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“A UCSB geographer teams up with archaeologists to clarify factors that contributed to the demise of early Rapa Nui society.” Julie Cohen, in a January 27 news article for the UCSB Current with the title above, goes on to state: Long before the Europeans arrived on Easter Island in 1722, the native Polynesian culture known as Rapa Nui showed signs of demographic decline. However, the catalyst has long been debated in the...

“Goleta Mayor Paula Perotte appointed Katie Maynard to serve as her Planning Commission representative. The position became available when Perotte’s former Planning Commissioner, Meg West, resigned to serve on the Board of Directors for the Goleta Water District. ‘Ms. Maynard’s experience will be very beneficial as proposed projects come before the Commission,’ said Mayor Perotte. ‘It’s...

The following Climate Central article by John Upton was published January 25th, 2015 with the title above: Melbourne, the southernmost state capital of the Australian mainland, was established by Europeans a couple hundred years ago at the juncture of a great river and a wind-whipped bay. Port Phillip Bay sprawls over 750 square miles, providing feeding grounds for whales and sheltering coastlines for brine-scented beach towns. But...