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The Palisades Fire of January, 2025, burned watersheds in the Santa Monica Mountains, subsequently impacting water quality at several Southern California beaches

Researchers link wildfires in California’s coastal watersheds to the water quality at the beach

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Come One, Come All
A variety of reef fishes swim among the staghorn coral in Mo’orea, French Polynesia as a researcher swims overhead.

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A pair of red sea urchins settled among several of their smaller relatives, the purple sea urchin

The Sea Urchin Microbiome

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The Volcano Down the Road

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