What’s Causing Eerie Halos Around Barrels on Ocean Floor?
A recent study provides hints into their toxic contents, but UC Santa Barbara’s David Valentine is “not entirely sold that they really know what’s in the barrels.”
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One of Santa Barbara’s Best-Kept Scientific Secrets Turns 30
Scientists with the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis reflect on past discoveries while looking to the future of harnessing artificial intelligence for environmental good.
Warming Oceans Lead to Fewer Fish
Review of 80 years of temperatures and fish stocks reveals more downs than ups.
Recovering the Oceans on a Changing Planet
UCSB and NOAA researchers try to quantify uncertainty in strategies for species preservation.
New Study Counts Fracked Wells’ Proximity to Private Water Wells
Analysis by UCSB researchers Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone furthers 2016 EPA study on public water wells.
Brown Boobies Nesting off Santa Barbara Island
It’s the first record of the seabirds multiplying on the Channel Islands.
