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![A snorkeler with camera and note pad investigates a nearly bleached coral.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/Burkepile-bleached-coral-1-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=sw6eMD7_)
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Jeff Liang
Professor Deron Burkepile observes coral in the process of bleaching in the reefs around Moorea.
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![The cover of A Forest Journey by John Perlin with a forest in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/forest-journey-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=-JMYY0JN)
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UC Santa Barbara & Patagonia Media
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![A fishing boat drags nets through the waters of the Wadden Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/fishing-boat-adobe-stock-uc-santa-barbara%20copy.jpg?itok=oO2YBCM7)
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Vincent vita Adobe Stock
A fishing boat drags nets through the waters of the Wadden Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands.
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![The Thomas Fire burns the mountains above Ventura and Santa Barbara](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/thomas-fire-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=pmnVZ-pO)
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Carsten Schertzer / iSTOCK
The 2017-18 Thomas Fire burned 282,000 acres in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.