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Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology

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kacie ring with blue background young white woman
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Jeff Liang
A Ph.D. student in ecology, evolution and marine biology, Kacie Ring placed second in the UC Grad Slam.

UCSB’s Kacie Ring triumphs at UC Grad Slam, places second, wins people’s choice

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A snorkeler with camera and note pad investigates a nearly bleached coral.
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Jeff Liang
Professor Deron Burkepile observes coral in the process of bleaching in the reefs around Moorea.
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An aerial view of a forest
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Nathan Stephenson, USGS
Variation within a given species enables some individuals to survive harsher drought conditions than others.

Facing the Heat
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A dusky-footed woodrat with baby in tow

A Changing Sea Floor
Light shines through the leaves of a venus flytrap, revealing a captured insect

Mixing Up Metabolism
sample tubes containing seawater and sand in a test tube rack

Fantastic Bioplastic
From left, Bob Miller, Julie Black, Bradford Jones and Kyle Emery
A mechanical wheel topped with a tarp-like cover tiled in solar panels sits in a green river surrounded by green foliage
Two silver colored fish swim above a red coral reef in dark blue water

Healing Our Ocean
Humpback whale's tail above water against city skyline

Safe Harbor