Science & Tech

June 7, 2018

Consciousness Conundrum

By Jacqueline Wen

In everyday conversations, we often use the words “mind” and “brain” interchangeably. For psychologists and other researchers studying the mind-brain problem, the two terms hold very different meanings. The mind-...

June 7, 2018

Get through the Siege

By Jiaming Yang

Javier Read de Alaniz, the chemistry professor and the associate director of the California NanoSystem Institute (CNSI) at UCSB, recently embarked on a new $7.5 million, five-year Multidisciplinary Research Initiative (M...

June 6, 2018

Cloud Frequency and Formation Declines

By Stephanie Pernett

In much of coastal southern California, the frequency of summer clouds has declined rapidly in recent decades due to warming from urbanization and greenhouse gases. These reductions have significantly reduced cloud shadi...

May 24, 2018

Researchers Publish Special Edition Paper on Marine Biology

By Stephanie Pernett

Research biologists from UC Santa Barbara’s Marine Science Institute (MSI) have edited a special edition of Marine Ecology that sets the stage for future long-term monitoring of marine protected areas. California’s 1...

May 17, 2018

Hippopotamus Dung Affects African Ecosystem

By Stephanie Pernett

  In sub-Saharan Africa, deforestation, water-intensive agriculture and climate change are significantly altering water cycles and causing many rivers to begin to dry. A recent study by UC Santa Barbara researcher K...

May 10, 2018

UCSB Researcher Evaluates Sundowner Winds

By Stephanie Pernett

One of the most beautiful views in Santa Barbara is seeing the Santa Ynez Mountains from the beach. However, this positioning can lead to dangerous situations when it comes to wildfires because the air heats and dries as...

April 18, 2018

The Children Are Preparing for the Future

By Stephanie Pernett

As climate change continues to alter ecosystems, many organisms have had to adapt in order to overcome fluctuations in their environment. It is important to understand the mechanisms in which organisms can respond to a r...

April 11, 2018

UCSB Researchers Advance Coral Restoration

By Stephanie Pernett

Corals are in rapid decline on many reefs due to global stressors associated with climate change, such as increasing sea surface temperatures that cause coral bleaching and disease, as well as local stressors like nutrie...

April 6, 2018

Sounds of Eruptions Used to Describe Volcanoes

By Stephanie Pernett

April 6, 2018

Grey Sharks’ Unusual Contribution to Reef Environments

By Stephanie Pernett

The balance in any ecosystem comes from the organisms inhabiting that community, and the Palmyra Atoll is no different. A study led by scientists from Imperial College London in collaboration with marine biologists from ...

March 1, 2018

Climate Change One Step At a Time

By Stephanie Pernett

The University Of California’s approach to deep decarbonization offers lessons in efficiency, alternative fuels and electrification.

February 22, 2018

UCSB Researchers Survey Debris Flows After Montecito Mudslides

By Kirstie Allen

Until the trees and plants grow back on the hillside, the soil will remain variable to its environment.

February 22, 2018

UCSB Marine Biologists Bring Ecology to Children

By Ruth Sanchez

Kelp forests are considered one of the most prolific and dynamic ecosystems on Earth. They provide food and shelter to thousands of fish, invertebrates and other algae. Studying the kelp forest is a valuable method for u...

February 22, 2018

Arginine’s Larger (in) Life Role

By Jacqueline Wen

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have discovered that the amino acids arginine and, to a lesser degree, lysine may have greater importance than previously thought regarding the origin of life.