They’re considered a culinary delicacy by some people, they symbolize summer and re-birth in literature, they only appear every 13 years, their mating calls can be deafening, and they’re emerging in huge numbers across the southern U.S. at this very moment. Yep, we’re talking about periodical cicadas, specifically, the “Great Southern Brood” of Cicadidae Magicicada. Commonly known as 13-year locusts,...
Read MoreBenjamin S. Halpern, a Research Biologist at the Marine Science Institute, has just announced the launch of the Center for Marine Assessment and Planning (CMAP) here at UCSB: CMAP “unites all activities at UCSB related to science, policy, management, use and conservation. These activities share a goal of pursuing effective and efficient ways to sustainably use and protect our ocean ecosystems. CMAP’s overarching mission is...
Read MoreThe following is a UCSB Press Release dated May 17, 2011: “Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have developed new methods for studying how environmental factors and climate affect giant kelp forest ecosystems at unprecedented spatial and temporal scales. The scientists merged data collected underwater by UCSB divers with satellite images of giant kelp canopies taken by the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper. The findings are published in the...
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