January Impact Report

JANUARY 2023

This month in science: The surprisingly late formation of the Bering Land Bridge, how California is trying to hold on to its rain, UCSC finishes top 3 in national codebreakers challenge, and more...

This map illustrates the geography of Beringia, the land bridge that formed between North America and Asia during the last glaciation. Humans crossed Beringia from Asia to North America during the glacial period depicted on this map.

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCES, UCSC NEWSCENTER

Bering Land Bridge formed surprisingly late during last ice age, study finds

Earth scientist Tamara Pico was featured in coverage of her research on the Bering Land Bridge, including stories from Forbes, IFL Science, Newser, Live Science, Mirage News, Nature World News, and other media outlets.

IMPACTFUL RESEARCH

Lick observatory with starry background.

MSN

Astronomers have unveiled our galaxy's farthest frontier

Highway 101 in South San Francisco flooded

LA TIMES

How to save all that water from the ‘atmospheric river’

UCSC Newscenter | Study finds active galactic nuclei are even more powerful than thought

UCSC Newscenter | Vulnerability of red sea urchins to climate change depends on location

GoodTimes | UC Santa Cruz SciCom students answer complex questions about water

LookoutSC | Gary Griggs comments on recent storm damage and the future of Santa Cruz

UCSC Newscenter | UC Santa Cruz Genome Browser selected to first-ever Global Core Biodata Resource List

DID YOU KNOW?

A new project in development by UC Santa Cruz’s Center for the Study of the Force Majeure will give the public a transformative opportunity to interact with the world’s ocean ecosystem in a fully immersive work of environmental art entitled Sensorium. Sensorium, an intersection of art and science, will debut in 2024 at UC Irvine.

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IMPACTFUL PEOPLE

James Zachos holds a sediment core from the seafloor that provided important data on ocean acidification during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a period of extreme global warming around 56 million years ago. (Photo by Ira Block/National Geographic)

AWARDS & HONORS

Earth scientist James Zachos honored for climate change research

Dr. Erika Zavaleta is a professor at the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at UC Santa Cruz and focuses on the impacts of global change on ecological communities

AWARDS & HONORS

Ecologist Erika Zavaleta leads new multicampus initiative on climate change

UCSC Newscenter | UC Santa Cruz earns a top three spot at national codebreaker challenge

UCSC Newscenter | UC Santa Cruz Cal Teach program connects area STEM majors with local public schools

NPR | Andrew Fisher interviewed on NPR to explain where rain water goes when it's not being captured

CWR | In memory of world-renowned whale researcher, Kenneth C. Balcomb

IMPACTFUL EVENTS

New Seymour Center Exhibit: The Science of and Conservation of Animals ON THE MOVE

A new exhibit at the Seymour Marine Discover Center encourages visitors to explore the science and conservation of marine animals. Discover how to use technology to collect data, and learn how scientists use the data to study animal behavior. Build your own tag, and explore how tagging and tracking animals help us to learn more about our environment. Stop by the Seymour Center and check it out!