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.