Canadian and European experts in polar observation are joining forces in a new partnership that will see Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) operating a subsea observatory at the Spanish Antarctic Station, providing year-round, near real-time data on ocean conditions there—the first time that ONC will extend its ocean monitoring outside Canadian waters.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) expands the reach of Pacific Ocean monitoring with new deep-sea Argo floats that collect vital ocean data while traveling up and down through the water column, the space between the sea surface and the seafloor.
A list of experts available to media for comments on topics related to the UN Climate Change Conference COP28 UAE, which takes place from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Saying that someone’s science degree was full of science feels a bit obvious, but for Meghan Molnar, it really is the best way to describe her UVic experience.
UVic biology professor Amanda Bates has been awarded the 2023 Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship by NSERC in recognition of her scholarship and research related to ocean conservation.
A new UVic marine facility will measure the effects of marine climate change on organisms and contribute to restoration and conservation efforts.
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) has recorded the highest daily average summertime temperatures at two of its seafloor observatory sites in the northeast Pacific Ocean since continuous live monitoring started there in 2009.
As the world grapples with hot ocean temperatures, new UVic research shows marine heatwave coral impact is worse than we thought before.
Injecting CO2 into ocean basalt has almost no risk of triggering seismic activity like earthquakes or fault slip according to new research from Solid Carbon, a climate change mitigation project.
For 60 years, multiple experiences of UVic students and researchers across disciplines have been shaped by the ocean. From a campus that’s a few short steps from coastline, our engagement with the global ocean has defined UVic research and its breakthroughs.
A very small creature is threatening the health of BC’s giant kelp forests: bryozoans. They’re tiny white coral-like crustaceans that attach themselves to kelp, reducing reproduction and overall health of kelp beds.
UVic is 1st in Canada for climate action and in the global top 10 for impact, according to the 2023 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings. THE scores universities and colleges for how they are responding to UN goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity.
The University of Victoria is launching a first-of-its-kind Canadian graduate training program that will capitalize on UVic’s climate research excellence to prepare the next generation of graduate students with the transdisciplinary skills and experience they will need to tackle the climate crisis head-on.
Marine heatwaves triggered by climate change pose an imminent threat to the world’s coral reefs. But most reefs are also exposed to local stressors, ranging from coastal development, pollution and overfishing. Few studies take into account how stressed-out reefs respond to heatwaves until now.
Dr. Lisa Kealohapaʻaokahaleole Hall has been named a 2023 President’s Chair in the Faculty of Humanities. Her visionary work promises to establish UVic as a pivotal site of trans-Pacific Indigenous scholarly connection and exchange.
Thanks to DNA analysis and more than a dozen difficult-to-source fecal samples, researchers are starting to understand what humpbacks eat in the deep waters of the Salish Sea.
