UC Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, Calif. June 17, 2021 – Woodlands along streams and rivers are an important part of California’s diverse ecology. They are biodiversity hotspots, providing various ecosystem services including carbon sequestration and critical habitat for threatened and endangered species. But our land and water use have significantly impacted these ecosystems, sometimes in unexpected ways. A […]

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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

Scientists predict heavy flood events in the Sierra Nevada will become more extreme under future climate warming

Books: ‘Beyond Your Bubble’

Local Food

Reef Sharks in Decline