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Bookmark These New Websites for Future Rivers, Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center
We’re thrilled to present three new websites for Future Rivers, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC).
Read moreNature: River conservation by an Indigenous community
Populations of river fish are threatened by pressures on land and water resources. Networks of reserves managed by Indigenous people at community level offer a way to conserve fish diversity and enhance yields of nearby fisheries.
Read moreSecond edition released: Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic
This second edition of "Adapting research methodologies in the COVID-19 pandemic" includes new insights from interviews with researchers who have had to change their methods - includes discussion of ethics implications when using enumerators, and the potential for decolonizing research.
Read moreCongratulations to the UW Highly Cited Researchers
Researchers Eddie Allison (Ocean Nexus), Julian Olden (Future Rivers) and Spencer Wood (Nature and Health) are affiliated with EarthLab
Read moreHow social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management: Part I
Sarah Carr, editor at The Skimmer, interviewed Ocean Nexus Director Yoshi Ota and Ocean Nexus Deputy Director Andrés Cisneros-Montemayor to learn about how social science is continuing to change and improve marine ecosystem conservation and management. This is the first excerpt.
Read moreMeet the Ocean Nexus Indigenous Ocean Ecologies Fellows
Ocean Nexus is proud to welcome five undergraduate student fellows and one graduate student fellow in Indigenous Ocean Ecologies, a new program created in partnership with the UW Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies (CAIIS) and Department of American Indian Studies. This year-long research fellowship is focused on the intersections of sovereignty, wellbeing, and environmental justice among Indigenous coastal communities, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
Read moreTIDE BITES: Enhancing Resilience: a Constant Challenge in a Changing Climate
Ocean Nexus Center Postdoctoral Fellow Kirk Sato wrote this opinion piece for Tide Bites at the Friday Harbor Labs. It was reprinted in the San Juan Islander.
Read moreMartinique’s Pink Mangroves Signal an Ecosystem Under Stress from Climate Change
Frederique is an associate Ph.D. student with the University of Cambridge and a fellow for The Nippon Foundation: Nereus Program. She and her colleagues were able to confirm the cause of the pink water that appeared in Martinique's mangrove forests over the summer.
Read moreJustice and sustainability: Geographer focusing on fair ocean governance in international project
From our economy to our culture and health, our interactions with the ocean are a part of our daily lives in Newfoundland and Labrador. It is only fitting, then, that Memorial University is one of the research universities that is part of the Ocean Nexus Center.
Read moreA “Green New Deal” for the oceans must prioritize social justice beyond infrastructure
“A green new deal for the oceans must prioritize social justice beyond infrastructure” adds to a recently published peer-reviewed article which declares that oceans are largely absent or separate from the policy proposals listed in the GND. The timely paper published by Dundas et al. (2020) argues the importance of extending the values and proposed strategies of the GND to the oceans, including investing in infrastructure, renewable energy, food security, and habitat restoration.
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