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A floating weather station buoy.
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With ever more ocean data available to researchers and resource managers, the task of finding and organizing it has become a task in its own right.

A new tool makes mapping the ocean easier

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Concrete pours onto the ground on a construction site.
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Cement production is an overlooked source of carbon emissions in public discourse.

Basalt could be the key to greener and cheaper cement
Whale fluke, with cargo ship in background
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Asha de Vos

Global workshop focuses on protecting whales from ship strikes
wildfire smoke rises behind a row of houses

Wildfire resilience has always been the goal. Now it's a number
giant kelp on a sandy beach

Kelp forests connected to sandy beach food webs
Wind turbines tower over a field of grain under a cloudless Minnesotan sky.
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DonLand via iStock
Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.

Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals
hands holding a tiny crab
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Matt Perko

Beyond the Classroom: The Research Experience and Education Facility (REEF)
two ucsb students and the manager of the campus bike shop with a pile of old bike tires
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Matt Perko
Environmental studies undergrads Sophia Long (left) and Virginia Such with A.S. Bike Shop Manager Adam Jahnke, April 2026

UCSB environmental studies team launches tire recycling program at A.S. Bike Shop
underwater photo of a coral reef

Researchers uncover a ‘treasure trove’ of bioactive molecules in coral reefs
An aerial shot of a pumping plant for the California Aqueduct. The channel continues through pipes into the background toward parched hills.
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halbergman via iStock
While reducing demand is important, most successful cases of groundwater recovery also involve moving huge amounts of water to meet demand.

Why some regions are winning the fight against groundwater depletion
a patient intake form, a stethoscope and a red ribbon that symbolizes HIV

HIV patients are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events
A fisherman catches fish in front of an earthen embankment with a dozen yellow construction cranes peaking up behind it, with lush forested hills in the background.
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A fisherman (lower left) catches fish in front of the construction site of Luang Prabang Dam along the Mekong River. Luang Prabang, Laos was named a UNESCO World Heritage site nearly 30 years ago, but the dam project could deprive it of this title.

Rethinking rivers: Their greatest services may be the ones we overlook
a sandy beach in the Bahamas
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Divina Cox

Citizen science app tracks coastal erosion in the Bahamas
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