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‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

‘This is a wake-up call for the world’: UBC researchers at the forefront of championing for change

The Galápagos islands are under severe threat from ocean pollution, climate change, and illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing pressures

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biodiversity, climate change, conservation, Galápagos, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, OPRU, penguins, pollution, Research

Darwin’s Eden awash in plastics

Darwin’s Eden awash in plastics

Penguin guano from the Galápagos is helping UBC researchers track microplastic pollution from around the globe

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Galápagos, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, microplastics, OPRU, penguins, Research, zooplankton

Climate change may mean more jellyfish in our oceans

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.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, IOF students, jellyfish, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research

Jellyfish and gelatinous zooplankton need to be a part of climate change conversations

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.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with climate change, freshwater, IOF students, jellyfish, Marine Zooplankton and Micronekton Laboratory, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, Research, zooplankton

Expect shorter food chains in more productive coastal ecosystems

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.”

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with biology, Brian Hunt, British Columbia, faculty, fish, food webs, IOF students, krill, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Research, salmon, zooplankton

IOF finds fun fighting fire and fatigue in footslog up (and down) Frosty Mountain

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

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with British Columbia, IOF Student Society, IOF students

IOF Student Society does Shoreline Clean Up

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

Posted in 2022, IOFNews | Tagged with IOF Student Society, IOF students, Shoreline cleanup, Vancouver

IOF delegation going to COP27

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)

Posted in 2022, IOF Honours, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF students, Sea Around Us, Simon Donner

How do marine mammals make decisions about diving?

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.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with IOF students, Marine Mammal Research Unit, marine mammals, Research

Local stakeholder involvement key to understanding protection level of MPAs

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.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with fish stocks, IOF students, Marine protected areas, ocean economy, Research, Sea Around Us, small-scale fisheries

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