Tyson Foods Inc. Invests in Lab-Grown Meat Production
Krystal Chen
Staff Writer
Tyson Foods Inc., the world’s second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork, recently announced that it plans to work...
Santa Barbara County Superfund Site is Not Super Fun
Sophia Tao
Casmalia Resources, a Superfund site in Santa Barbara county, was recently placed on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt’s Emphasis List of sites...
U.N. Slaps Cargo Ship Companies with Emissions Reduction Order
Carolina Watts
Staff Writer
Delegates from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently established a aggressive plan of action to reduce pollution from international shipping by mandating...
Appreciating Preserved Wildlife at the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Conservation
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
Algae, raptors, and bears are only three of the many specimens that eventually find their way to collections of The Cheadle Center...
UCSB Researcher Tries to Understand Massive Sea Star Population Declines
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
Carol Blanchette, a faculty member at UCSB, researches marine and community ecology, as well as balancing leadership roles in the Partnership for...
A Crisis in the Chesapeake Bay
Victoria Penate
Environmental scientists have found compelling evidence to show that the Chesapeake Bay is recovering from the damage it has sustained from after over...
The Plastic Plight of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Annette Ding
Staff Writer
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is a 79,000 ton mass of debris floating in the North Pacific Ocean.
An international team...
Groundbreaking Study Maps Global Fishing Patterns
Dylan Goldman
Staff Writer
Scientists at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management recently published a first-of-its-kind study about their four-year project that tracked most...
UCSB Helps Advance the Field of Aquaculture
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
A team of researchers, including fellows and faculty at the UC Santa Barbara National Center for Ecological Analysis and the Bren School...
Severe Drought Grips Santa Barbara County, Again
Victoria Penate
A large portion of California is currently experiencing abnormally dry conditions, which could potentially lead to another statewide drought. There has been a...
