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Andrew Thurber
The structural complexity of a healthy coral reef provides habitat for a diversity of lifeforms.
Dead coral skeletons hinder reef regeneration by sheltering seaweed
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A desert oasis is perhaps the most striking example of a groundwater-dependent ecosystem.
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Damselfish like these yellowtail dascyllus have an outsized effect on reefs compared to their humble proportions.
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Fossil Free UC student activists, June 2015.
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Legions of icebergs brought the Atlantic circulation to its knees during the last glacial period.
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Charles Lester
The ocean is advancing on California, and we need to determine how we will respond.
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Tweaks to farming practices could preserve some of California’s declining water resources.
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Matt Perko
The rolling hills of Sedgwick Reserve offer a testbed for researchers to probe grassland ecology.
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Lorie Shaull via Wikimedia
Climate concerns likely gave Democrats the White House in 2020