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Hands-on experiences help students tell powerful climate-resilience stories
Internships at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center give students in-demand multimedia experience with video production and digital storytelling about how science can lead to meaningful solutions for coastal communities
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A 25-year commitment
UC Santa Cruz alumnus and Director of the Año Nuevo Reserve Patrick Robinson shares what philanthropy makes possible for the reserve and why he gives.
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Extinction is not inevitable: Genomics symposium explores using DNA to save life on Earth
Conservation genomics is a bold new tool for protecting life on earth, but it will take all of us to slow the extinction crisis.
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Story maps show massive fires like CZU are not a new phenomenon for Santa Cruz
An anthropology project traces the history of land use and fire in the county, revealing lessons for future management and mitigation
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New method to raise investment funds for projects that restore coastal wetlands for climate adaptation
Center for Coastal Climate Resilience partners with The Nature Conservancy and others on a first-of-its-kind tool to drive private and public investment in adaptation built by nature
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Threat of California’s native tree loss is greater than current estimates
New study finds that many of the state’s valuable and most recognizable trees could decline sooner than expected because current risk calculations don’t incorporate climate change
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Researchers to measure atmospheric benefits of restored San Francisco Bay wetland
UC Santa Cruz will lend expertise in monitoring tidal marsh carbon levels once a 275-acre South Bay salt pond is converted back to its natural state, as part of a larger environmental campaign by multiple partners to restore lost tidal wetlands to San Francisco Bay.
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UC Santa Cruz pledges to become a “Clean California Community,” expands commitment to statewide beautification and environmental stewardship
The Clean California initiative is an effort to remove litter, restore public spaces, and inspire community engagement across California.
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Ancient DNA reveals Ice Age mammals thrived after volcanic eruption
UC Santa Cruz researchers were able to collect ancient DNA preserved in permafrost for insight into how a natural disaster impacted genetic diversity.
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Grants support DIY irrigation and smart, electric tractors for specialty crop growers
Two projects are receiving support from the USDA 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.
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The creation of the Cigarette Surfboard
Alumnus Ben Judkins’s (Kresge ’17, film and digital media) award-winning documentary follows the creation of the Cigarette Surfboard: A surfboard created by friend Taylor Lane from 10,000+ cigarette butts collected off beaches. Judkins’s documentary has helped influence legislation in Santa Cruz County, and will be screened at UC Santa Cruz on March 8.
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New study on avian malaria finds most of Hawaii’s birds contribute to deadly pathogen’s transmission
Research led by UC Santa Cruz finds that both non-native and native birds play a key role in the transmission of a disease that has contributed to the extinction of over a dozen species of Hawaii’s native birds