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Solar panels can shade canals to help prevent water loss through evaporation.

State's water canals could be 'solar canals'

A new study by UC Santa Cruz researchers suggests that covering California’s vast network of public water delivery canals with solar panels could be an economically feasible means of advancing both renewable energy and water conservation.

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UCSC will help manage SlaveVoyages database

UCSC will help manage SlaveVoyages database

The consortium will manage what has become the single most widely used online resource for anyone interested in slavery throughout the Atlantic.

How to live like Shakespeare

How to live like Shakespeare

Sean Keilen, director of UCSC's Shakespeare Workshop, co-hosts a new series of conversations about Shakespeare that begins April 5.

Climate change may make parts of the U.S. 'tropical'

Climate change may make parts of the U.S. 'tropical'

Professor Michael Loik's research shows how warming winters are allowing tropical plants to replace temperate communities in some states.

Influential evolutionary biologist Barry Sinervo dies

Influential evolutionary biologist Barry Sinervo dies

Barry Sinervo made landmark contributions ranging from evolutionary biology and game theory to the effects of climate change on animals and ecosystems.

Founding professor Harry Berger Jr. dies

Founding professor Harry Berger Jr. dies

Harry Berger Jr. was an internationally recognized scholar known for an interdisciplinary approach that went far beyond traditional academic boundaries.

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