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A black and white photograph of two people in the atomic devastation of World War II in Hiroshima, Japan
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Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Department of Energy
Hiroshima, November 27, 1945

Girls and women disproportionately harmed by nuclear radiation

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photograph of student activists marching for climate justice
Fossil Free UC student activists, June 2015.
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A graduate with long hair, wearing cap and gown, seen from back facing crowd of graduates
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Matt Perko
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white man with blue polo shirt
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Debra Herrick
Andrew Smith '24
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Waves crash on a revetment protecting houses along Broad Beach, Malibu.
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Charles Lester
The ocean is advancing on California, and we need to determine how we will respond.
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photograph of UCSB student Matthew Schoen with a pair of sneakers
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Matt Perko
Second-year environmental sciences major Matthew Schoen, March 2024
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Wind turbines behind solar panels at sunset
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iStock \ hrui
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Power pylons at sunset.
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Matthew Henry via Unsplash
Decarbonizing the grid is the dawn of a new era of electricity.
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A whitebark pine growing on the rock overlooking Big Pine Creek in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.
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Joan Dudney
Whitebark pines growing in cold, high elevation regions grew more during droughts, which lengthened their growing season.