Media Coverage
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Sounds from Human Activity Highly Disruptive to ‘Unicorns of the Sea’
Biologist Susanna Blackwell was quoted in a story in EcoWatch about the effects of ocean noise on narwhals.
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Nancy Grace Roman Telescope Will do its Own, Wide-Angle Version of the Hubble Deep Field
Astronomers Brant Robertson and Nicole Drakos were quoted in a Universe Today story about their work on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope project.
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Grounded by conflict and COVID, Colombia’s bird tourism struggles to soar
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela spoke with Mongabay about the potential and challenges for bird tourism in Colombia.
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The #BettyWhiteChallenge highlights the growth of animal philanthropy and the role of rescues
Anthropology Professor Melissa L. Caldwell wrote for The Conversation about the "compassion economies" that support animal rescue in the United States.
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Landmark Colombian bird study repeated to right colonial-era wrongs
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela spoke with Nature about an effort to create a new reference survey of Columbia's birds, with community leadership.
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The Truth Behind Pseudoscience
A Good Times cover story on pseudoscience, written by students in the UCSC Science Communication Program, featured several faculty experts, including geophysicist Elise Knittle, anthropologist Adrienne Zihlman, and hydrologist Andrew Fisher,
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Santa Cruz’s notorious lagoon about to get an upgrade
Geologist Gary Griggs was quoted in a San Jose Mercury News article about plans for managing the lagoon at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River.
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Black Hair in Video Games Is Terrible. These 3D Artists Are Changing That.
Vice News interviewed Assistant Professor of Digital Arts and New Media A.M. Darke about an open source database project that's working to build authentic representation of Black hairstyles in video games and animation.
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The politics of immigration makes the US sing a new tune in Central America
A Boston Globe opinion article about the U.S. response to Honduras' new president mentioned research by History Professor Emerita Dana Frank.
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How will Omicron shape 2022? We asked a local infectious disease expert
Infectious disease expert Marm Kilpatrick was interviewed by KAZU Radio about the current surge of COVID-19 due to the Omicron variant, and Good Times also published an interview with him about Omicron.
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NASA thrilled: Webb Space Telescope deploys sun shield, evades many potential ‘single-point failures’
Astronomer Garth Illingworth continues to be quoted in coverage of the James Webb Space Telescope, including a stories in the Washington Post, New York Times, BBC News, and KSBW news.
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Meet the mosquitofish: California scientists debate whether it’s menace or messiah
Biologist Eric Palkovacs was quoted in a story about mosquitofish in the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel.