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Crafting strategies to stop deforestation will require understanding the factors that accelerate and arrest it.

Declines in deforestation aren’t driven by corporate sustainability pledges

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Using Enormous Computer Simulations, Astronomers Describe Predicted Present Day Distribution of Elusive First Stars

Global Warming is Reducing Ocean Life, Increasing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide, Say Scientists

Coral Reefs Are Increasingly Vulnerable to Angry Oceans; Study Predicts Which Corals are at Greatest Risk

Prize-Winning Physicist and Author Lisa Randall Presents Special UCSB Program at the Lobero Theater on Dec. 5

Scientific American Names UCSB Professor, Alumna to List of Top 50 in Technological Leadership

First Comprehensive Survey of Nanotechnology Safety Practices, Conducted by UC Santa Barbara Researchers, Finds Industry Lacks Adequate Information on Safe Handling of Nanomaterials

Packard Fellowship Awarded to UCSB Chemist

Accelerating Loss of Ocean Species Threatens Human Well-Being

Exploring the Frontiers of Cancer Research

Biodiversity Controls Ecological 'Services,' Report Scientists in Comprehensive Analysis

Tiny 'Housekeeper' Crabs Help Prevent Coral Death in South Pacific

Global Warming to be the Focus of UCSB Affiliates 'Science Lite' Lecture
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