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An oil palm plantation at edge of rainforest with a boarder of trees that were logged to clear land for agricultural expansion.
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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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Study Documents Enduring Contaminant Legacy of the Gold Rush
James Roney

The Power of Hormones
Parasitologists holding a slide of a larval tapeworm

Dissection of Oarfish Reveals Insights into its Ecology
Bren Hall's solar panels

Cool School in All Shades of Green
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Central Coast Sustainability Summit Points the Way to New Projects

UCSB Research Highlights
Adelie penguins

Ice Sheet Plays Key Role in Regulating and Responding to Earth's Climate
Female-specific iridescent stripes in the skin of the common market squid

True Colors: Female Squid Have Two Ways to Switch Color
A fly consumes camphor-containing ice cream.

For Fruit Flies, Food Experience Can Alter Taste Preferences
fMRI connectivity results

Research Reveals Brain Connections Underlying Accurate Introspection
2013 Global Scores for the Ocean Health Index

2013 Ocean Health Index Shows Food Provision Is an Area of Great Concern

NCEAS Documents Intangible Effects of Nature on Well-Being
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