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Students at Mouralherwaqh

‘Transiting’ between Western and Indigenous worldviews

A summer program, supported by California Sea Grant, held on reacquired Wiyot land, collects essential data while sharing Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Cruise Ships in the Port of San Diego

State Fellows learn the policy ropes

At the Port of San Diego and the Coastal California Commission, fellows pursue social justice and ecological flourishing

Kristine Cabbage kneeling in grass for monitoring

Digging deep

How a postdoc position bridged the gap between research and policy in California's crucial Delta

Man observing debris captured by trash booms in a sediment basins

Uniting across borders to tackle land-based marine debris

A $300,000 grant is bringing together efforts in the Tijuana River watershed

Dunes in wind

Studying the climate potential of California’s dunes

A seed grant will help researchers assess how coastal dunes can protect communities as sea levels rise

Water and wetlands

Deep Uncertainty and Top Predators

A unique postdoc dives into the ecosystems of the Delta

Abalone face

Preparing abalone for a precarious future

New study suggests white abalone are vulnerable to warming — but genetics might make a difference

Brandon Quintana sitting on the beach

From backyard sharks to championing coastal communities

State Fellow Brandon Quintana’s passion combines environmental science and social equity

Students walking who are part of PIRATE project

Undergrad mentorship programs diversify marine sciences

Eight California Sea Grant-funded programs offer support to young researchers

Wahoo

It’s easy to spot a fish — but not so easy to track its spawning

Research supported by California Sea Grant and the Ocean Protection Council homes in on spawning behaviors

Binational fellow Meliza Le Alvarado surfacing from a dive

Bridging Borders for Coastal Resilience

California Sea Grant’s First-Ever Binational Climate Fellow Meliza Le Alvarado forges coastal collaborations

Uni

A Celebration of Seaweed

California Sea Grant Helps Bring Seaweed To The Table

A boat exits Noyo Harbor

Fort Bragg has the best kind of blues

Collaborative efforts to develop a new “blue economy” include a new California Sea Grant extension fellow

Volunteers measuring beach

New Website Shares Beach-Monitoring Data

Decades of community science now, for the first time, easily accessible

Hand holding a coho salmon.

Fog & Fish

How the marine fog layer impacts fish in streams

Min Khant Han prepares to go diving. Courtesy of Min Khant Han.

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.

Gathering on Buhne Point

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

Sea Surface and Horizon. Photo credit/courtesy of: Petr Kratochvil.

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

Fish in water.

Press Release: Can genetic rescue be used as a tool to save endangered species?

Researchers from UC Berkeley, NOAA and California Sea Grant say the technique is being used to bolster California’s endangered coho salmon.