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Letters and Science
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Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.
Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals
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Jeff Liang
Professor Sameer Pandya at UC Santa Barbara's Harder Stadium
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Ethan Turpin & Naomi Tague
"Tree Water," detail, 2024
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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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City of Santa Monica
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Illustration by Matt Perko
In “Fighting Mad,” UCSB professor Laury Oaks examines how infant surrender policies are being used to justify restrictions on reproductive choice—and the ongoing fight for reproductive justice in the post-Roe era.
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Second-year Pico Gilman ’27 placed sixth in the Putnam Math Competition, leading UCSB to its best-ever finish.
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Illustration by Matt Perko
Flower picking as a metaphor for rediscovery — professor emerita Víctor Fuentes’ "Florilegio" gathers centuries of overlooked Spanish-language literature from the U.S.
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iStock / Olena Kovalova
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Wikimedia Commons / U.S. Department of Energy
Hiroshima, November 27, 1945
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Matt Perko
On its own, Earth would shift toward another ice age in about 10,000 years, scientists say. But humanity’s greenhouse gas emissions may have radically shifted the climates trajectory.