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The Earth gradually becoming whiter.
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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.

Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts

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NCEAS's Alexandra Phillips has been awarded the first Legislative Branch Fellowship in Climate Science by the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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

Nuisance vegetation removal in Senegalese waterways reduces the overall prevalence of parasitic infections and increases local food production
dune plant and dune fence
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Karina Johnston
Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles

Dune restoration could increase the resilience of Southern California's urban beaches to sea level rise
walking on shore on left glitching on right
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Amelie Funk

Climate science is catching up to climate change with predictions that could improve proactive response
Diatoms under the microscope.
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Elif Bayraktar via iStock
Diatoms are one of the largest groups of phytoplankton, which serve as a foundation of the ocean’s food web.

Important groups of phytoplankton tolerate some strategies to remove CO2 from the ocean
an orange garibaldi with a scientific diver in the background
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Chris Honeyman
A research diver conducts periodic monitoring of a kelp forest marine protected area

Multiple ecosystems in hot water after marine heatwave surges across the Pacific
A thinning forest on a hill.
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Lee Anderegg
A forest community changes as trembling aspen succumb to drought in southwestern Colorado.

Forests can adapt to climate change, but not quickly enough
Burning hillside at Sedgwick Preserve
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Matt Perko
A flame torched hillside at Sedgwick Reserve is the site of a prescribed burn.

Taming Fire: Controlled burns can be a boon to our landscape
People discuss matters of water policy over an aquifer.
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iStock/ Matt Perko

The more stakeholders are included in policy planning, the better those policies protect them
school of bluefin tuna

New research finds that more than 90% of global aquaculture faces substantial risk from environmental change
oil and natural gas infrastructure in the Permian Basin
Oil and gas extraction infrastructure in the Permian Basin

MethaneMapper is poised to solve the problem of underreported methane emissions
Rice terraces at sunset in Japan
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iStock/Sean Pavone

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