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Sand dunes surround palms, trees, shrubs and a small lake in the UAE.
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.
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orange and black butterflies on a branch
Monarch butterflies undertake a multigenerational migration that covers thousands of miles
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cool artists standing in front of a glass gallery in work clothes
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Debra Herrick
From left, art professor Kim Yasuda and her students Evelia Rosas, Lara Love, Miriam MacMillan and Savannah Arroyo
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hand holding a small white device
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Matt Perko
The small, wearable device is part of a system that monitors drug concentrations and delivers accurate dosages
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classroom with student of color and a Black professor
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Matt Perko
“Everyone writes from the lens of their experience or where they allow their imagination,” says film & media studies lecturer Wendy Eley Jackson, pictured at far right.
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Yellowtail dascyllus and other tropical fish swim by a cauliflower coral in American Samoa.
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Dam via Adobe Stock
Damselfish like these yellowtail dascyllus have an outsized effect on reefs compared to their humble proportions.
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researchers working with Senegalese partners
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UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners
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photograph of student activists marching for climate justice
Fossil Free UC student activists, June 2015.
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David Valentine
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Matt Perko
David Valentine