Pelicans in Peril: Recent Brown Pelican Die-off in Santa Barbara Seemingly Related to Starvation
Experts provide insight and updates regarding the recent pelican crisis in Southern California.
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Environment & Ecology
Experts provide insight and updates regarding the recent pelican crisis in Southern California.
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Renowned science journalist Elizabeth Kolbert speaks to UCSB students about human effects on the environment and the actions that must be taken to fight the climate crisis.
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Southern California’s native wildflowers exhibit a dazzling array of colors, shapes, sizes and timing of blooms.
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The sanctuary will protect a crucial part of the California coastline which includes culturally important sites for the Chumash people, valuable oceanographic features and a rich ecosystem.
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The researchers found an opportunity to learn about the consequences of species-wide declines by looking to otters in the aftermath of the fur trade.
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“I guess the message would be there's actually a pretty nuanced response, potentially, to how we might see more ecosystems affected by climate change,” Professor Anna Trugman said.
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In a landmark conservation deal with the Trust for Public Land in 2013, Ocean Meadows Golf Club was sold by its owner, Mark Green, for $7 million, with a further $10 million raised to facilitate the g...
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MacDonald and collaborators were able to extract accurate dates from the use of a rhenium-osmium chronometer.
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The data analyzed in this study was taken from a long-term camera trap project in Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique.
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The project threatens 755 acres of conifer forest and chaparral on a mountain ridge in Los Padres National Forest.
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Shive is an author, photographer, filmmaker and conservationist, whose most recent works include the Discovery+ series “The Last Unknown” (2021).
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A challenge since the program was established has been balancing recreational access to Sands Beach with the interests of the plovers.
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Often, the major focuses of ocean climate change are bold and visible: The melting Arctic ice sheet, bleached and weakened tropical reefs and ocean acidification come to mind. However, an equally im...
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In order to avert catastrophe and mitigate the worst human impacts of drought, many researchers have devised ways to predict the effects of natural disasters.
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The researchers were particularly interested in how the different layers of vegetation throughout the kelp forest would adapt to the loss of the canopy.
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