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Science by the Pint: Wildfire Resilience Index
Wednesday, March 11 5:30 (HH) - 7:30 PM
Draughtsmen 53 Santa Felicia Drive Goleta, CA
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$1.50 from every beer sold -> the Undergraduate Research Symposium

📣 Have you heard about rockweed?
🐚 This brown algae is essential for sustaining life on our coastlines!
➡️ Learn more: https://www.independent.com/2026/02/24/can-santa-barbara-researchers-bring-rockweed-back-from-the-brink/

What is Morpho? 🤔
Collaboration + data + training = science in service of solutions. 📣
📅 Apply by April 15 → nceas.ucsb.edu/morpho

Happy International Polar Bear Day! Polar Bears International focuses on polar bear conservation efforts across the Arctic. Learn more at polarbearsinternational.org !

#conservation #internationalpolarbearday

💚 Check out our February newsletter for info on our programs, upcoming events, & many more stories of synthesis science in action!

💌 Newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-newsletter-february-2026
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🎉 Thank you to everyone who joined our Morpho Initiative Webinar!

🎥 Watch the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWW_OEJtf4g

🦋 We're excited for your proposals!

📅 Deadline: April 15, 2026
5 PM PT / 7 PM CDT

⚡ Final call! Applications for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP close Feb 20, 2026 🌊.

🔗 Apply here: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

#FinalCall

⚡ Final call! Applications for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP close Feb 20, 2026 🌊.

🔗 Apply here: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

Join us TOMORROW for all your Morpho questions! 🦋

Meet the Newest Addition to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative 2025 Cohort Following the announcement of the 2025 Gulf Ecosystem Initiative Postdoctoral Research Fellows, we are thrilled to welcome a third postdoctoral researcher fellow to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative (GEI), Dr. Nicholas Tucker. Nick brings expertise in marine megafauna ecology and will focus on one of the Gulf’s most critically endangered species.

🌊 Big welcome to Dr. Nicholas Tucker, the newest GEI 2025 Postdoc Fellow! Nicholas will advance research on the Rice’s whale, helping to inform conservation strategies 🐋✨

https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/meet-newest-addition-gulf-ecosystem-initiative-2025-cohort

One week to go! 🐠

Don’t miss your chance to support synthesis science for Gulf resilience.

📅 Applications close Feb 20

#FinalCall

Today we celebrate those whose work strengthens environmental science and advances solutions for our planet. From ecology and data science to conservation practice and policy, women are shaping the questions we ask, the tools we build, and the impact we create!

📣 Join us ONE WEEK from today to get your Morpho questions answered!

From Interviews to Insight: Using AI to Modernize Fisheries Management Fisheries management decisions are shaped not only by ecological data, but by people. Through their experiences, values, and relationships, the people behind fisheries in the Gulf of America provide key insight into how we can best manage them. Interviews, workshops, and other qualitative social science data capture this human dimension, yet much of that information remains difficult to analyze and apply at scale.

🐟Fisheries management is about people, not just fish.
A new AI for the Planet feature highlights a 2025 GEI working group exploring how AI can help make fisheries management to be more equitable!
🔗 Read more: https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/interviews-insight-using-ai-modernize-fisheries-management

Check out the Arctic Data Center's February newsletter for dataset and collaborator highlights, upcoming events, latest datasets, and more!

⏰ 2 weeks left! Apply to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative by Feb 20, 2026 🌊.

🔗 www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

#DeadlineReminder #GulfEcosystemInitiative #GulfScience #ClimateChange

🦋 Have questions about applying to the Morpho Initiative?

Join our info webinar Feb 18 (10 AM PT).

https://ucsb.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_j4NutnnJQOOJNbyzv2a7vg

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#MorphoInitiative #ScienceInServiceOfSolutions #AppliedScience #TeamScience #SynthesisScience #EnvironmentalData #Transdisciplinary #NCEAS #ResearchFunding #RFP #Innovation #CollaborativeResearch #Sustainability #AppliedScience #RealWorldSolutions #FundingOpportunities

🦋 Applications are LIVE for the Morpho Initiative 2026 RFP!

Funding collaborative working groups advancing applied environmental science for real-world solutions.

📅 Deadline: April 15, 2026 (5 PM PT / 7 PM CDT)

🔗 nceas.ucsb.edu/morpho

Join NCEAS Executive Director Ben Halpern at the launch of AI in Action: Conversations with UCSB Researchers, a new UCSB Library speaker series exploring innovative and responsible uses of AI in research.
https://www.library.ucsb.edu/events-exhibitions/ai-action-speaker-series-launch-and-reception

☀️ Check out our January newsletter for info on the new NCEAS network map, the AI for fisheries management project, & many more stories of synthesis science in action!

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📅 Apply for the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative by Feb 20, 2026 → www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

Join our virtual office hours to connect directly with our team: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/appointments/schedules/AcZssZ0R0rKUvXteZcqmEtGE80mxu-x9zyMhaM3pA4eovFFssIugYNkX6i3-qab-kqeDaTe_DWiUw-xp

Kick off 2026 with impact: apply to the Gulf Ecosystem Initiative RFP 🌊.

📅 Deadline: Feb 20, 2026

🔗 Apply: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

Whales sing, orcas squeal, and sea turtles croak. But sharks are more the strong, silent type. Last year, researchers reported the first evidence that sharks make sounds, too.

Learn more: https://scim.ag/4pmJngP #ScienceMagArchives

Massive wildlife overpass opens in Colorado - The Wildlife Society Completed in under a year and below budget, the new crossing improves safety

One of the largest wildlife crossing projects in North America has finished in one year and under budget in Colorado.

Connection and protection boost health in coral reefs

Connections help stabilise reef health, reducing the risk of collapse 🪸 New research shows that improving conditions on both land and sea may be the best way of protecting these crucial ecosystems.

Led by @arielgreiner.bsky.social with @wcs.org and @utoronto.ca 👇
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Latest updates from the NSF Arctic Data Center! ❄️

Closing the Gap: How NCEAS Is Using AI to Unlock the Full Potential of Biodiversity Monitoring

🤖 How can we use AI to help us monitor the world’s species? 🌎

📖 Discover how NCEAS is helping pave the way for responsible & impactful AI use in the ecological community, the latest from AiP

www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/closing...

☃️ As another year draws to a close, the Arctic Data Center team is taking a moment to reflect on the progress, successes, and collaborations that shaped our work over the past 12 months. Read our annual recap here for more information on our work in 2025: arcticdata.io/all/news/202...