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Beau Richter, head trainer for the Marine Mammal Physiology Project at UCSC’s Long Marine Laboratory, with Rain, an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin.

How the diving physiology of marine mammals can help us understand effects of COVID-19

UC Santa Cruz professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Terrie Williams says the solutions that marine mammals have evolved for tolerating oxygen deprivation from extended dives can provide clues to understanding the potential for damage to oxygen-deprived tissues in humans.

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UCSC offers new program in art and social practice

UCSC offers new program in art and social practice

Applications are being accepted now for the two-year M.F.A. program in Environmental Art and Social Practice set to begin in fall 2021.

AXA chair funds efforts to build coastal resilience

AXA chair funds efforts to build coastal resilience

Marine scientist Michael Beck holds the chair funded by insurance company AXA to support his work on natural mitigations to climate change impacts.

Campus showcased in education report

Campus showcased in education report

Professor Anne Kapuscinski chaired the committee that developed the report, which includes campus initiatives as examples of innovative sustainability education.

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