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Assistant professor of bioengineering Marley Dewey

NSF grant supports Marley Dewey’s work to restore coral reefs

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a charging cable into an electric vehicle at sunset.
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Accounting for the emissions over a vehicle’s entire lifecycle overturns the sunk-cost thinking that keeps gasoline vehicles on the roads.

Thinking about trading your car in for an EV? There’s a compelling new reason to do it now
Christopher Costello
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Christopher Costello

Christopher Costello recognized for his pioneering work in environmental markets
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The Grand Canyon Lodge before it burned down in 2025

Thousands of America's historic landmarks face significant wildfire risk
a view of the Black Sea

UCSB-led international team evaluates anoxic marine basins as potential sites for carbon sequestration
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Schmidt Family Foundation renews multi-year funding of UCSB’s Environmental Solutions Fellows Program
Whitecaps stir up on the ocean surface under dark clouds
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Climate dynamics can be quite nuanced, with far off winds influencing tropical oceans.

Distant winds can drive massive tropical warming deep below the ocean surface
Snags cover a mountainside under white puffy clouds.
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Forests can’t offset emissions as a carbon store if trees are constantly succumbing to droughts, pests and fires.

Carbon markets underestimate the risks U.S. forests face from climate change
Concrete pours onto the ground on a construction site.
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Cement production is an overlooked source of carbon emissions in public discourse.

Basalt could be the key to greener and cheaper cement
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
grapes, asian pear, apple, persimmon, sweet potato and chestnuts

How farming perennial crops can help us in times of climate change, food insecurity and social division
Tiffany Chung in front of her map artwork at the UCSB AD&A museum
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Tiffany Chung with her hand-embroidered maps in “Tiffany Chung: indelible traces” at UC Santa Barbara’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum.

Tiffany Chung’s exhibition at the AD&A Museum maps history within deep geological time
a patient intake form, a stethoscope and a red ribbon that symbolizes HIV

HIV patients are especially vulnerable to extreme weather events
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