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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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Concrete pours onto the ground on a construction site.
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Chaiyaporn1144 vis iStock
Cement production is an overlooked source of carbon emissions in public discourse.

Basalt could be the key to greener and cheaper cement
wide view of multiple modern buildings with green landscaping and people walking by
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Matt Perko/UC Santa Barbara

College of Engineering launches UCSB’s first fully online master’s degree program
Whale fluke, with cargo ship in background
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Asha de Vos

Global workshop focuses on protecting whales from ship strikes
wide shot of the interior of a building with people walking by blurred by motion
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Jeff Liang

UCSB to join major collaboration supporting battery innovation and commercialization
wildfire smoke rises behind a row of houses

Wildfire resilience has always been the goal. Now it's a number
four men stand shoulder to shoulder in matching blue team shirts
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Team UCSB-WA (left to right): coach Wesley Hung ‘24 (CoE Computer Science), Ezra Furtado-Tiwari ‘28 (CCS Computing, Mathematics), Om Mahesh ‘28 (CCS Mathematics; CoE Computer Science) and David Qiao ‘26 (CoE Computer Science; L&S Mathematics)

UCSB team heads to world finals in Dubai for programming competition
giant kelp on a sandy beach

Kelp forests connected to sandy beach food webs
Wind turbines tower over a field of grain under a cloudless Minnesotan sky.
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DonLand via iStock
Putting land to multiple uses is both economically and ecologically wise.

Integrated land planning is necessary to meet climate, food and biodiversity goals
two building structures in concrete with a bridge connecting them and a wide staircase with students walking down it
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Matt Perko

NSF-funded program supports and retains first-year engineers
closeup of a black bird called a grackle

Grackle research reveals behavioral flexibility and adaptation in action
hands holding a tiny crab
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Matt Perko

Beyond the Classroom: The Research Experience and Education Facility (REEF)
Black woman with glasses in beauty aisle looking at products
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iStock

‘Clean’ beauty products for textured hair often contain hidden hazards
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