TuesdayNewsdayVol. 3 - Issue 23 - March 14, 2017 | ![UC Santa Cruz](/tuesday-newsday/images/tn-uc-santa-cruz.png) |
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![](/tuesday-newsday/2017/march-14/images/eelgrass-600px.jpg) Staff and citizen scientists participate in monitoring of eelgrass beds and mudflat animal communities at the Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. (Photos courtesy of Kerstin Wasson) |
Despite being of critical importance to scientists and policymakers, funding for long-term ecological and environmental studies has declined while funding for short-term studies has increased, according to a new analysis published in the March issue of "BioScience." |
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![Giving Day 2017 raises more than $520,000](/tuesday-newsday/2017/march-14/images/giving-day-250.jpg) | The spirit of friendly competition added excitement to this 24-hour online giving fest, which raised money for an array of good causes.
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![Sediment a key factor in river geometry](/tuesday-newsday/2017/march-14/images/devils-creek-250.jpg) | The findings undermine a common assumption about the relationship between river channel geometry and the size of sediment grains on the riverbed.
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![UC Santa Cruz among best colleges for film majors](/tuesday-newsday/2017/march-14/images/Deva-250.jpg) | UC Santa Cruz is featured in a Top 10 list of Best Bachelor’s Programs for Film, Video and Photographic Arts along with USC, NYU, and UC Berkeley. |
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![Flowering times shift with loss of species](/tuesday-newsday/2017/march-14/images/spring-flowers-250.jpg) | Loss of biodiversity may exacerbate changes in the timing of biological events already being driven by climate change, study finds. |
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