Faculty in the News

Salmon and other migratory fish play crucial role in delivering nutrients

Pacific salmon can play a key role in transporting nutrients from marine to freshwater and terrestrial ecosystems.

Two people on the beach learning to use a drone

UC Santa Cruz researchers build AI to prevent drownings

UC Santa Cruz researchers are developing potentially lifesaving artificial intelligence technology that can monitor shoreline change, identify rip currents, and alert lifeguards of potential hazards.

Seymour Discovery buildings on the coast of the Monterey Bay.

Photos | New exhibits welcome guests at Seymour Marine Discovery Center

The Seymour Marine Discovery Center completed a redesigned exhibit space with a focus on interactive experiences that feature stories of local climate resilience.

APEC University and SF startup CEO look at ways to help sustainability policies

The APEC University Leaders Forum drew more than 130 university presidents, professors, researchers, and politicians from APEC’s 21 member economies to San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club.

Yellow-bellied marmots are having to adapt to climate change.

These Animals Are Already Adapting to a Changing Climate

Scientists expect species will have to move upward in elevation or latitude to cope in a warming world. However, in California, many animals have been adapting to their mutating environments in ingenious ways.

Op-Ed: There’s one big climate fight that California is losing

CCCR Director Mike Beck makes the case for incentives or government requirements to advance climate adaptation projects.

Flooding along Interstate 5 in California.

How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts — instead of watching epic atmospheric river rainfall drain into the Pacific

California has seen so much rain that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. Yet, most of the state remains in drought.

All that runoff in the middle of a drought begs the question — why can’t more rainwater be collected and stored for the long, dry spring and summer when it’s needed?

Can’t make sense of record-breaking weather? Take a trip to Art Souterrain

Micha cárdenas – The Probability Engine: Permafrost and Ice

Location: Place de la cité international, ground floor

An immersive installation involving augmented reality and life-sized sculptures — forms that have been 3D printed using recycled materials — this project by micha cárdenas lets you see what would happen if Canada’s boreal permafrost melted away.