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A long-exposure shot of fireflies in Thailand
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![Students and professor working at a white board](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-07/uc-santa-barbara-classroom-white-board.jpg?itok=F2GIFpLN)
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Matt Perko
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![Sand dunes surround palms, trees, shrubs and a small lake in the UAE.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-07/Desert-oasis-istock.jpg?itok=OTPgrX02)
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Jing Yang via iStock
A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.
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![Fishing boats in Peru](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-07/Boats-ucsb.jpg?itok=Qs4gpuCg)
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Renato Molina
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![orange and black butterflies on a branch](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-07/monarch-butterflies-istock-uc-santa-barbara-small.jpg?itok=6Y3X02sA)
Monarch butterflies undertake a multigenerational migration that covers thousands of miles
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Matt Perko
The small, wearable device is part of a system that monitors drug concentrations and delivers accurate dosages
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![Yellowtail dascyllus and other tropical fish swim by a cauliflower coral in American Samoa.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2024-07/Yellowtail-dascyllus-adobe-stock.jpg?itok=GzeDoo7M)
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Dam via Adobe Stock
Damselfish like these yellowtail dascyllus have an outsized effect on reefs compared to their humble proportions.
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UCSB geographer David López-Carr, center left, and Stanford University health and environmental scientist Andrea Lund, center right, working with Senegalese partners