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Kelsey Leonard
Scientists from a broad range of disciplines converged on the UCSB campus for the Institute of Complex and Adaptive Matter's annual Week of Science
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![Flames from the Thomas Fire reflect in the waves at night.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/Thomas-Fire-Faria-Beach-cropped-Noozhawk.jpg?itok=YGnOu1vN)
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Ray Ford / Noozhawk
Flames from the Thomas Fire reflect in the waves just west of Ventura. Its proximity to the ocean provided researchers a unique opportunity.
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Courtesy of NPS
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Alice Kitterman/U.S. National Science Foundation
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Alexandra Phillips
The sulfate poor waters of Lake Superior could provide insights on the biochemistry of Earth's early ocean.
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![A roadcut slices through the Great Unconformity.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-11/Great-unconformity-small-Adrian-Tasistro-Hart.jpg?itok=2Ujnlq98)
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Adrian Tasistro-Hart
Cambrian Sawatch sandstone from the Sauk Transgression caps 1 billion-year-old Pikes Peak granite (pink) marking the Great Unconformity in a roadcut in Manitou Springs, Colorado.