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A half-corroded barrel seeps toxic waste into the seafloor.

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Untold amounts of toxic waste were carelessly, though legally, disposed of off the California coast. Their presence continues to haunt human and wildlife health.

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June 14, 2012

UC Santa Barbara Archaeology Class Unearths the Original Santa Barbara

June 11, 2012

Study Jointly Led by UCSB Researcher Finds New Evidence Supporting Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact

March 5, 2012

Study Jointly Led by UCSB Researcher Supports Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact

January 9, 2012

UCSB Scientists Explain How Gulf of Mexico Topography Played a Key Role in Consumption of Oil and Gas After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

January 4, 2012

UC Santa Barbara Awarded $553,000 by Seismic Micro-Technology to Advance Geoscience Research

November 7, 2011

UCSB Scientist to Blog From Antarctica As He Studies TransAntarctic Mountains

October 3, 2011

Scientists Reveal How Natural Gas and Temperature Controlled Bacterial Response to Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

September 14, 2011

Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship with Fire

September 12, 2011

New Book by UCSB Earth Science and Environmental Studies Professor Explores the Natural History of Santa Barbara

June 27, 2011

Sand Grains and Fossilized Pollen Reveal Climate History of Northern Antarctica

April 19, 2011

Three UCSB Faculty Members Elected Fellows of AGU

January 6, 2011

UCSB, Texas A&M Scientists Find Methane Gas Concentrations Have Returned to Near-Normal Levels in Gulf After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

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