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![a barnacle in a jar](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-05/seafloor-sample-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=jABMCrpt)
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Sonia Fernandez
Sessile creatures like this barnacle were the key to determining when the oil pipeline was compromised, an event that eventually led to the oil spill
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![two fishers in Kiribati waters](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-02/Kiribati-fishers-Eurich2020-uc-santa-barbara-small.jpg?itok=ZVkPnuYz)
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Jacob Eurich
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![A scuba diver swims in a kelp forest](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/scuba-diver-giant-kelp-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=Mi4ER7PG)
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Courtesy of NPS
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![A large pile of small blue plastic objects rises from a relief map of Manhattan](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/cumulative-plastic-waste-adjusted-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=jKRy1dij)
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Courtesy Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory
This image of a blue plastic pile represents the cumulative amount of plastic waste that would be generated between 2010 and 2050 — enough to cover the entire island of Manhattan, and ten times the height of the Empire State Building — under a business-as-usual scenario where no aggressive policy actions are taken.
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![The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-10/california-red-tailed-frog-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=PApF2X3g)
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.
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![Mono Lake with bright sunshine](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-04/Mono-Lake-UC-Santa-Barbara.jpg?itok=w6HSTlII)
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Matt Perko
Mono Lake, where brine flies are a key food source for water birds.
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![blue lab coat with UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA in yellow stitching](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/university-of-california-labcoat-detail-perko-1mb-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=a8KF1z0Z)
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Matt Perko