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Aerial view of Lake Tefé during a severe drought, when its waters are low.
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Miguel Monteiro
Severe drought and heat in the central amazon turned Lake Tefé into a shallow spa, killing fish and endangered river dolphins.

Hotter than your average spa: Rising temps in Amazon lakes sound alarm over climate change

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Chemists Mimic Nature to Design Better Medical Tests
David Weld

UC Santa Barbara Physicist Receives $360,000 Grant for Work with Ultracold Atoms
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UC Santa Barbara Researchers Examine the Consequences of Non-Intervention for Infectious Disease in Highly Endangered African Great Apes

Global Experts Question Claims About Jellyfish Populations –– Are Jellyfish Increasing in the World's Oceans?

UCSB Researchers Discover the Processes Leading to Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Major Study of Ocean Acidification Helps Scientists Evaluate Effects of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on Marine Life

New Study Evaluates Impact of Land-Use Activity in the Amazon Basin

Hubble Pinpoints Farthest Protocluster of Galaxies Ever Seen

UCSB Scientists Explain How Gulf of Mexico Topography Played a Key Role in Consumption of Oil and Gas After Deepwater Horizon Disaster

Chemical Measurements Confirm Estimate of Gulf Oil Spill Rate

UC Santa Barbara Awarded $553,000 by Seismic Micro-Technology to Advance Geoscience Research

Quantum Physics Research Chosen as One of Physics World's Top Ten Breakthroughs of 2011
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