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There’s something in the water

There’s something in the water

Research team collected water samples along Canada’s coasts to examine for trace amounts of DNA shed by organisms into the surrounding environment.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, Brian Hunt, Canada, climate change, faculty, fieldwork, fish, marine mammals, ocean ecology, plankton

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

A healthy ocean will benefit global sustainable development

Restored ocean will alleviate poverty, provide jobs, and improve global health, finds new Nippon Foundation-UBC Nereus Program report

Posted in 2017, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, climate change, faculty, food security, IOF Research Associates, Nereus Program, sustainability, William Cheung, Yoshitaka Ota

Antarctica’s biodiversity not doing as well as hoped

Antarctica’s biodiversity not doing as well as hoped

Experts, including IOF’s Deng Palomares, debunked the popular view that Antarctica and the Southern Ocean are in a better environmental shape than the rest of the world.

Posted in 2017, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Antarctic, biodiversity, Deng Palomares, IOF Research Associates, Sea Around Us

Amanda Vincent named finalist for Indianapolis Prize for Animal Conservation

Amanda Vincent named finalist for Indianapolis Prize for Animal Conservation

Vincent largely put seahorse conservation on the map. Not only did she take her studies under the water and into their world, she identified a conservation concern for these tiny fish and mounted a campaign to secure their future.

Posted in 2016, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Amanda Vincent, awards, biodiversity, faculty, Project Seahorse, seahorses

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