UCSB — The Current — ‘Extreme drought hits grasslands and shrublands harder than anticipated’ and more news, events
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A global experiment covering 100 sites, undertaken to generate a baseline understanding of the potential losses of plant productivity in these vital ecosystems, quantifies the impacts of extreme drought across six continents.
In the historically specific yet “disturbingly familiar” case of Sir Hector “Fighting Mac” Archibald MacDonald, a celebrity soldier of the British empire, Kristen Thomas-McGill uncovers evidence that his court-martial was connected to allegations of child molestation.
When voters cast their ballots in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, many were driven by their concern about climate change, according to a new report.
The 2017 Mexican film explores the efforts of a young linguist who tries to repair the relationship between two old friends to save an Indigenous language.
Scott Jasechko, co-author of the study and assistant professor of water resources with the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara, said he and his colleagues analyzed measurements from over 170,000 wells in more than 40 countries.
