Dec 28, 2012 | Bay Area, Media Coverage
From the San Jose Mercury News and Santa Cruz Sentinel, an interesting article relating our recent otter/carbon paper to California’s new carbon emission trading program. Designated by the California Air Resources Board, carbon offset credits qualify as...
Nov 16, 2012 | Bay Area, Media Coverage, NPR, Radio
From KUSP, another nice NPR piece about our sea otter research. Clink on the play button below to listen....
Sep 28, 2012 | Media Coverage, New York Times
From the NY Times, a great op-ed piece connecting our work on sea otters with wolves and elk in Yellowstone! Couldn’t be more perfect. Notice the little Sea Otter poking his head out of the reads below the elk. Scientists call this sequence of impacts down the...
Sep 14, 2012 | Media Coverage, NPR, Radio
From NPR – Living on Earth a nice radio piece on our recent sea otter article. Just press on the play button below to listen. http://www.loe.org/content/2012-09-14/sea-otters.mp3...
Sep 11, 2012 | Media Coverage
We’ve hit the big time, getting mocked in the Onion! Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, found that kelp forests were able to absorb 12 times more carbon dioxide in the presence of sea otters, a result of the aquatic mammals preying on...
Sep 10, 2012 | Media Coverage, National Geographic
From National Geographic, a short well-done article on our recent sea otter – carbon pub. When hungry sea otters whack spiky urchins against rocks on their chests, the mammals may also be striking a blow against global warming. By preying on urchins—which...
