Stanford University School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences, 2/8/2017, “Drought identified as key to severity of West Nile virus epidemics,” by Tim Stephens of UCSC. Interesting article that includes research and conclusions from several scientists, including alumni Noah Diffenbaugh (’92), Ph.D., senior fellow and professor of earth system science at Stanford University, and Marm (Auston) Kilpatrick (’90), Ph.D., associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UCSC. Read the article