UC Santa Barbara

In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock about 150 feet (50 meters) in diameter that was going to fly closer to Earth than the spacecraft that bring us satellite TV. Little did they realize as they prepared for the once-in-several-decades event that another bit […]

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Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky?

Researchers investigate the factors that affected decisions to evacuate during and after the 2018 Montecito debris flow

Researchers reveal the growing threat extreme heat poses to urban populations

Low oxygen levels are pushing fish into shallower waters, with potentially devastating impacts for fisheries, ecosystems

Intensive water management in California promotes “live fast, die young” cycle in floodplain forests

Sterilizing Skeeters

Researchers create the first global assessment of cumulative human impacts to at-risk marine species over time

Researchers reveal the extent to which rivers across the country are losing flow to aquifers

Global study is the first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises

New model reveals how two radically different communities coexist beneath the canopies of California’s iconic kelp forests

Healthy Oceans Need Healthy Soundscapes

Archaeologist argues the Chumash Indians were using highly worked shell beads as currency 2,000 years ago

Researchers model the regional impacts of specific anthropogenic activities and their influence on extreme fire weather risk

A Well-Rooted Study

Epidemics and pandemics are not equal-opportunity killers

Symbiotic relationship between California oaks and mutualist fungi appears to provide a buffer for climate change

Healthcare as a climate solution

Study: The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in various temperatures and relative humidities in typical indoor situations

The Price of Smoke

Heading Upriver: Rivers may begin jumping course much farther in the coming years