Kat Kerlin

@katkerlin.bsky.social

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Environmental science writer, press officer, pro #scicomm -er for UC Davis. Covering climate change, ecology, conservation, water and wildlife. My other brain is full of paint. Views my own.

The black feet and white torso of a penguin. A blue band is around its leg. The band is a chemical-sensing, silicone passive sampler. Photo by Ralph Vanstreels, UC Davis
Sometimes…writing…feels…like…walking…in…mud.
Peter Moyle and grandchild sample for aquatic insects near the Pedrick Road Bridge, July 2020. (Courtesy Petrea Moyle Marchand)
An ancient bristlecone pine tree in eastern Nevada's Great Basin National Park. Gnarled bark twists toward sky with branches like someone raising hands and arm to the sky. A jumble of boulders are a tits base. Shrubs and gree trees in background. Photo by Kat Kerlin
Students in the UC Davis Bioinnovation Lab share a laugh. (Photo by Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis)
Red and golden leaves on ground
Image split equally into four screens. In each screen, a study participant wearing headphones in front of computer listens to music under four different lighting colors: blue, white, amber and red.
The bark of a foxtail pine tree is seen from the right side while the Sierra Nevada mountains stretches out below. A woman in a light blu shirt walks beside a pine tree below in teh bottom left corner of the shot. Photo by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis
Red canoe emerges from lower left side of image and floats out to Putah Creek, with green and blue reflections, trees and grass under blue sky. Photo by Lauren Hitt, UC Davis
Dog curls up sleeping outdoor on part of tan sectional couch
A person's two hands shown handling giant garter snake with green rice fields in background (Photo courtesy California Rice Commission))
Costanza Rampini of SJSU in green shirt and hat sits in concrete tunnel with a student researcer in bucket hat while interviewing a seated unhoused person whose hands and legs are visible. Photo by Alysha Beck, UC Davis
Video of small group around conference room table with laptops and person using phone to film
Grazing by solar panels. (K Thalhofer, Getty)
A red abalone is surrounded by purple sea urchins. (CDFW)