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Synthetic fertilizer has increased the amount of nitrogen compounds in the biosphere, compounds that must be converted by microbes back into nitrogen gas.

A rare atomic fingerprint reveals how ecosystems clean nitrogen pollution

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

Study Jointly Led by UCSB Researcher Supports Theory of Extraterrestrial Impact

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

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

UCSB Scientist to Blog From Antarctica As He Studies TransAntarctic Mountains

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

Researchers Analyze the Evolving Human Relationship with Fire

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

Sand Grains and Fossilized Pollen Reveal Climate History of Northern Antarctica
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Three UCSB Faculty Members Elected Fellows of AGU

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

National Team of Scientists Predicts Continued Death of Forests In Southwestern U.S. Due to Problems Caused by Climate Change
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