Applying to Morpho? 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 📅 Deadline April 15

TONIGHT! Join us at the Draughtsmen to learn more about wildfire resilience from Dr. Cat Fong! 🔥

♀️ Join us in celebrating 115 years of International Women’s Day! See the graphic below for more information and ways to get involved this year. #internationalwomensday #womeninstem

Your voice matters! 3 more weeks to participate in our Community Survey. 🔗: ucsb.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Science by the Pint: Wildfire Resilience Index Wednesday, March 11 5:30 (HH) - 7:30 PM Draughtsmen 53 Santa Felicia Drive Goleta, CA https://www.draughtsmenaleworks.com/events/science-by-the-pint-2-ym8cy-pd6kk-bpwne-wpab3-pdk2a-w8lyw $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 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #SynthesisScience #AI #ScienceInAction

🎉 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! 🦋

🌊 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!

🐟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 #ResearchFunding #SynthesisScience

🦋 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! 💌 Newsletter: mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-... 📩 Subscribe: ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=... #Gulf #AI #ScienceInAction

📅 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

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

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 👇 bit.ly/4rMyg2Z

Latest updates from the NSF Arctic Data Center! ❄️

🤖 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...

❄️ Dive into our December newsletter for exciting updates on the 2025 OHI scores, this month's AI feature, and much more! ☃️ Read More: https://mailchi.mp/nceas/nceas-newsletter-december-2025 📩 Subscribe: https://ucsb.us12.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d7494403ed9d8c97a5479f0d4&id=bbef3949b4

Closing out 2025 with gratitude for collaboration, innovation, and data science shaping the Gulf’s future 🌊 Apply AI, synthesis, and teamwork for solutions that last. 📅 Apply due Feb 20, 2026 → nceas.ucsb.edu/gulfeco

📰New from our journals!📰 Moths sipping moose tears, deep-sea squid in disguise, coral reef recovery breakthroughs, and more! Explore six fascinating studies in our latest media tip sheet: https://ow.ly/qUrA50XHajr

Check out the latest issue of UC Santa Barbara Magazine, featuring NCEAS Director: Ben Halpern! 👍

🌊 🎥 Trust us: Check out the Scripps Pier underwater camera right now! The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/

Check out this opportunity!

It’s greatest daily migration on Earth—that hardly anyone has heard of. 🦠🦐🐟 🌀Find out why WHOI researchers are turning to the “twilight zone” to understand the mid-ocean's role in global fisheries and keeping the planet cool: go.whoi.edu/ocean-world #ItsAnOceanWorld

Only a few hours to go until Early Bird registration closes!

Such an exciting discovery! 🐙

#OceanDataFriday is here. (Post 2/2) #MPA, #Sharks #Kelp #HighSeas

Today, the 2025 #ArcticReportCard was released, marking 20 years of tracking rapid Arctic warming and change. Find the full 2025 Arctic Report Card, with images, facts and stats at: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... #AGU25 noaa.gov via NOAA Research

🌊 Happy 50th birthday, Coastal Data Information Program! What began in 1975 as a single wave measurement has grown into one of the world’s most enduring & trusted coastal observing programs. For 50 years, CDIP has powered science, engineering, safety & resilience with accurate, real-time wave data.

Amazing work at #ucsb in #marinescience

Like living in an extraordinarily beautiful place? Excited about world class aquatic research, education, and outreach? Flathead Lake Biological Station is seeking a new Director: apply.interfolio.com/178916

The ocean covers 71% of our planet, but despite this fact, humans have only observed a small percentage of it. 🌍🌎🌏 How little? Take a wild guess in the comments!👇 Then get to know some of the wonders we've found so far: go.whoi.edu/ocean-world

Amazing science!!

Hot off the presses! Check out last week's special edition of our webinar series on exploring ecology careers, featuring our (soon to depart) executive director, Catherine O'Riordan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaNfd8vbqM4

A new study out of #UCSB found that global assessments systematically underestimate hunger—finding one in five may go uncounted. "This matters because these metrics are used to trigger funding for emergency relief." Full story: https://ow.ly/lUKP50XIC17