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A new state law aims to keep food and other organic waste out of the landfill. But the food scrap collection program in Santa Cruz is making a mess for some residents.
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California’s underwater kelp forests are in trouble. A combination of climate change and hungry purple sea urchins have decimated these vital forests. But…
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Not far from the UC Santa Cruz campus is a 40 acre forest plot. Students have been counting seeds and measuring trees on this plot for more than a decade.…
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Far below the surface of the Pacific Ocean is a lab run by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, MBARI. From here, scientists have been studying…
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Since mid-May, disoriented and sometimes convulsing sea lions have been showing up on beaches across the Central Coast. It has become an annual occurrence…
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In September 2019, a year-long experiment began. Publicized as the largest Central Arctic expedition in history, it was to be the closest ever look at the…
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The rate of sea level rise is accelerating. Communities along the California coast are preparing for that eventuality. In Santa Cruz County, some are…
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“King tides” will roll into the coastline this weekend. But there are some misperceptions about these high tides.The name “King tide” is a non-scientific…
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On Friday, former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg became the first of the 2020 Democratic Presidential candidates to hold a public rally in Monterey.…
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A group of scientists from around the world are in the Arctic for a massive year-long expedition. About 900 people from 19 nations are involved, including…