Local air district starts e-bike incentive program

Marina: Abandoned pool covered in graffiti may be restored

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/11/13/marina-abandoned-pool-covered-in-graffiti-to-be-restored/

Pacific Grove: Monarch numbers continue to climb

El Niño takes a toll on southern right whales in the Atlantic Ocean

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/el-nino-takes-a-toll-on-southern-right-whales-in-the-atlantic-ocean/

The battle to decrease microfibres flowing into the ocean

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/12/11/the-battle-to-decrease-microfibres-flowing-into-the-ocean/

Bright Lights, Big Cities Attract Migratory Birds

Non-invasive heart treatment: Celebrating local surgery successes

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/12/19/non-invasive-heart-treatment-celebrating-local-surgery-successes/

Input wanted on shoreline erosion projects in Santa Cruz

Water quality, rates could rise with water companies’ merger in San Lorenzo Valley

County and city plans aim to address climate change

https://santacruzlocal.org/2022/02/11/climate-change-plans-outlined-by-santa-cruz-county-city-leaders/

Input wanted on Big Basin Redwoods State Park

Online series explains Capitola city government

Clint Eastwood’s memories of being a lifeguard at Fort Ord pool

https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/02/26/clint-eastwoods-memories-of-being-a-lifeguard-at-fort-ord-pool/

Seymour Center Reopens, Staff and Volunteers Rejoice

As Droughts Worsen, What Will Become of UCSC's Slimy Icon?

Santa Cruz County Rolls out Vaccines for Kids- Can it Save the School Year?

https://goodtimes.sc/this-weeks-issue/breakthrough-by-uc-researchers-could-boost-our-body-clocks/

Jaguars in Mexico are growing in number, a promising sign that national conservation strategies are working

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/jaguars-in-mexico-are-growing-in-number-a-promising-sign-that-national-conservation-strategies-are-working/

UCSC astronomers poised to join NASA’s search for signs of life in distant galaxies with new telescope

Mercury News, East Bay Times, Santa Cruz Sentinel

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/18/ucsc-astronomers-poised-to-join-nasas-search-for-signs-of-life-in-distant-galaxies-with-new-telescope/

New Marine Sanctuary Considered on California Coast

Breakthrough by UC Researchers Could Boost Our Body Clocks

The Eternal Song of the East African Sunbird

Annie the Peregrine Falcon Returns to the Berkeley Campanigle After Going Missing for a Week

UC Berkeley Explores New Green Energy Options Underground

https://omny.fm/shows/kqed-segmented-audio/kqed-newscast-ae6f5732-23af-4054-a42b-8aabc8f3dc39

Sardine vs. Lobster: How Sustainable Is Our Seafood?

From Giant Isopods to Glowing Jellies, This New Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibit Features Deep-Sea Creatures Never Seen Before

https://www.kqed.org/science/1979262/from-giant-isopods-to-glowing-jellies-this-new-monterey-bay-aquarium-exhibit-features-deep-sea-creatures-never-seen-before

Elephant Seal Pups Learn to Adapt to Life at Sea

McKenzie Prillaman

Stuck@Home virtual concert series marks return to campus with live performance

McKenzie Prillaman

Mozart I sculpture moves to School of Engineering

McKenzie Prillaman

Stanford course dives into untold histories of inventions

McKenzie Prillaman

Stanford engineers propose a simpler design for quantum computers

Stanford News, EurekAlert!

McKenzie Prillaman

Extinction not only threatens primates—their parasites are in danger, too

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/extinction-not-only-threatens-primates-their-parasites-are-in-danger-too/

McKenzie Prillaman

Stanford professor spotlights evolutionary tree concepts with campus trees

https://news.stanford.edu/2021/12/07/stanford-professor-spotlights-evolutionary-tree-concepts-campus-trees/

McKenzie Prillaman

Charting the “Bloody” Brine Flows from an Antarctic Glacier

McKenzie Prillaman

New computer program rapidly detects homes, buildings damaged by wildfires

Santa Cruz Sentinel, Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Orange County Register

https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2021/12/29/new-computer-program-rapidly-detects-homes-buildings-damaged-by-wildfires/

McKenzie Prillaman

The truth behind pseudoscience: Tarot cards

McKenzie Prillaman

McKenzie Prillaman

Monterey Herald, Mercury News

McKenzie Prillaman

Confirmed: Monarchs back in bigger numbers

McKenzie Prillaman

Popular '80s party drug slowly gains respect as PTSD treatment

Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel, East Bay Times

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/30/popular-80s-party-drug-slowly-gains-respect-as-ptsd-treatment/

McKenzie Prillaman

Respecting the raptors while climbing at Pinnacles

McKenzie Prillaman

Monterey Bay Aquarium to unveil new ‘Into the Deep’ exhibition

Monterey Herald, Mercury News, Santa Cruz Sentinel

https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/02/20/monterey-bay-aquarium-to-unveil-new-into-the-deep-exhibit/

McKenzie Prillaman

Point Sur Lightstation: Reopened and restoring

McKenzie Prillaman

Stanford engineers develop a stretchable display that could revolutionize how humans interact with electronics

Stanford News, EurekAlert!

McKenzie Prillaman

Small, but mighty, Monterey astronomy institute continues making scientific advances

Monterey Herald, Mercury News, East Bay Times

https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/03/27/small-but-mighty-monterey-astronomy-institute-continues-making-scientific-advances/

McKenzie Prillaman

Stanford engineers develop a simple delivery method that enhances a promising cancer treatment

Stanford News, EurekAlert!

McKenzie Prillaman

Mindsets formed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic predict well-being several months later, Stanford psychologists find

Stanford News, EurekAlert!

McKenzie Prillaman

McKenzie Prillaman

A refuge within a refuge: Corals, sponges fourish in marine protected areas

https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/05/07/a-refuge-within-a-refuge-corals-sponges-flourish-in-marine-protected-areas/

McKenzie Prillaman

McKenzie Prillaman

UCSC's Karen Miga: 1 of 100 most influential people of 2022

McKenzie Prillaman

Amateur fossil hunters are big contributors to science

McKenzie Prillaman

Saving western pond turtles at the San Francisco Zoo

Monterey County Historical Society: Preserving history a costly adventure

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/10/11/monterey-county-historical-society-preserving-history-a-costly-adventure/

Not waste, but a resource: Food remnants can be put in with yard clippings starting Jan. 1 (Part 1)

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/10/23/not-waste-but-a-resource-food-remenants-can-now-be-put-in-with-yard-clippings/

Not waste, but a resource: More efficient food recovery faces infrastructure challenges (Part 2)

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/10/23/not-waste-but-a-resource-more-efficient-food-recovery-faces-infrastructure-challenges/

New decision will help protect leatherback turtles but won’t save their falling populations

Monterey Herald, Mercury News, East Bay Times

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/11/07/new-decision-will-help-protect-leatherback-turtles-but-wont-save-their-falling-populations/

Ventana Wildlife Society is rebuilding its Big Sur Condor Sanctuary from the ashes

Monterey Herald, Mercury News

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/11/20/ventana-wildlife-society-is-rebuilding-its-big-sur-condor-sanctuary-from-the-ashes/

Food Bank for Monterey County needs more help ahead of the holidays

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/11/23/food-bank-for-monterey-county-needs-more-help-ahead-of-the-holidays/

Insects and other invertebrates on tropical islands face challenges as development and tourism expand

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/insects-and-other-invertebrates-on-tropical-islands-face-challenges-as-development-and-tourism-expand/

Crowdsourced Science Helps Map Vancouver’s “Smellscape”

We Urgently Need More Information about Spiders, as Climate Change Means New Risks for Them

Environmental DNA reveals secrets of the creek and beyond

Mercury News, Monterey Herald, Santa Cruz Sentinel

https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/12/26/environmental-dna-reveals-secrets-of-the-creek-and-beyond/

The Truth Behind Pseudoscience: Ghost hunting

How naps help babies learn, and the long lives of ant and termite queens (newsletter)

What's the oldest mountain range in the world? (How about the youngest?)

Ticks on the move, disease in tow (newsletter)

Eavesdropping underground, and Chernobyl’s wildlife (newsletter)

Birds learning new tricks and singing new songs (newsletter)

Plants that eat animals, and scorched Joshua trees (newsletter)

Cochineal, a red dye from bugs, moves to the lab

Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Inverse

Women are under-represented in economics globally

Is the Leaning Tower of Pisa really falling over?

A ‘forbidden’ body type? These parrots flout the rules

Why unprecedented bird flu outbreaks sweeping the world are concerning scientists

Nature, Scientific American

A catastrophic collapse for the ‘flying banana’ of the Kalahari

Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine

Racism drives environmental inequality — but most Americans don’t realize

Harbor crafts: New regulations may pose too big a challenge

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/10/30/harbor-crafts-new-regulations-may-pose-too-big-a-challenge/

Some hummingbird females display male coloring to avoid being harassed

https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/some-hummingbird-females-display-male-coloring-to-avoid-being-harassed/

Bruce Lyon, Prof. ecology & evolutionary biology

Pacific Grove group looks to spread deer safety awareness

https://www.montereyherald.com/2021/12/04/pacific-grove-group-looks-to-spread-deer-safety-awareness/