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Studying kelp forests in remote areas could allow investigators to tease apart human impacts from natural changes.
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Environment & Ecology
Campus Lagoon: Yesterday’s Memory and Today’s Home
Besides attracting a great deal of sunset photos and nostalgia for UCSB students in quarantine, the Campus Lagoon plays host to a wide variety of flora and fauna.
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Researchers Assess Ability of Warm and Cold Range Edges To Track Climate Change
The group tested several hypotheses that may explain the shift in a species’ distribution.
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Renowned Journalist David Wallace-Wells Warns Against Very Real Effects of Climate Change
The talk was a shocking recount of the negative effects that humans have already had on the planet and the gravity of the situation if no action is taken.
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A Hail Mary for the Monarch Butterfly: The Plan To Rehabilitate Ellwood Butterfly Grove
The new Parks and Open Space manager for the Goleta Public Works Department spoke regarding progress made in bringing back the long-declining monarch butterfly to Coronado Preserve and Ellwood.
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UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction
The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.
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Researchers in Kruger National Park Observe How Fire and Drought Shape Plant Communities
Scholars capitalized on this devastating drought to obtain information regarding the resilience and resistance of the plant communities found throughout the South African savanna.
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CO₂ and Climate Change: Same Goal, New Perspectives
Hain believes that the boron isotope-pH proxy may be the next step in climate change research, as it generates a baseline representation of the relationship between CO₂ and global temperature.
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