Darwin’s Eden awash in plastics
Penguin guano from the Galápagos is helping UBC researchers track microplastic pollution from around the globe
Climate change may mean more jellyfish in our oceans
On World Jellyfish Day, as climate change kills off competition, jellyfish numbers may rise. UBC researcher Jessica Schaub is working on increasing what we know about these marine creatures and their future.
Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton need to be a part of climate change conversations
On World Jellyfish Day, UBC researcher Florian Lüskow, who focuses on freshwater jellyfish says that existing models often poorly include, and heavily oversimplify, these gelatinous organisms.
Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems
“We provided evidence for bottom-up omnivory in nutrient-rich temperate pelagic ecosystems, where food chain length is determined by the level of diatom production,” said Jacob Lerner. “This is very different from the global model for pelagic ecosystems.”
IOF finds fun fighting fire and fatigue in footslog up (and down) Frosty Mountain
“I’d walk through a burning building if there was a golden larch on the other side,” Adam Hicks remarked
IOF Student Society does Shoreline Clean Up
A group of IOF and zoology students joined shoreline clean up event to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day
IOF delegation going to COP27
PhD candidate Veronica Relano and Dr. Simon Donner, professor in IOF, IRES and Geography, are among the 10 members of UBC’s delegation travelling to Egypt to attend the 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27)
How do marine mammals make decisions about diving?
PhD candidate Rhea Storlund decided to take an unconventional approach to understand how marine mammals dive by asking human breath-hold divers about the decisions they make.
Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs
Knowledge provided by local non-governmental organizations, academics, civil servants, journalists, and fishers can be valuable for evaluating the effectiveness of countries’ marine protected areas.
No Streaking Way
The IOF was unable to mount a comeback in their last inning at bat and fell to Microbiology 12-24.