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Climate Change
Featuring research and hands-on efforts around climate change
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The El Niño Southern Oscillation influences weather patterns across the world.
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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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Illustration by Maya Gonzalez
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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 are one of the largest groups of phytoplankton, which serve as a foundation of the ocean’s food web.
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Chris Honeyman
A research diver conducts periodic monitoring of a kelp forest marine protected area
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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 gas extraction infrastructure in the Permian Basin
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Fishermen and regulatory agencies will need to adapt when marine heatwaves impact the ranges and population levels of targeted species.
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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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California currently has no setback restrictions, so oil production can occur in the middle of neighborhoods like Signal Hill, in Los Angeles.