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Environment and Sustainability

An aerial photo of the Morro Bay Estuary.
Environment and Sustainability

Cal Poly Study: Large-Scale Loss of Eelgrass in Morro Bay Estuary May Cause Widespread Erosion

A close-up shot of a coast live oak tree.
Environment and Sustainability

Botany Students Study Effects of Climate Change — Using 100-Year-Old Plants

A blunt-nosed leopard lizard in the Carrizo Plain.
Environment and Sustainability

Endangered Local Lizard May be Threatened by Climate Change, According to Cal Poly Study

A recycling bin on Cal Poly's campus.
Environment and Sustainability

CalRecycles Grant will Help Support University Recycling Efforts — And Fund Internships

BRAE Water Improvement Technology
Environment and Sustainability

Students Refabricate Water Drill to Improve Clean Water Access in Developing Nations

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Environment and Sustainability

Cal Poly Will Use Satellites to Address Critical Challenges on Earth — With Help from Amazon Web Services

Four people surround a table in Cal Poly's Robert F. Hoover Herbarium, observing papers with dried plants on them.
Environment and Sustainability

Professor leads effort to digitize California's botanical history: "There is so much valuable data in these specimens"

A Cal Poly mechanical engineering student wearing scuba gear adjusts a thermistor — an instrument that measures temperature — underwater in Morro Bay.
Environment and Sustainability

Morro Bay's Eelgrass Beds Nearly Disappeared. New Study Helps Explain Why Recovery is Slow