Climate & Environment
Bold solutions to climate impacts and environmental challenges
Inspiring resilient responses for a warming world
UC Santa Cruz is positioned to serve in a world-leading role in designing solutions to mitigate the effects of global climate change. We are especially attuned to the needs of vulnerable populations, traditional ecological knowledge, partnerships with communities, and economic sustainability for all. Our students will develop the mindset and skills to accelerate solutions and find new ways to work with, complement, and sustain nature, not dominate and defy it.
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Leveraging research strengths
UC Santa Cruz integrates expertise across marine and environmental sciences, agroecology, engineering, data visualization and more, to better understand and mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Innovating through collaboration
UC Santa Cruz is forging new paths for environmental health in sustainable agriculture, ocean ecology, natural resource management, ecologically sensitive tourism, and thriving communities by linking the sciences, engineering, economic development, and human creativity.
Translating research into action
UC Santa Cruz turns discovery into practice, delivering workable ideas to policymakers, business decision-makers, and community leaders in California and around the world.
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News
Javier Gonzalez-Rocha maps air quality with drones
UCSC engineer Javier Gonzalez-Rocha is using drones and sensors to bring advanced air quality monitoring to underserved agricultural communities on California’s Central Coast.
New study finds fishing-fleet movements can reveal marine-ecosystem shifts
UC Santa Cruz researchers show how vessel-tracking data mirrored tuna roaming beyond their typical territory due to unusually warm ocean temperatures
New analysis of home sales makes economic case for resilient coastal forests
Houses in Florida nearest mangroves saw much smaller price declines after major hurricanes, Zillow sales data show
Alumna Tonje Switzer receives Green Heart Award for CZU complex fire and Santa Cruz storm recovery efforts
Santa Cruz Long Term Recovery Group Executive Director Tonje Switzer (Oakes ’16, sociology) was awarded the Mountain Affair’s Green Heart Award in October.
Students develop AI solutions for wildfire mitigation at Reboot the Earth hackathon
Student hackers tackled California’s wildfire crisis at the event co-hosted by the United Nations and the Baskin School of Engineering
Indigenous leaders take center stage at event on funding sustainability projects
The inaugural Economic Futures Summit created space for connection, Indigenous innovation, and collective investment in environmental sustainability efforts
