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Hydro club meets Wade Crowfoot

Pictures from hydro clubs meeting with California State Secretary of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot!

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Connection between diet specialization and range size for bees revealed through interdisciplinary collaboration

Wild bees are in decline worldwide, but their risk of extinction is challenging to assess. A multi-institution collaboration between researchers at UCSB in Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, Environmental Studies, Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration and researchers at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands has revealed how bee range size (where they occur) and diet breadth (what they eat) contribute to species-level vulnerability, published in the journal Insect Conservation and Diversity.

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42nd Steven Manley Memorial Lecture featuring California’s Secretary of Natural Resources, Wade Crowfoot

The Environmental Studies Program is excited to invite you to the 42nd Steven Manley Memorial Lecture, presented in partnership with the Wildfire Prevention and Policy Lecture Series, taking place on May 6th at UCSB’s Corwin Pavilion. This year’s distinguished speaker, Wade Crowfoot, California’s Secretary of Natural Resources, will present a lecture titled: “Confronting Crises: Helping People and Nature Thrive in the Age of Climate Change.”

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Iris Holzer selected as Lead Author for IPCC Report

Environmental Studies faculty member Iris Holzer was selected as a Lead Author for the 2027 IPCC Methodology Report on Carbon Dioxide Removal Technologies, Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

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Rethinking rivers: Their greatest services may be the ones we overlook

Rethinking rivers: Their greatest services may be the ones we overlook Considering the value of fisheries, sediment and culture shifts economic calculations for development along rivers

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Debra Perrone featured on NPR Short Wave

Debra Perrone speaks on aquifers and ground water in this NPR Short Wave podcast episode:

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