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Emily Longman in mauve jacket puts two hands on a rock holding a mussel bed community next to a white PVC tube grid while and Sarah Merolla in blue jacket and backpack stands next to her.

Mussel Bed Surveyed Before World War II Still Thriving

by Kat Kerlin
January 16, 2025

Finding Hope ‘At Every Depth’

by Greg Watry
January 30, 2024

Male scientist leans over data sensor placed near tide pools at UC Davis Bodega Marine Reserve

Science Helps Coastal Communities Prepare for Extremes

by Kathleen Wong, UC Natural Reserve System
May 17, 2023

fog over coastal mountains in northern California

Climate Trends in the West, Today and 11,000 Years Ago

by Kat Kerlin
February 27, 2023

MJ MJ Farruggia samples water in an alpine pond

Science Storytelling Through a Camera Lens

by Malia Reiss
January 18, 2023

red abalone surrounded by purple urchins

All West Coast Abalones at Risk of Extinction on the IUCN Red List

by Kat Kerlin
December 12, 2022

Microscopic coral A. poculata, white with tentacles extended

Hibernating Corals and the Microbiomes That Sustain Them

by Kat Kerlin
December 01, 2022

Woman diving with coral looks up from sea floor at camera

Corals Saving Corals

by Kat Kerlin
November 21, 2022

Scientist Tessa Hill in sweater and glasses with black background

Tessa Hill: Telling the Ocean’s Secrets

by Kat Kerlin
August 08, 2022

Woman in black shirt holds toddler daughter who is pointing at something. Ocean in background.

Alyssa Griffin: The Capacity to Care

by Kat Kerlin
August 08, 2022

humpback whale breaching

To Save California’s Whales, Put Overlooked Threats Into Policy

by Kat Kerlin
April 06, 2022

A woman's hand is seen giving an ultrasound to an abalone in a tank with sonagraph on computer screen in background

Ultrasounds for Abalone

by Kat Kerlin
February 25, 2022

Animals visible as mussel shell held open by hand

Can Mussel Beds Buffer Species Against Climate Change?

by Andy Fell
December 16, 2021

Female scientist in lab in front of water tanks

UC Davis Ecologist Awarded Packard Fellowship

by Neelanjana Gautam
October 14, 2021

Illustrated photo depicts an iceberg at sea wearing giant headphones.

Unfold Podcast, Episode 6: Oceans Under a Changing Climate

by Kat Kerlin
October 27, 2020

Diver in Chile prepares to enter kelp forest

How Giant Kelp May Respond to Climate Change

by Kat Kerlin
November 13, 2019

Bull kelp underwater

California’s Crashing Kelp Forest

by Kat Kerlin
October 21, 2019

Boulder of native oysters near Tomales Bay, California

Climate Change Could Shrink Oyster Habitat in California

by UC Davis News and Media Relations
August 05, 2019

Fishing vessel on stormy ocean with seabirds flying around it.

It Pays to Explore in Times of Uncertainty

by Kat Kerlin
July 29, 2019

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