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Hindcasting the Salish Sea reveals long-term patterns of environmental change

Hindcasting the Salish Sea reveals long-term patterns of environmental change

Greig Oldford, PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) recently co-developed The Hindcast of the Salish Sea (HOTSSea) to address gaps in historical observations.

Posted in 2025, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, climate change, ecosystems, Global Ocean Modelling, IOF students, ocean ecology, Salish Sea, Villy Christensen

Climate change will have an adverse impact on trophic amplification in marine food webs

Climate change will have an adverse impact on trophic amplification in marine food webs

Climate-driven changes in ocean environmental conditions — ocean warming, deoxygenation and acidification — are projected to affect the physiological functions of marine organisms, their geographic distributions, biological life cycles and total biomass.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biology, biomass, climate change, CORU, ecosystems, faculty, food security, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, marine ecosystems, ocean economy, plankton, Research, species distribution, trophic amplification, William Cheung, zooplankton

Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there’s still time to act on climate change

Fish were surprisingly resilient to marine heatwaves before 2019, highlighting the need to keep seas from warming further, according to new research.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biomass, climate change, CORU, Deng Palomares, ecosystems, fish, heatwaves, IOF postdoctoral fellows, Juliano Palacios-Abrantes, Research, Sea Around Us, Solving FCB, William Cheung

Dr. Brian Hunt receives NSERC Discovery Grant to research the impacts of urbanization on the coastal ocean

Dr. Brian Hunt receives NSERC Discovery Grant to research the impacts of urbanization on the coastal ocean

Dr. Brian Hunt will receive an NSERC Discovery Grant for work on the impacts of urbanization on coastal oceans, specifically regarding ocean cities.

Posted in 2023, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, Brian Hunt, coastline, Discovery Grants, ecosystems, faculty, food webs, herring, NSERC, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, pollution, Research, salmon, urbanization, wastewater

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

BC is facing a steep decline in sockeye salmon

The sockeye population has been in decline for a century – since 1913, returns in the Skeena River have dropped by 75% – and while there are many factors at play, says Dr. William Cheung, “climate change is definitely one of them.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with British Columbia, Christopher Harley, CORU, ecosystems, faculty, Indigenous fisheries, Indigenous Knowledge, marine ecosystems, Research, salmon, seafood, shellfish, William Cheung

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

5 things you can do to help BC’s marine ecosystems

In the face of declining fish stocks like sockeye salmon, marine heatwaves and massive coastal die-offs, it can sometimes feel as though protecting our ocean ecosystems is a hopeless task. But there are things we can do.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, carbon footprint, Christopher Harley, climate change, ecosystems, marine ecosystems, microplastics, plastic, seafood, William Cheung

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