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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.

El Niño has become more intense over last 40 years than the previous 1,000 years

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Market Solutions to Environmental Problems
Two indigenous populations give UCSB anthropologists a glimpse into how diet — and western eating habits — impact health and wellbeing

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Golden State Splendor

Giant Killers

Damage Undone

A Spectacular Spectroscopy Award

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‘Profound Work’

A Hefty WIMP Detector

Ancient African Ground

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