Marine Science Institute UCSB

Wonderful project on Alaskan salmon by our colleagues at NCEAS:

http://www.news.ucsb.edu/2015/016243/sustaining-salmon

Sustaining Salmon NCEAS and partners will produce a comprehensive view of the current state of salmon knowledge in Alaska

is finally here! If you’re a Gaucho, getting into the elements is second nature. Graduating senior and awesome REEF intern Emma M. can’t wait to use the passion she has cultivated at UCSB after college!

This one-day event is a great opportunity for Gauchos and their supporters to make a difference in the lives of the next world-changers. Are you in? Donate with us today!


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For the first time, NSF-funded researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have collected long-term evidence that links rising levels of carbon and changes in ocean chemistry in Antarctic waters to the inability of tiny animals to build the protective shells they need to survive. As oceans absorb carbon-dioxide from the air, it makes the water more acidic, decreasing what scientists call the pH.

Pteropods, such as sea butterflies, a type of sea snail, are among the creatures that form the base of a food chain in the Ross Sea that includes predators such as Antarctic cod, penguins, Weddell seals, and Orca whales.

To monitor these changes, lead researcher Gretchen Hofmann and her team have been deploying automated ocean sensors around McMurdo Sound, Antarctica since 2010 giving them the longest continuous dataset on ocean pH in the region.

By continuing to deploy these pH water sensors, the team hopes to gain a more complete understanding of the ocean changes and their potential effects on one of the world’s most biologically productive ecosystems, one of the planet’s few remaining marine wilderness areas.

http://youtu.be/lB-tbmWnoQA

Changing ocean chemistry may threaten Antarctic food chain For the first time, NSF-funded researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara have collected long-term evidence that links rising levels of carbon...

Just a Gaucho dropping in on some sweet Santa Barbara swell, right?

Maybe. Or maybe it's a little something to let you know about 4/8/16. A sweet, first-ever UCSB online event is coming. Make sure to drop in on that, Gauchos!

Details soon.

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