Climate Change

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Miner speaks on national television about climate change impacts on extreme weather in California

Kimberly Miner was interviewed by the Daily Show and an NBC News segment about how climate change has fueled recent extreme weather events and flooding in California. “Climate change is warming the whole planet and that includes the atmosphere and the oceans. What that means for us is that the atmosphere is able to hold more moisture, so these storms can be bigger,” Miner told NBC.
January 26, 2023
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Fraga raises concern about negative consequences of ‘Superbloom’ tourism

Naomi Fraga wrote on Twitter: "I am so incredibly grateful for this California rain, but I am also anticipating the inevitable... The dreaded conversations about the "superbloom". You might be saying, what the heck Naomi, you are a botanist, don't you love superblooms?"
January 26, 2023
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Martinez and Hampshire receive UC Outstanding Student Leadership Award

Deniss Martinez and Karly Hampshire were honored as recipients of the 13th annual University of California President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.
December 14, 2022
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Landback in California with Brittani Orona

This in-depth conversation with Dr. Brittani Orona (Hupa, Hoopa Valley Tribe) on the Cal Ag Roots WELL podcast digs into the concept and practice of the Landback movement in California, including the deep history of Native resistance in the state. It also explores Brittani’s background and new role at San Diego State University.
November 23, 2022
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Brooks calls for protection of the Southern Ocean ecosystem

An international group of scientists calling for protective limits on fishing in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean. Their paper in the journal Science reports that current levels of fishing, combined with climate change, are taking a concerning toll on a diverse ecosystem of global significance.
November 23, 2022
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Sarah Kapnick named NOAA chief scientist

The Biden-Harris Administration named Sarah Kapnick, Ph.D., as NOAA’s chief scientist. Kapnick will serve as the senior scientist for the agency, advancing policy and program direction for NOAA’s science and technology priorities. “It is an honor to return to NOAA and serve as the chief scientist," said Kapnick.
November 22, 2022
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NOAA publishes Centering Equity in Climate Resilience Planning and Action: A Practitioner’s Guide by Clara Fang

Clara Fang's report, Centering Equity in Climate Resilience Planning and Action: a Practitioner’s Guide, has been published by NOAA as part of its new climate resilience and adaptation practitioner national handbook for climate resilience, Implementing the Steps to Resilience: A Practitioner's Guide.
November 22, 2022
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St. Antoine publishes Front Country: a novel for teens and tweens in the Anthropocene

My Side of the Mountain meets Greta Thunberg in this heartfelt, exciting novel about one girl’s growing awareness of herself, the world, and the relationship between the two," writes publisher Chronicle books.
October 6, 2022
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In Puerto Rico, Activists Transform Abandoned Land To Build Food Sovereignty

Luis Alexis Rodríguez Cruz writes about how in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, activists have turned abandoned land into a community garden. They say El Huerto is only the beginning.
October 6, 2022
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José Guadalupe Gutierrez: Designing Green Spaces for Equity and Community

As a child José regularly visited family in Mexico, where they had abundant natural space to explore, but he was disappointed in the lack of safe parks to play in when he would return to Los Angeles. As a community organizer, he saw the value of quality greenspace to working class communities. These experiences ultimately led him to pursue a career as a landscape architect working to advance park equity.
September 28, 2022