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An aerial shot of a pumping plant for the California Aqueduct. The channel continues through pipes into the background toward parched hills.
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While reducing demand is important, most successful cases of groundwater recovery also involve moving huge amounts of water to meet demand.

Why some regions are winning the fight against groundwater depletion

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Daniel Naylor
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Courtesy
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women weaving and mending fishing nets
Geospatial information about how women use the ocean is an important part of marine spatial planning, but tends to be hidden in the data
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woman with dark hair in forest
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Lyn Photography
Physicist and computer science assistant professor Murphy Yuezhen Niu
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A giant sea bass cruises the deep reef.
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Merry Passage
Southern California’s population of giant sea bass is recovering from overfishing, but progress is slow.
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white woman sits at desk with tablet, on desk is robotic arm, coiled clay vessels and computer screen, crochet dress on mannequin at side
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Matt Perko
“You can think of this as the next step in personal computing,” said UCSB professor Jennifer Jacobs, whose research explores more intuitive, responsive digital fabrication systems.
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concept illustration of amino acid chains that form proteins
De novo protein design involves sequencing amino acids to produce proteins with the desired structures and functions
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A sweaty child on a playground.
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Yaoinlove via iStock
Children are more sensitive to heat than adults, and chronic overheating can affect their experience and engagement at school.
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computer screens on desk with abstract images and woman's head from behind
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Photo illustration by Matt Perko with abstract visuals by Iason Paterakis and Nefeli Manoudaki; Original photo by SCARECROW artworks, Unsplash
AI-generated visuals designed by UCSB researchers help ease the psychological toll of isolation for scientists living and working in Antarctica.