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“Plastic litter is one of the most significant problems facing the world’s marine environments. Yet in the absence of a coordinated global strategy, an estimated 20 million tons of plastic litter enter the ocean each year.” In an October 29 UCLA Newsroom release titled “UCLA report urges new global policy effort to tackle crisis of plastic litter in oceans,” Lauri Gavel points out that the increasing...

Landon Romano, a 1999 graduate of the UCSB Department of Geography, established a textbook scholarship fund as a thank you to the department that made a positive difference in his career. The Landon Romano Textbook Scholarship is given out at the beginning of each quarter to undergraduate students enrolled in our lower division courses to assist in the purchase of their textbooks. To qualify, students are asked to submit a brief...

As firefighters emerge from another record wildfire season in the Western United States, UC Berkeley scientists say it’s time to give them a 21st century tool: a fire-spotting satellite. In an article titled “Time is ripe for fire detection satellite, say Berkeley scientists,” Robert Sanders of UC Berkeley’s Media Relations elaborates: “Such a satellite could view the Western states almost continuously,...