Science & Tech

Simply Stated: It’s not the heat, it’s the humidity

October 7, 2021 by

I find that being near a body of water does much for the mind and soul. But, my God, what it does to the hair.
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Back From the Brink: 20 Years of Snowy Plover Conservation at Coal Oil Point Reserve

September 30, 2021 by

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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SB County Begins Rollout Of Pfizer Booster Shots To Vulnerable Populations

September 30, 2021 by

These guidelines do not apply to those who received the Moderna or Janssen (J&J) vaccine.
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Tracing the Pandemics of California Past

September 25, 2021 by

One of the most devastating impacts to arise from the Spanish colonial system emerged in the form of disease.
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As Oceanic Oxygen Levels Drop in Warming Seas, Fish Flee to Shallower Waters, Researchers Find

September 23, 2021 by

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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Professor Mostofi Uses WiFi Signals for Crowd Counting

September 23, 2021 by

Since 2009, UC Santa Barbara’s Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Yasamin Mostofi and her lab have pioneered groundbreaking sensing methods using everyday radio frequency ...
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In a Landscape of Wet-Dry Whiplash, UCSB Researcher Develops New Method to Predict Water Deficits During Growing Season

September 21, 2021 by

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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To the Limit: Long-Term Study Reveals How Kelp Forests Respond to Repeated Disturbances

August 29, 2021 by

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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With California Heating Up, UCSB Researchers Study the Future of the State’s Fires

August 26, 2021 by

In their most recent research, Tague and her collaborators focused on the Big Creek watershed in the southern Sierra Nevada, a region which is particularly sensitive to climate change.
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Looking Back at the Campaign to Save the West Mesa

August 10, 2021 by

Now, as part of Phase 2, fundraising is being done to create an endowment and restore the West Mesa.
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UC Researchers Dive Deeper Into the Nitrogen Cycle at Sedgwick Reserve

August 3, 2021 by

“Although it's interesting that rock is delivering nitrogen to ecosystems, at least in Sedgwick it’s not going to be a big contributor to the functioning of the system,” Chadwick said.
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Researchers Study PTSD-related Symptoms Among LGBTQ Latinx Immigrants

July 18, 2021 by

Researchers discovered that not even high levels of social support insulated SGM Latinx immigrants from developing symptoms. 
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With Life Cycle Assessment, Researchers Peer Into the Environmental Legacy of Products

June 26, 2021 by

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a way of measuring the environmental impacts in the stages of a product's life.
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UCSB Researchers Study “Collective Intelligence” In Effort to Understand Why Some Groups Fly While Others Flounder

June 20, 2021 by

Kim and her collaborators carried out a meta-analysis on 22 studies evaluating collective intelligence in 1,356 groups and 5,279 individuals. 
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Thinking Ahead: How Do UCSB Students Feel About Climate Change?

June 20, 2021 by

Julia Fine worked alongside an array of collaborators to better understand how UCSB students relate to the climate crisis.
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