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Blue carbon research in Cowichan Bay

May 9, 2022 - The Globe and Mail

Blue carbon research in Cowichan Bay

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Estuaries’ vast potential for climate mitigation

May 6, 2022 - Media release

The salt marshes, mud flats and eel grass meadows of temperate river estuaries are more effective at capturing and storing greenhouse gases than young coastal forests and may sequester carbon for centuries, if not millennia, according to researchers from the University of Victoria (UVic).

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UVic recognized as global leader for its impact on the world’s most pressing issues

April 27, 2022 - Media release

UVic is proud to be recognized in the 2022 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings for our innovative and impactful research, campus operations and partnerships to protect the environment and improve conditions for the planet and people.

Read more: UVic recognized as global leader for its impact on the world’s most pressing issues
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Youth in Canada: Join the #OceanDecade Challenge

March 31, 2022 -

An Ocean Networks Canada-led initiative invites young people in Canada to get involved in creating a sustainable ocean future during the UN's Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, 2021-2030.

Read more: Youth in Canada: Join the #OceanDecade Challenge
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UVic women ocean scientists lay path for next wave of researchers

March 7, 2022 -

UVic’s ocean women in social sciences are scientists and researchers who are making a difference with work that honours, values and promotes the benefits of collaboration and cooperation.

Read more: UVic women ocean scientists lay path for next wave of researchers
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Grunts, squeals and boops--FishSounds launches online library of fish noise

March 2, 2022 - Media release

UVic researchers work with global partners to launch a website dedicated to providing free access to FishSounds. Understanding the sounds made by fish can help to determine the best approaches to address marine pollution and climate change ocean impacts.

Read more: Grunts, squeals and boops--FishSounds launches online library of fish noise
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#OceanDecade Challenge: cultivating diversity in science

February 10, 2022 -

Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of UVic, is expanding opportunities for women and girls in science with a new national project, the Ocean Decade Challenge.

Read more: #OceanDecade Challenge: cultivating diversity in science
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Ocean of beauty and discovery

January 21, 2022 -

UVic biology professor emeritus, Verena Tunnicliffe, is named an officer of the Order of Canada for her contributions to ocean sciences and for being a pioneer in the scientific exploration of the deep sea.

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Horizon wide open for UVic Schulich leaders

January 17, 2022 - The Torch

Prestigious scholarship program celebrates 10 years of creating tomorrow’s tech innovators.

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Support for UVic research, innovation

January 12, 2022 -

New UVic Canada Research Chairs focus on Indigenous law, renewable energy research, substance use policy and marine fisheries adaptation.

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Expert Q&A on ocean-based carbon removal

December 8, 2021 -

A new global shows current levels of CO2 emissions greatly exceed the ability of nature to remove it from the environment, and reducing carbon emissions alone may not be enough to stabilize the climate.

Read more: Expert Q&A on ocean-based carbon removal
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Expert Q&A on UVic climate research

December 1, 2021 -

UVic expands its breadth of expertise by actively recruiting new research chairs in the impact area of climate, environmental change and sustainability.

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“The sea is in my blood”

November 29, 2021 - The Ring

This year, Michael and Anita Hadley established the Hadley Memorial Award for Studies at the BMSC. And as part of Giving Tuesday they are challenging donors across the university.

Read more: “The sea is in my blood”
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National award a boost to marine conservation

November 17, 2021 - Media release

Inspiring new approaches to marine conservation, Natalie Ban is the first scholar in UVic’s Faculty of Social Sciences to receive a prestigious E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship from NSERC.

Read more: National award a boost to marine conservation
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What the extreme life span of rockfish means

November 15, 2021 -

Aging is one of the big questions in biology and health sciences today. In a new paper published in Science, researchers examine the genetic basis of life span variation in Pacific Ocean rockfish.

Read more: What the extreme life span of rockfish means
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Science explained: community lecture returns

October 25, 2021 - The Ring

Jill Heinerth has blazed a trail into the planet exploring lava tubes beneath the ocean floor, submerged caves inside icebergs, and the deepest recesses of the world’s oceans. This Fall, Heinerth travels to Victoria to speak at the 2021 Lipson Lecture.

Read more: Science explained: community lecture returns

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