Environment & Ecology

UCSB’s Fourth Annual Zero Waste Festival Highlights Sustainability and Waste Reduction

February 27, 2020 by

The festival, held at Storke Plaza, featured over a dozen on-campus organizations and local businesses that are dedicated to reducing Goleta’s waste output.
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Researchers in Kruger National Park Observe How Fire and Drought Shape Plant Communities

February 27, 2020 by

Scholars capitalized on this devastating drought to obtain information regarding the resilience and resistance of the plant communities found throughout the South African savanna.
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CO₂ and Climate Change: Same Goal, New Perspectives

February 18, 2020 by

Hain believes that the boron isotope-pH proxy may be the next step in climate change research, as it generates a baseline representation of the relationship between CO₂ and global temperature.
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“Three Billion Birds Lost”: A Seven-Action Plan to Help

February 7, 2020 by

Rosenberg and his team found that bird populations in North America have decreased by almost 2.9 billion since 1970. 
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