EEMB Newsroom
Latest research breakthroughs, field notes, and campus celebrations from Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology.
Department News
Spotlighting the science happening across UCSB EEMB and our collaborators.
Kelp forests rebound as El Niño fades along the California coast
Monitoring teams from the Reed lab report dense juvenile kelp stands returning to the Santa Barbara Channel, signaling renewed habitat for urchins, abalone, and reef fishes.
Hantavirus in Madagascar linked to black rats
Non-native rodents in agricultural areas carried the virus more frequently than rainforest or village sites, reshaping disease preparedness.
Coconut palms dominate Pacific atolls after plantation era
On Fakarava Atoll, the Young lab documents coconut palms overtaking native forest, shifting habitat for nesting seabirds.
The Sum of Its Plants earns national recognition
Plant physiological ecology research from the Rundel lab is honored for illuminating how plant communities buffer climate extremes.
Undergraduates map bryozoan biodiversity off Santa Cruz Island
Students aboard the R/V Sally Ride catalog new colony morphologies, helping refine baseline biodiversity records.
Graduate scholars earn NSF fellowships
Four EEMB graduate students secure NSF GRFP awards to advance projects in microbial ecology, island biogeography, and ocean optics.
Diving team tracks purple urchins during marine heatwave
The Mission Blue partnership deploys long-term loggers to understand how heat stress reshapes Channel Islands kelp forests.
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