Climate & Sustainability
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UC Santa Cruz alumna Molly Armanino weighs 2030 Olympic freeride skiing debut
Molly Armanino (Stevenson ’16, ecology and evolution) is a climate advocate based in South Lake Tahoe, and is the founder of nonprofit Tahoe Climate Change Action Network. Armanino was nominated to join Team U.S.A’s inaugural Freeride Team after winning the 2026 FIS Freeride World Championship.
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UC Santa Cruz scientists successfully swap all fish products in aquafeed to boost sustainable fish farming
Researchers replaced all fish-derived ingredients in an aquafeed for farmed rainbow trout with a combination of microalgae and canola oil. The diet could provide a new alternative that eliminates the need for feed ingredients sourced from wild fish.
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Improving community readiness for evacuations with electric vehicles
New research outlines key challenges and recommendations for city planners to best support EV drivers during an evacuation.
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Celebrating the 2026 Alumni Award recipients
John Torigoe, Melinda Aldrich, James Hein, Peter Coha, Jim Gunderson, and Stephanie Barron Lu are the recipients of the 2026 UC Santa Cruz Alumni Awards.
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Central Coast will face more extremes, regional report of California’s Fifth Climate Assessment finds
UC Santa Cruz researchers are leaders on the regional report, which is part of a larger statewide effort to understand climate vulnerabilities
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New cost-analysis tool allows coastal communities to see and estimate benefits of investing in storm-protection measures
CoSMos Adapts gives climate-resilience planners a way to compare the costs of inaction or long-term savings by adopting solutions such as restoring sand dunes or rocky reefs to guard against increasingly destructive storms.
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Clear skies ahead
A new measure to prevent bird window collisions on campus resulted from a team effort among UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, and staff
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DOE selects AI-driven geothermal initiative to develop safe, affordable way to tap abundant underground resource
UC Santa Cruz will provide geoscience leadership through Emily Brodsky, distinguished professor of Earth and planetary science
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Teaching students scientific-storytelling skills to inspire change
The senior capstone course ESCI 191 equips environmental-science majors with digital-storytelling skills to translate complex climate data into compelling narratives to immerse and engage the public.
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Ashesh Chattopadhyay named Schmidt Sciences AI2050 Early Career Fellow
Chattopadhyay will build steerable AI for science models with the prestigious fellowship
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Bruce Stein: Lasting leadership in conservation
Alumnus Bruce Stein (Rachel Carson ’78, biology and environmental studies) became a leading voice in the conservation field over the course of his 35-year career ultimately serving as the chief scientist and associate vice president at the National Wildlife Federation before retiring in 2024.
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Unveiling the unevenness of global warming: Regional accelerations, key temperature shifts, and extreme events
As record-breaking global temperatures and extreme weather events spark intense debate over global warming speed-up, a new study led by UC Santa Cruz reveals how warming is accelerating differently across distinct regions.