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Hiding in plain sight
Splendors abound just under the surface — and just off the freeway — at unassuming Carpinteria Salt Marsh Reserve. This rare, pristine coastal ecosystem in the middle of a city is a world where crabs duel like gladiators, parasites assert their dominant place in the food web, and native oysters are making a comeback. Its allure is irresistible to local schoolchildren and world-class scientists alike. Read more >>
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SNARL Spring Seminar Series
Talks are held at the Page Center at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory, 1016 Mount Morrison Road, Mammoth Lakes, from 7 to 8 p.m.; doors open at 6:30 p.m. Small tastes of food and drink will be provided by local businesses. Please arrive early to park, snack, and secure a seat. Dogs are not allowed on the reserve. Read more >>
May 2 On thin ice: exploring global change biology in the Antarctic with art and science
Gretchen Hoffman, UC Santa Barbara professor; Lily Simonson and Henry Kaiser, NSF Antarctic artists and writers program awardees offer art and musical accompaniment
May 9 What good is a toad?
Eric Berlow, TED senior fellow, co-founder Vibrant Data Inc.; Patrick Cress from the Yosemite Soundscapes Project offers musical accompaniment
May 16 Endocrine disruptors in the wind: how persistent organic pollutants travel across California
Rebecca Lyons, University of Redlands professor
May 23 Snow in the Sierra Nevada in 2017: historical context and trends
Jeff Dozier, UC Santa Barbara professor
May 30 Immunity and the environment: factors influencing disease-driven population dynamics in mountain yellow-legged frogs
Mary Toothman, doctoral candidate, UC Santa Barbara
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