Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s...
Here’s how we help an iconic California fish survive the gauntlet of today’s highly modified waterways
View ArticleForaging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast...
Foraging seals enable scientists to measure fish abundance across the vast Pacific Ocean
View ArticleEconomically, culturally important marine species vulnerable to changing...
Economically, culturally important marine species vulnerable to changing climate, new study shows
View ArticleAAAS names UC Santa Cruz organelle discovery most outstanding paper in 2024
AAAS names UC Santa Cruz organelle discovery most outstanding paper in 2024
View ArticleRhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore—and performs as well as...
Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore—and performs as well as humans
View ArticleNew chemical process makes biodiesel production easier, less energy intensive
Discovery by UC Santa Cruz researchers could accelerate biofuel’s adoption
View ArticleFewer than 7% of global hotspots for whale-ship collisions have protection...
A UC Santa Cruz scientist who specializes in research at the intersection of big data and marine-life conservation has contributed to a new study that shows the vast majority of “hotspots” where ships...
View ArticleUC Santa Cruz research will harness advanced AI to better measure, predict...
Two UC Santa Cruz research projects designed to leverage advanced forms of artificial intelligence to improve how scientists measure and predict the effects of climate change have won funding from a...
View ArticleBear DNA study to measure impact of conservation actions on genetic diversity
The National Science Foundation will fund research at UC Santa Cruz that will examine the DNA of brown bears in the lower 48 states, where the iconic beast’s numbers have seen catastrophic declines...
View Article“An Aesthetics of Resilience” fosters interdisciplinary conversations and...
https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/09/aesthetics-of-resilience.html
View ArticleScientists discover first nitrogen-fixing organelle
https://news.ucsc.edu/2024/04/nitrogen-fixing-organelle.html
View ArticleSea otters use tools when feeding to survive a changing world
Sea otters are one of the few animals that use rocks and other objects to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools—most of whom are female—can eat larger...
View ArticleBalancing carbon sequestration and community benefits
UCSC student Cole Seither addresses the delicate balance between agroforestry, carbon sequestration, and community benefits in combating climate change. His research is supported by the Earth Futures...
View ArticleScientists find unexpected proteins in bacteria motors
A team of scientists, co-led by Karen Ottemann, a professor of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, recently found three unexpected proteins while studying the motors that power the flagella of a...
View ArticleIndustrial fishing poses greater risk to marine life due to untracked...
A new study led by a scientist at UC Santa Cruz's Institute of Marine Sciences finds that blue whales, tunas, and other top predators in the northeast Pacific Ocean face greater risk of harm from...
View ArticleCloser water monitoring needed as wildfires increase
UC Santa Cruz researchers warn that wildfires can change the chemistry of nearby streams that people and wildlife depend on for drinking water. But they found that the baseline water-chemistry data...
View ArticleScientists begin to crack open climate-change riddles hiding in ancient coral
An international team of researchers on an expedition co-led by UC Santa Cruz Professor Christina Ravelo collected cores of fossil coral off the coast of Hawai'i to look for signs of climate and...
View ArticleInstitute of Arts and Sciences announces new interdisciplinary initiative on...
A new multi-year initiative will bring together arts and science to start a conversation about marine biology and the effects of climate change. The new exhibit is set to premier in 2025, and the...
View ArticleA new 66 million-year history of carbon dioxide offers little comfort for today
A massive new review of ancient atmospheric carbon-dioxide levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may be headed.
View ArticleNew eDNA Explorer provides a powerful new resource for conservation
CALeDNA has launched a prototype of their new eDNA Explorer, an open-source tool that provides a powerful and easily accessible platform for sharing, exploring, and analyzing data from projects that...
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