Media Coverage
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Ecology is more chaotic than previously thought
Ecologists Stephan Munch and Tanya Rogers were featured in a Physics Today article about their research on chaos in ecological systems.
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Why Did Ferns Persist When All Other Plants Perished?
Botanist Jarmila Pittermann is featured in an article in The Scientist about an experiment to study how ferns thrived after the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period.
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Degrees of the Future 2022
Gizmodo featured UCSC's Astronomy and Astrophysics program in its 'Degrees of the Future' list honoring the universities preparing students for tomorrow.
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California puts some of its most vulnerable prisoners in solitary confinement. A state bill would change that
Psychology Professor Craig Haney discussed the impacts of solitary confinement with the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Ukraine’s national seed bank is still standing, but could be ‘lost forever’ warn scientists
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maywa Montenegro spoke with Euronews about seed conservation methods.
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Inside McDonald’s months-long decision to sell all 853 stores in Russia—and lose a significant chunk of global revenue with them
Anthropology Professor Melissa Caldwell spoke with Fortune about McDonald's exiting Russia.
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Webb telescope reveals unpredicted bounty of bright galaxies in early universe
Astronomer Garth Illingworth was quoted in a Science article about James Webb Space Telescope observations of early galaxies.
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California’s cliffs are crumbling into the sea. This map shows the spots where they’re eroding the fastest
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle story about a new study of coastal erosion rates in California.
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Is Earth getting closer to the sun, or farther away?
Astronomer Brian DiGiorgio was featured in an article in LiveScience, Nature World News, and other media outlets about Earth's relationship to the Sun.
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Hummingbird that was feared extinct is spotted in Colombian mountains
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela shared her enthusiasm with New Scientist over the news of a recent sighting of a rare hummingbird.
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Is Bio-Designed Collagen the Next Step in Animal Protein Replacement?
Community Studies Professor Julie Guthman spoke with The New York Times about the complicated nature of assessing sustainability claims for alternative protein sources.
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Accelerating science entrepreneurship
Distinguished Professor of Economics Nirvikar Singh wrote a column for Financial Express about government investment in research and science-based entrepreneurship.