TuesdayNewsdayVol. 2 - Issue 18 - February 02, 2016 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2016/february-02/images/dryopteris-frond-680.jpg) Native ferns are well adapted to dry summers but not four years of drought. |
A UC Santa Cruz study documents how California's prolonged drought has taken a toll on ferns in the understory of coastal redwood forests. |
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![Ken Smith](/tuesday-newsday/2016/february-02/images/smith_ken_250.jpg) | Infrastructure and Operations, ITS The database administration team manager has been with UCSC for eight years and is the Staff Advisory Board's featured staff member for February. |
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![Mercury levels in rainfall rising in central U.S.](/tuesday-newsday/2016/february-02/images/monitoring-site-250.jpg) | Trends are consistent with increased mercury emissions in Asia and lower emissions in North America, resulting in declining levels on the East Coast. |
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![Four NEH grants support UC Santa Cruz research](/tuesday-newsday/2016/february-02/images/gruesz-matherne-250.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz has been awarded four grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support faculty research and the Dickens Project. |
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![Endangered species: American public libraries](/tuesday-newsday/2016/february-02/images/dawson-250.jpg) | Focusing his lens on shared commons that are under threat, alumnus Robert Dawson spent 21 years photographing 526 of the nation’s public libraries. |
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