Media Coverage
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Government shutdown was costly for Antarctic research
Glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk was quoted in a Monterey Herald story about how the government shutdown affected Antarctic research projects. The story also ran in Inside Bay Area and other outlets.
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'Wasting' disease turning West Coast starfish to mush
Marine biologist Pete Raimondi is featured in widespread coverage of sea star wasting disease, which is devastating sea star populations along the west coast, including stories from the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Santa Barbara Independent, Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Huffington Post, Time, SF Weekly,…
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UCSC robot stars in blockbuster Ender's Game
Computer engineer Jacob Rosen was quoted in a story about his team's surgical robot, which was featured in the movie "Ender's Game," in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, Contra Costa Times, San Jose Mercury News, Chico Enterprise Register, GeekWire, and Inside Bay Area.
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Red tide lingers, bringing allergies and fishy stench near Santa Cruz beaches
Ocean scientist Raphael Kudela was quoted in a story about red tides along the coast in the San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, and Santa Cruz Sentinel.
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Sea Star Wasting Disease Affects Monterey Bay
Biologist Allison Gong is featured in a Monterey County Weekly article about sea star wasting disease in Monterey Bay.
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Saving Paradise
Marine biologists Giacomo Bernardi and Nicole Crane are featured in the Good Times cover story about their work to restore marine habitat on the remote atoll of Ulithi in Micronesia.
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Sardine disappearance was foreseen but ignored
Research on sardines by fisheries biologist Juan Zwolinski was cited in articles about the imminent collapse of the west coast sardine fishery, including stories in New Scientist, Associated Press, SFGate, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oregon Live, News Daily, Democratic Underground, and others.
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Ocean predators' West Coast hot spots at risk despite sanctuaries, study says
A study of human impacts on marine predators along the west coast, led by marine scientists Daniel Costa and Sara Maxwell, was covered in the Los Angeles Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Santa Cruz Patch, LiveScience, Science Daily, PhysOrg, RedOrbit, Bright Surf, Science Codex, and others.
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Where have all the otters gone?
A Santa Cruz Sentinel article about sea otters featured several researchers affiliated with UCSC, including Tim Tinker, Melissa Miller, and Nicole Thometz.
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Memory Upgrade
Computer scientist Darrell Long is quoted in a Science News article about efforts to develop "storage class" memory for the computer industry.
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Ax Falls for Antarctic Projects After Shutdown
A story from Discovery News, Live Science, NBC News, and Yahoo News about the impact of the government shutdown on Antarctic research projects noted that while most of the WISSARD project has been canceled, UCSC glaciologist Slawek Tulaczyk's group will be able to conduct a limited survey at the research site.
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With ban on lead in hunters’ bullets, California hopes to protect condors
A Washington Post story about California's ban on the use of lead ammunition to protect endangered condors cited research on lead poisoning in condors by environmental toxicologists Don Smith and Myra Finkelstein.