Q & A: Big data meets big (polar) bears
Goal: to learn how polar bears find food and understand how they use wind to guide them in their search for prey.
Orca Quest 2020: In Search of Killer Whales
In August 2020, Marine Mammal Research Unit (MMRU) researchers set sail to determine whether there are enough chinook salmon to support southern resident killer whales in the Salish Sea.
IOF researchers use salmon scales to track sockeye in the high seas
Knowing where different salmon stocks forage will be essential for identifying the unique environmental threats they will face as oceans become more inhospitable due to climate change and other cumulative impacts.
In the Arctic, little protection for the most important conservation areas
The researchers found that areas crucial for Arctic marine predators are largely left unprotected.
As penguins dive, their location data takes flight
Data sent from penguins to space and back to UBC could help researchers determine why the species’ breeding population fluctuates so dramatically.