The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and somehow manage to find the same overwintering sites in central Mexican forests and along the California coast, year after year, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 24, 2019
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Marine protected areas, or MPAS, are an increasingly common way of protecting marine ecosystems by prohibiting fishing in specific locations. However, many people remain skeptical that MPAs actually benefit fish populations, ...
Ecology
Jul 17, 2019
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An ecosystem is made up of species, populations, communities, and a network of communities across a region.
Ecology
May 15, 2019
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From Baja California to Puget Sound, scientists are seeing signs that gray whales are in distress. And they have no idea why.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2019
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One critically endangered species of smooth-shelled abalone is making a comeback in certain parts of its range along the California coast. To better understand the extent of black abalone recovery, a collaborative team led ...
Ecology
Apr 2, 2019
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The combination of ocean warming and an infectious wasting disease has devastated populations of large sunflower sea stars once abundant along the West Coast of North America in just a few years, according to research co-led ...
Ecology
Jan 30, 2019
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The rainwater collection system is broken at the environmental research station on a remote, rocky Pacific island off the California coast. So is a crane used to hoist small boats in and out of the water. A two-year supply ...
Ecology
Jan 24, 2019
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A unique experiment that explored how well algae grows in specific regions of the United States yielded data that could prove useful as the industry moves forward, according to research from the U.S. Department of Energy's ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 28, 2018
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One of the most striking features of Santa Catalina Island, southwest of Los Angeles, is an absence. Unlike much of the California coast and its closest islands, Catalina lacks cliffs stepping up and back from the sea – ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 21, 2018
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When SpaceX launched a rocket carrying an Argentine Earth-observation satellite from California's Central Coast, both the night sky and social media lit up.
Space Exploration
Oct 8, 2018
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