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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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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

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Adelie penguins

Ice Sheet Plays Key Role in Regulating and Responding to Earth's Climate
2013 Global Scores for the Ocean Health Index

2013 Ocean Health Index Shows Food Provision Is an Area of Great Concern

NCEAS Documents Intangible Effects of Nature on Well-Being

UC Santa Barbara to Host the Third Central Coast Sustainability Summit on October 23

High Tech in the High Sierra

Plant Specimens Go Digital

NCEAS Establishes New Collaboration with The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Conservation Society

Overfishing Can Be Predicted Decades Before Population Declines Occur

Can Resource Development and Environmental Sustainability Coexist in a Changing Arctic Ocean?
Ashley Larsen

Study Highlights Landscape Simplification and Insecticide Use

Study Examines Heavy Metal Pollutant Levels at Oil Platforms

Marine Life Moving Poleward Faster Than Terrestrial Counterparts
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