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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](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/01_24.news_.binationalfellow.ue_.photo_.1.jpg)
Bridging Borders for Coastal Resilience
California Sea Grant’s First-Ever Binational Climate Fellow Meliza Le Alvarado forges coastal collaborations
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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](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-08/coastsb.jpg)
New Website Shares Beach-Monitoring Data
Decades of community science now, for the first time, easily accessible
![Hand holding a coho salmon.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-07/05_23.News_.Fog%26Fish.LB_.Photo2_.jpg)
![Min Khant Han prepares to go diving. Courtesy of Min Khant Han.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-07/MinKhantHanPreparingForFieldWork.jpeg)
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.
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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.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-06/01_23.News_.DDT%2BWorkshop.UE_.Photo1_.jpg)
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
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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.
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A New $298,000 Grant Will Help Engage Underserved Communities in Efforts to Reduce Marine Debris Pollution
Vulnerable communities are often impacted the most by trash that can become marine debris
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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
![A bird overlooking the San Diego Estuary](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/02_23.news_.sandiegoestuarysymposium.bu_.photo_.1.jpg)
Symposium connects science and management in Southern California’s wetlands
The San Diego Estuaries Research Symposium offered a look at innovative wetland research
![An ecosystem of the pacific ocean is visible during low tide in Pismo Beach with rocks, tide pools, grass and a person walking their dog on the sandy beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/02_23.news_.livingshorelines.ue_.photo1_1.jpg)
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.
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California Sea Grant Welcomes Binational Climate Fellow
Through a new fellowship, Meliza Le Alvarado will improve access to coastal resilience science for communities around the San Diego-Northern Baja California region.
![A photo taken from the beach facing the ocean shows the sand leading into the waterand a blue highlighted box outlines a section of the ocean in the waves that identifies a ripcurrent in the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/ripfinder.jpeg)
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
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Scientists study an unexpected climate change problem: Rising groundwater levels
Already, water tables in some areas are inching up. This could make coastal regions more prone to flooding. But there are more insidious consequences, too.
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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