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![The head of a California red-legged frog peers out from lily pads](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-10/california-red-tailed-frog-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=PApF2X3g)
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Gary M. Fellers/USGS
California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) surfaces in a pond in Point Reyes National Seashore, Calif.
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![Utility worker in an orange vest and hardhat stands in grass at a wind farm](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-09/wind-farm-iStock-1331817817-opt.jpg?itok=l4LAny6a)
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iStock / Vanessa Nunes
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![Palms blow in a storm.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-08/Pacific-storm-iStock.jpg?itok=Anx9ECBd)
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ChiehCheng via iStock
The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.
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![A scalloped hammerhead prowls a reef in the Galapagos Marine Reserve, Ecuador.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-08/Galapagos-Marine-Reserve-shark-%20Cori-Lopazanski.jpg?itok=iaf49CvW)
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Lopazanski et al.
The Galapagos Marine Reserve is one of many marine protected areas around the globe that safeguards biodiversity, cultural heritage and marine resources.
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![Ecologies of Childhood conference logo](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-08/ChildhoodEcologiesLogoByMayaGonzalez-ucsb.jpg?itok=U60HJfmh)
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Illustration by Maya Gonzalez
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![dune plant and dune fence](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-07/beach-bur-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=ft81tuYR)
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Karina Johnston
Beach bur, a native plant that helped to form dunes on a section of Santa Monica Beach in Los Angeles
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![Diatoms under the microscope.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-07/Diatoms-istock.jpg?itok=xTPFrrmk)
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Elif Bayraktar via iStock
Diatoms are one of the largest groups of phytoplankton, which serve as a foundation of the ocean’s food web.
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![an orange garibaldi with a scientific diver in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-07/garibaldi-and-diver-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=QuFsTbh6)
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Chris Honeyman
A research diver conducts periodic monitoring of a kelp forest marine protected area
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![A thinning forest on a hill.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-07/Tree-mortality-colorado-Lee-Anderegg1.jpg?itok=t0YQ5VY4)
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Lee Anderegg
A forest community changes as trembling aspen succumb to drought in southwestern Colorado.
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![oil and natural gas infrastructure in the Permian Basin](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-06/oil-gas-permian-basin-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=o_oh51YE)
Oil and gas extraction infrastructure in the Permian Basin