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Scientists releases a salmon at Scott Creek Climate & Sustainability, Earth & Space

A Lifeline for Salmon: UCSC and NOAA Join Forces to Secure a Future for California’s Most Iconic Fish

A decades-long collaboration is giving Central California’s dwindling coho salmon population a fighting chance.

Yat Li is working in the lab with goggle and blue lab coat Climate & Sustainability

Streamlining desalination to save drinking water

Sea level rise means fresh groundwater will increasingly become salty. Yat Li explains how his novel 3D-printed desalination tool can offer a solution.

Dust Swirls in high winds over the dry lake bed of Clark Laken in Clark Lake, near Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, in the Colorado Desert, San Diego County, California. Climate & Sustainability

Could climate change create a new dust bowl?

International Drought Experiment shows severe impacts of extreme, prolonged drought

Collage of images: Nanopore sequencer, genomics graphic, farm, ribosome, salmon, children, observatory, seal, linguistics professor, prison cell Climate & Sustainability, Earth & Space, Health

From nanopore sequencing to neutron stars, UC Santa Cruz research advances our understanding, wellbeing

The federal government has been—and must remain—a critical partner in foundational technological innovation and research breakthroughs.

Infographic conveying the monetary benefit of mangroves for coastal properties Climate & Sustainability

New study values the benefits of mangroves for reducing property damages in recent hurricanes

Researchers used industry models to price the benefit of mangroves during Hurricanes Irma and Ian at $725 million and $4.1 billion, respectively

Students stand in front of redwood trees holding computers Climate & Sustainability, Technology

United Nations and Baskin Engineering to host West Coast’s first ‘Reboot the Earth’ hackathon 

The event will bring together developers to create technological solutions to address the climate crisis.

Image shows dark storm cloud above as a storm rolls into a beach on the Gulf of Mexico Climate & Sustainability, Earth & Space, Technology

Regional ocean dynamics can be better emulated with AI models

Researchers show the success of their technical in a critical region: the Gulf of Mexico.

USACE image of San Francisco Bay Climate & Sustainability

Coastal flooding in the Bay Area: New research illuminates strategies for adaptation

Center for Coastal Climate Resilience finds mix of hard infrastructure and nature-based solutions offers best defense against sea-level rise in San Francisco Bay

KQED science journalist Danielle Venton sitting on stage Climate & Sustainability

Symposium shows creativity, conviction are key to communicating climate solutions

From card games to virtual reality, innovative climate researchers are finding new ways to engage the public

Last modified: Sep 30, 2025