Madasyn Mueller

February 15, 2024

California Against the Sea: Rosanna Xia visits UCSB to discuss her latest book

By Madasyn Mueller

Los Angeles Times reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, Rosanna Xia, visited UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 8 to discuss how sea level rise is threatening California coastal communities from Crescent City down to Imperial Beac...

February 8, 2024

Catching a wave of innovation: Central Coast company Patagonia reinvents the wetsuit

By Madasyn Mueller

UC Santa Barbara  students can swap their lab coat for a wetsuit, trading biology lab at the university’s Marine Biotechnology Lab for catching waves at Campus Point in under five minutes. Surfing has a rich history o...

November 16, 2023

A warming ocean: What’s happening below the surface with the Hofmann Lab?

By Madasyn Mueller, Kat Brydson

With marine heatwaves facing our oceans as a climate stressor, UC Santa Barbara’s Hofmann Lab draws attention to just how drastically marine organisms may change in response.  As a relatively recent phenomenon, marine...