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Satellite imagery shows the difference between current and average sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific Ocean as a literal heatmap.

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NOAA Satellites

Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean were already far higher than average by the first week of June 2026 due to El Niño.

January 31, 2005

Oiled Birds Prompt Study by UCSB Experts of Oil Seeps in Santa Barbara Channel

January 20, 2005

Noted Scholars to Look for Common Ground in Discussion of 'Ecology, Complexity, and Metaphor'

September 16, 2004

Past Antarctic Ice Sheet Development Linked to Ocean Temperatures and Carbon Dioxide

August 24, 2004

UCSB Water-Mapping Project Could Help Efforts to Restore Lost Iraqi Wetlands

August 2, 2004

Pocket Gophers Serve as 'Ecosystem Engineers'

July 21, 2004

UCSB Manages Wildfire Hazard Center

May 13, 2004

Evidence of Meteor Impact Near Australia Linked to Largest Extinction in Earth's History

May 5, 2004

Plankton May Influence Climate Change Says UCSB Scientist

April 19, 2004

Marine Researchers Fertilize Southern Ocean with Iron to Study Past and Future Climate Change

February 18, 2004

Japanese Kelp Invades Southern California; UCSB Scientists to Develop Control and Education Campaign

February 16, 2004

Nuclear Waste Dumps Need Better Stewardship, Says Expert

December 10, 2003

Study of Erosion and Precipitation in the Himalayas Presents Surprising Findings, Scholars Say

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