Harrison Tasoff

Canoga Park

Freelance Science Writer at Freelance

Science writer with a background in math and logic. Always learning, always exploring, always sharing.

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Bren’s class of 2025 is ready to face a challenging world

1 week ago | news.ucsb.edu | Harrison Tasoff

June 16, 2025 High spirits radiated through the coastal clouds as a jubilant crowd gathered in Bren Courtyard. The school’s bluegrass band, Brengrass, strummed chords as the graduates marched in. This year marks the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management’s 28th cohort. Exactly 100 masters students comprise the class of 2025: 31 in the Masters of Environmental Data Science (MEDS) program and 69 in the Masters of Environmental Science and Management (MESM) program.
The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

3 weeks ago | universityofcalifornia.edu | Harrison Tasoff

A new study, published in Nature, shows that the atmosphere’s growing thirst for water is making droughts more severe, even in places where rainfall has stayed the same. The paper details how this “thirst” has made droughts 40% more severe across the globe over the course of the past 40 years. “Drought is based on the difference between water supply (from precipitation) and atmospheric water demand.
The atmosphere's growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

3 weeks ago | phys.org | Harrison Tasoff |Gaby Clark |Robert Egan

Hot air holds more moisture. That's why you can blow your hair dry even after a steamy shower. It's also what dumps rain in the tropics and sucks water from desert soils.
Professors Somayeh Dodge and Alan Murray receive UCGIS awards

3 weeks ago | news.ucsb.edu | Harrison Tasoff

Two faculty members in UC Santa Barbara’s Geography Department have earned awards from the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), an academic non-profit organization dedicated to geographic information science (GIS). Associate Professor Somayeh Dodge has received the UCGIS Early/Mid-Career Research Award, and Professor Alan Murray has earned the UCGIS Research Award.
Andrea S. Carlini recognized for her work on bio-compatible soft materials

1 month ago | news.ucsb.edu | Harrison Tasoff

From fitbits to targeted gene therapy, the age of precision health has dawned. But scientists will need to develop new materials for us to realize the full potential of personalized medicine. The National Science Foundation has recognized UC Santa Barbara Assistant Professor Andrea S. Carlini with a CAREER Award, the agency’s most prestigious distinction for early-career faculty.
Community Science Helps Reveal Population Growth Among SoCal’s Endangered Giant Sea Bass

1 month ago | independent.com | Harrison Tasoff

This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of this critically endangered species in Southern California.
Take a Microscopic Look at Our Native Bees at UCSB Library Exhibit

1 month ago | noozhawk.com | Marcia Heller |Harrison Tasoff

Insects often exist on the periphery of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and soundscape, rarely the objects of our attention. But an exhibit at the UC Santa Barbara Library draws our focus to these creatures by upending our usual experience of them. “Insects are really small. So I wanted the photos larger than life,” said curator Katja Seltmann, director of UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration.
A Buzzy Exhibit at the UC Santa Barbara Library

1 month ago | independent.com | Harrison Tasoff |UCSB’s ’The Current'

This article was originally published in UCSB’s ‘The Current‘. Insects often exist on the periphery of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and soundscape, rarely the objects of our attention. But an exhibition at the UC Santa Barbara Library draws our focus to these creatures by upending our usual experience of them. “Insects are really small. So I wanted the photos larger than life,” said curator Katja Seltmann, director of UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration.
Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library

1 month ago | news.ucsb.edu | Harrison Tasoff

May 19, 2025 Insects often exist on the periphery of our experiences. They blend into the landscape and soundscape, rarely the objects of our attention. But an exhibition at the UC Santa Barbara Library draws our focus to these creatures by upending our usual experience of them. “Insects are really small. So I wanted the photos larger than life,” said curator Katja Seltmann, director of UCSB’s Cheadle Center for Biodiversity & Ecological Restoration.
Community Science: Endangered Giant Sea Bass Population Growing

1 month ago | noozhawk.com | Harrison Tasoff

Nicknamed the “king of the kelp forest,” giant sea bass are among scuba divers’ favorite characters to spot off the California Coast. But very few of these charismatic fish remain. A team led by researchers at UC Santa Barbara has conducted the first direct population estimate of this critically endangered species in Southern California. Using photos sourced from the diving community, they found slightly more than 1,200 adult giant sea bass within Southern California waters from 2015 to 2022.

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13 Oct 21

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10 Apr 21

Great reporting on an insidious problem by Stephen Miller https://t.co/hvUDEfvnXG via @NatGeo

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20 Mar 21

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Articles

Bren’s class of 2025 is ready to face a challenging world

The atmosphere’s growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

The atmosphere's growing thirst is making droughts worse, even where it rains

Professors Somayeh Dodge and Alan Murray receive UCGIS awards

Andrea S. Carlini recognized for her work on bio-compatible soft materials

Community Science Helps Reveal Population Growth Among SoCal’s Endangered Giant Sea Bass

Take a Microscopic Look at Our Native Bees at UCSB Library Exhibit

A Buzzy Exhibit at the UC Santa Barbara Library

Take a microscopic look at our native bees at the UCSB Library

Community Science: Endangered Giant Sea Bass Population Growing

Journalists covering the same region

Leslie Zemeckis

Stephanie Gerson

Zach Rosen

Rebecca Caraway

Nick Welsh

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