In industry risk models, mangroves significantly reduce surge and flood damages to properties built behind forests while properties built in front of mangroves face increased risks. (Image by J.

New research at UC Santa Cruz reveals how psychoactive compound in ‘magic mushrooms’ rewires synapses without altering ...

The San Francisco waterfront exemplifies how much would be threatened by sea-level rise as it spreads into the bay. (Photo by Brandon Beach/U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) Coastal communities around the ...

CoSMos Adapts gives climate-resilience planners a way to compare the costs of inaction or long-term savings by adopting ...

A new measure to prevent bird window collisions on campus resulted from a team effort among UC Santa Cruz faculty, students, ...

Jeltema’s work focuses on observational cosmology and particle astrophysics, including constraints on the nature of dark ...

UC Santa Cruz researchers found that nicotine exposure during pregnancy and just after birth alters the stem cells that ...

Slavevoyages.org, a  free online database chronicling tens of thousands of slave-trade voyages, is heading to Harvard ...

Under the pilot, UC Santa Cruz will offer eligible employees a shared appreciation loan covering up to 20% of a home’s purchase price, which may be applied toward down payment and closing costs. UC ...

This Timely Warning crime bulletin is being issued in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (Clery Act). The purpose is to provide preventative information to the campus community to aid ...

Daniela Amodei graduated from UC Santa Cruz in 2009. Dolores Huerta is a longtime supporter of UC Santa Cruz and continues to collaborate with the university through the Dolores Huerta Foundation.