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University of Wisconsin-Madison - Institute for Molecular Virology Catch some viruses on the Web! We have many animations, interactive models, and high resolution color images to really get a feel for what a virus "looks" like; up-to-date information about the Ebola outbreak in Africa; and tutorials, course notes, etc.

Santa Barbara

Discover the city of Santa Barbara, California, the birthplace of Earth Day. A 1969 oil platform blowout off the coast of Santa Barbara led to a wave of environmental laws nationwide. That gave impetus to what we consider now the cornerstones to the modern environmental movement. A year later, the first Earth Day was held followed by the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency. A succession of other laws protecting water, marine life and endangered species followed.