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Climate Change
Featuring research and hands-on efforts around climate change
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![A fishing boat deploys its nets accompanied by a flock of gulls.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-06/fishing-boat-iStock.jpg?itok=HCXs-UPY)
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Split Second Stock
Fishermen and regulatory agencies will need to adapt when marine heatwaves impact the ranges and population levels of targeted species.
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![A whitebark pine growing on the rock overlooking Big Pine Creek in the Eastern Sierra Nevada.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-05/overlook-valley-dudney-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=SUALsGgY)
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Joan Dudney
Whitebark pines growing in cold, high elevation regions grew more during droughts, which lengthened their growing season.
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![A snorkeler with camera and note pad investigates a nearly bleached coral.](/sites/default/files/styles/large_2340x1212/public/2023-03/Burkepile-bleached-coral-1-uc-santa-barbara.jpg?itok=sw6eMD7_)
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Jeff Liang
Professor Deron Burkepile observes coral in the process of bleaching in the reefs around Moorea.