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![Waves crash on a revetment protecting houses along Broad Beach, Malibu.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-04/Broad-beach-Malibu-Lester-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=JAMrZuXM)
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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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![A large field of sunflowers near Sacramento.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-03/Sunflower-field-istock.jpg?itok=jUc5sI6o)
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Tfoxfoto via iStock
Tweaks to farming practices could preserve some of California’s declining water resources.
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![A tractor sprays a soybean field in spring.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-03/Pesticides-organic-iStock.jpg?itok=DjiG6lqG)
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Fotokostic vi iStock
Organic farming practices can increase pesticide use in neighboring, non-organic fields.
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![Wind turbines behind solar panels at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-03/wind-solar-hero-istock-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=ERUGPC8Y)
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![A foothill yellow-legged frog perches on a rock.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-02/FYLF-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=jYzF_v04)
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Brome McCreary
Foothill yellow-legged frogs live in the flowing water of rivers and streams, so are especially vulnerable when these shrink to isolated pools.
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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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![California Sea Otters grooming themselves in the Elkhorn Slough at Moss Landing.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-01/Elkhorn-otter-istock.jpg?itok=zvNZkVOE)
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Htrnr via iStock
Although sea otters only recently recolonized their historic habitat in the Elkhorn Sough, they’re already benefiting the ecosystem.
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![Amber hills roll away behind a lone oak tree, with facilities in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-01/Sedgwick-grassland-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=HXv4aprj)
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Matt Perko
The rolling hills of Sedgwick Reserve offer a testbed for researchers to probe grassland ecology.
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![A school of hammerhead sharks.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-01/OceanImageBank_MasayukiAgawa.jpg?itok=1yw4t_O4)
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Masayuki Agawa via OceanImageBank