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Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

Wildfires could be harming our oceans and disrupting their carbon storage

Wildfires pollute waterways and could affect their ability to sequester carbon, recent University of British Columbia research shows.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Brian Hunt, British Columbia, carbon, climate change, coastal ecosystems, coastal environment, Fraser River, freshwater, IOF alumni, IOF students, marine ecosystems, pollutants, wildfire

We present “Ocean Idioms” to teach you about our oceans

We present “Ocean Idioms” to teach you about our oceans

In honour of World Ocean Day, we present OCEAN IDIOMS!

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Andrew Trites, Anna McLaskey, carbon, Christopher Harley, coastal ecosystems, coastal environment, Daniel Pauly, David Rosen, faculty, FERU, Gill Oxygen Limitation Theory (GOLT), Illegal fishing, IOF students, killer whales, Marine Mammal Research Unit, marine mammals, MMean Lab, orca, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, pollutants, Rashid Sumaila, Sea Around Us, sea lions, wildfire, zooplankton

IOF faculty and students win awards from the Peter Wall Legacy Awards program

IOF faculty and students win awards from the Peter Wall Legacy Awards program

These awards are one of the largest internal award programs at any university in North America. The suite of awards will support the research activities of tenure-track faculty members at all stages of their career, and those of Master’s and doctoral students.

Posted in 2024, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with awards, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, Burrard Inlet, coastal environment, eDNA, faculty, honours, IOF students, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Tsleil-Waututh Nation, urban environment, wastewater, watersheds

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