A study by a UCSB-led research team in the Department of Geography shows how record-high temperatures in California are worsening the already historic drought. In an article for The UCSB Current, posted May 26 with the title above, Jim Logan goes on to say: Two facts are indisputable: California remains in the grip of one of the worst droughts in history, and 2014 proved to be one of the hottest years on record. Now, a group of...
Read MoreThe following article was written by Sarah Mirk for Yes Magazine and posted May 12, 2015: California is running dry. The drought continues to gain national attention with its fourth year of record-low rainfall. But to many people living in mostly rural, low-income communities, water scarcity is nothing new. One and a half million Californians have toxic, fertilizer-laced water pouring from their taps—runoff from farmland that...
Read MoreThe following article is from The UCSB Current, written by Andrea Estrada, posted May 21, and with the title “Another Top 10”: UC Santa Barbara has once again placed among the top 10 in Leiden University’s annual rankings of the 750 best major universities in the world, in terms of impact in the field of the sciences. UCSB took the No. 7 spot overall. Compiled by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies at...
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