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Cutting-Edge Science for Kelp Restoration
Results from six innovative research projects will help protect and restore California's vital kelp forests

Searching for California condors’ new home
A pair of California researchers combine novel techniques to offer iconic birds a new hope

Ready for the Next Step: Underrepresented & Minority Undergrads Wrap Up Their California Sea Grant Internships
The year-long internships focus on kelp recovery, but the opportunity allows students to gain new experiences in science. For some, it’s helping to launch new careers.

Spent nuclear fuel sits on a crumbling California coastline. So what to do?
A Cal Poly Humboldt research team considers varied viewpoints on a tangled problem

Knauss fellow Carina Fish melds justice and science
Working in a senate office reveals ‘how the cookie is made’

Forging community and joint voices in the face of DDT’s environmental threat
When offshore DDT disposal in California resurfaced in the media, two Sea Grant programs joined forces

The story in the data
Marine science interns turn to storytelling to clarify the numbers behind hypoxia in California

The unassuming device that maps California’s fish eggs
California Sea Grant funding helped an innovative tool spread across the world

A $2.7 Million Funding Award Aims For End-of-Life Solutions For Plastics Used By Growers Along California’s Central Coast
Millions of pounds of plastics are used on coastal farm fields each year; a new funding award will help researchers to find ways of keeping it out of nearby streams and the ocean

California Sea Grant’s Role in Creating the MPA Network
The state’s unique network of marine protected areas extends for over a thousand miles and protects California’s coastal and marine ecosystems holistically

Symposium connects science and management in Southern California’s wetlands
The San Diego Estuaries Research Symposium offered a look at innovative wetland research

Researchers are studying how oyster reefs and eelgrass can fight coastal erosion in California
Living shorelines can help combat erosion caused by sea level rise. A new study investigates what approaches work best.

Researchers awarded $150,000 to develop RipFinder app
A new funding award will help warn ocean swimmers of dangerous rip currents before they enter the water

Droughts are Shifting Migration Patterns in Already Endangered Russian River Coho Salmon
Lower flows and warming water temperatures are creating a potentially deadly timing mismatch for young salmon headed to sea

A study of a marsh ecosystem grows into a consideration of what science can be
By embracing complexity and nuance, Chapman University’s Richelle Tanner is searching for a more inclusive and effective approach to biology

Pinning down the pesticides
The volume and variety of pesticides sprayed in California seem almost incomprehensible. Nonetheless, Delta Science Fellow Nicol Parker has built a model that can track their toxic spread
Study finds coralline algae are threatened by the dual stressors of ocean acidification and warming
These hard algae look similar to coral and are ecologically and economically important to kelp forest ecosystems

Reducing fishing line pollution one recycling bin at a time
California Sea Grant's NOAA Marine Debris Program Extension Fellow recently facilitated the addition of 50 new bins.

Baby sea stars and urchins reveal insights for kelp forest restoration
The tiniest of creatures are helping Sea Grant-funded scientists solve one of the biggest problems in the kelp forest crisis.

How math is helping restore bull kelp forests
By Gina Contolini, Kelp Management Extension Fellow, California Sea Grant