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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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Coral Death Results from Bacteria Fed by Algae

Overfishing Puts Southern California Kelp Forest Ecosystems at Risk, Report Scientists

UCSB Scientists Help Devise Information Tools for Monitoring African Wildlife

UCSB Environmental Scientist Wins Leadership Fellowship

Sustainable Architecture of Bren Hall & Marine Science Building will be Focus of UCSB Affiliates Program

UCSB Lecture Series to Examine Equity and the Environment

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and the South Coast to be Focus of UCSB Affiliates 'Science Lite' Lecture

Increased Sexual Competition Among Flowering Plants in Biodiversity Hotspots May Lead to Extinctions, Says Study

Tropical Atlantic Cooling and African Deforestation Correlate to Drought, Report Scientists

Public Invited to Free Screening of New Documentary on Solar Power Produced by Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn & Narrated by John Cleese

Recent Landslides in La Conchita, California Belong to a Much Larger Prehistoric Slide, Report Geologists

Link Between Tropical Warming and Greenhouse Gases Stronger Than Ever, Say Scientists
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