Mega Moon Reveal Tomorrow Morning
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
Early Wednesday morning, a rare combination of lunar events will cause Earth’s moon to glow unlike it has since 1866....
Mudslide Outlook for 2018 in Santa Barbara County
Ethan Jones
Staff Writer
Nearly two weeks after a rain-induced mudslide swept through Montecito, officials have confirmed over 20 deaths and 127 homes destroyed. The damages...
Santa Barbara County Files Lawsuit Against Plains All-American Over 2015 Refugio Oil Spill
Jessica Gang
Almost two and a half years after the Refugio oil spill, the County of Santa Barbara has filed a lawsuit against the...
Good Dog Finds Bad Ants on Santa Cruz Island
Carolina Watts
Staff Writer
A labrador retriever named Tobias is one of the lead conservationists fighting against a potentially-disastrous Argentine ant infestation on Santa Cruz island....
USDA Pulls Back Regulations of Biotechnology Products, GMOs
Jacob Wong
The USDA announced Monday, Nov. 6 that it was pulling back proposed guidelines on the regulatory process for biotechnology products such as genetically...
Reducing Greenhouse Gases Could Improve Human Health and Economic Equality
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has the power to improve human and environmental health as well as increase global equity....
Rebuilding and Regeneration One Month After the Whittier Fire
Hannah Maerowitz
Staff Writer
After burning through 18,430 acres of land in three months, the Whittier Fire was declared 100 percent contained on Thursday, Oct. 5....
Global CO2 Emissions Have Stalled for a Third Consecutive Year
Tanner Walker
Science & Tech Editor
The European Union’s Joint Research Council and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released findings from their 2016 analysis on Oct. 20...
Summit Held at UCSB to Prevent Ships Colliding with Whales
Hannah Maerowitz
A ship crew coasts into port, suddenly realizing that they’ve brought something else on shore aside from their intended cargo: remnants of a...
Monarch Butterfly Species is at Risk
Carolina Watts
A massive 70-mile blob flew over Denver, Colorado and baffled the National Weather Service (NWS); originally, many people thought that it was an unknown...
