Knowlton/Jackson Distinguished Speaker: Dr. Rashid Sumaila

January 11, 2019 Title:  Interdisciplinary collaborative ocean economics research with examples from the ‘ocean trenches’. Abstract Dr. Rashid Sumaila is Professor and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries & School for Policy and Global Studies, University of British Columbia. He specializes in bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such … Read More

UC Takes Science to COP24

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego postdoctoral researcher Yassir Eddebbar (center above) speaks at a Dec. 7 panel discussion at the international climate talks known this year as COP24. Eddebbar, a member of the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Scripps, and other panelists spoke on how action on sustainability goals can be scaled to up … Read More

The problem of micro and macro plastic

Summer film by students Carly Shabo, Kate Meyer, Thompson Banez, Mark Danielson and Luke Stroth features Dr. Jenni Brandon and the problem of micro and macro plastics in the sea.  

Benthic Invertebrate Collections

Students Justin Cruz Le Duc, Cynthia Hsai, Keighley Lane, Joengim Mok and Jarrod Ver Steeg created a 3 minute film to feature the benthic invertebrate collections and Name a Species Program

Fighting for the Ocean

How can we use the ocean without using it up? This is the primary question that Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is addressing through her work in the realm of ocean science and policy. Johnson is a woman of many talents: she’s a marine biologist, policy expert, conservation strategist, and graduate of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (MS ’09, … Read More

Groupers on the Comeback in the Caymans

(From Reef Environmental Education Foundation eNews) REEF’s Grouper Moon Project, ongoing since 2001, was recently featured in Scientific American as a model for natural resource science. The project is a powerful collaboration between scientists at REEF, Cayman Islands Department of Environment, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Oregon State University, with input from Caymanian fishermen and support by local businesses. The work has … Read More

Expedition to Unlock Secrets of Deep Dutch Caribbean

On August 27 a team of scientists and explorers will travel aboard the R/V Chapman to the uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao as part of a series of oceanographic expeditions designed to document the health and biodiversity of shallow and deep reef ecosystems. The expedition will explore the mesophotic zone — the furthest the sun can penetrate the ocean. “These … Read More

Benthic Ecology Class Blogs

As an assignment for this year’s benthic ecology class,  Lisa Levin asked the students to create a science blog.  The topics cover changing coral reefs and their ecosystems services, climate change and the toxic relationship in corals, the loss of Mexico’s mangrove forests, jellyfish as a cuisine,  “marine vomit” and more. These are now posted on the CMBC Blog: A … Read More