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Funding Biodiversity Research Provides More Understanding Amid Climate Change Effects

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Senior Biology major Conor Kramer holds a newt while conducting research in the Santa Monica Mountains in spring 2022. Kramer said he has studied the effects of wildfires on stream habitats through Pepperdine's Behavioral Ecology Research Laboratory. Photos courtesy of Conor Kramer There is an estimated $598-billion funding gap between the spending on global biodiversity … [Read more...] about Funding Biodiversity Research Provides More Understanding Amid Climate Change Effects

Staff Ed: When It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

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Art by HeeJoo Roh Editor's Note: PGM staff members decide on the topic of a Staff Ed together. The staff as a whole provides opinions and content included in this Staff Ed to provide thoughts and shed light on solutions for happenings at Pepperdine. Rain, rain, please go away. On Jan. 9, Calabasas and Agoura Hills witnessed between 4.16 and 4.19 inches of rain — almost a … [Read more...] about Staff Ed: When It’s Raining, It’s Pouring

‘No Perfect Solution:’ Malibu Fights Coastal Erosion

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A photo illustration of Ralphs Beach. Photo illustration by Ali Levens. Photos by Lucian Himes Interactives by Zack Born Westward Beach is caught between a rock and a hard place — or, the ocean and the stone cliffs rising behind it. This is the dance of coastal erosion, and Westward Beach is just one beach of many facing land-damage issues. Coastal erosion is when … [Read more...] about ‘No Perfect Solution:’ Malibu Fights Coastal Erosion

Forged by Fire: Extreme Weather Events Threaten Malibu

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An edited photo of the Santa Monica Mountains. Photo by Lucian Himes. Photo illustration by Ali Levens Interactives by Zack Born Drought. Heat waves. Wildfires. People who don't experience extreme weather events might view them as abstract and otherworldly. But the lines between abstract threat and immediate danger have repeatedly blurred for Pepperdine University and the … [Read more...] about Forged by Fire: Extreme Weather Events Threaten Malibu