News & Events
CSU Faculty Team Publishes Paper with Support from COAST!
A recent paper in Toxicon by Drs. Tom Savage (Sacramento State) and Jason Smith (MLML-SJSU) on biosynthesis of domoic acid was made possible by support from COAST. TJ Savage, GJ Smith, AT Clark, PN Saucedo. 2012. Condensation of the isoprenoid and amino precursors in the biosynthesis of domoic acid. Toxicon 59: 25-33.
Posted: February 7, 2012
New App Designed by Tiburon Researcher Helps Navigate Bay's Currents
It could be that the winner of the America's Cup race in 2013 might owe a debt of gratitude to a pair of researchers from San Francisco State University's Romberg Tiburon Center who have developed an app to help navigate the bay.
Posted: February 7, 2012
DFG to Host Public Meeting on Salmon
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) invites the public to attend its annual salmon status update and outlook meeting in February. The outlook for 2012 ocean and river fisheries will also be discussed.
Posted: February 7, 2012
Leopold Leadership Program Fellowships
Provides midcareer academic environmental
scientists from North America with the skills, approaches,
and theoretical frameworks for translating their knowledge to action and for
catalyzing change to address the world's most pressing sustainability
challenges. The deadline to apply is April 16, 2012.
Posted: February 2, 2012
Travel Funding Available - ICES Annual Science Conference 2012, Bergen, Norway
Limited funding to support travel to the conference is available to scientists from U.S. academic institutions who have received their PhDs within the last 7 years.
Posted: February 2, 2012
Cornell Summer Satellite Remote Sensing Training Course
An intensive 2-week summer training course for marine scientists who have modest or no prior experience with satellite remote sensing techniques. The course, to be held June 1-15, 2012 in Ithaca New York, covers the skills needed to acquire, analyze and visualize data sets derived from satellite sensors.
Posted: February 2, 2012
California Sea Grant Call for Preliminary Proposals - 2013
The California Sea Grant College Program is now soliciting preliminary proposals for projects to begin February 1, 2013. Faculty, academic staff and scientist from universities and research institutions throughout California are invited to apply.
Posted: February 1, 2012
Currents on the Bay: There's an app for that
A new iPhone and iPad application designed by researchers at SF State provides real-time and predicted information on surface currents within the San Francisco Bay.
Posted: January 24, 2012
Scientists Aboard Iberian Coast Ocean Drilling Expedition Report Early Findings
Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations where hydrocarbon deposits may lie buried under the sea.
Posted: January 23, 2012
2012 Headwaters to Ocean (H2O) Conference - Call for Presentations
The 2012 "Headwaters to Ocean (H2O)" Conference will be held in San Diego, CA May 29 - 31, 2012. The conference will cover a wide spectrum of coast and ocean issues. The Program Committee is seeking presentations relating to coasts, oceans, beaches, wetlands, rivers and watersheds
Posted: January 21, 2012
WCGA announces finalization of Sustainable Coastal Communities Action Coordination Team Work Plan and receives NOAA funding
The WCGA is pleased to announce the Sustainable Coastal Communities Action Coordination Team has finalized its work plan. In January 2012, the WCGA received $246,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to engage West Coast Tribes, enhance the capacity of its 10 Action Coordination Teams, and support WCGA operations and administration.
Posted: January 21, 2012
Four 2012 CA Sea Grant State Fellows Are CSU Graduates!
Congratulations to Sara Hutto (MLML), Scott Toews (CSUMB), Johanna Weston (Cal Poly SLO) and Hayley Zemel (CSULB), four of the 2012 California Sea Grant State Fellows!
Posted: January 18, 2012
DFG Marine Wardens Snare Poacher with 47 Lobsters Inside New Marine Protected Area
Department of Fish and Game wardens cited a Southern California man early Sunday morning for poaching dozens of lobsters inside a Marine Protected Area.
Posted: January 18, 2012
COAST Student Internships Summer 2012
Nineteen internship positions will be offered for Summer 2012 at State agencies and non-profit organizations throughout California.
Posted: January 17, 2012
Federal Government Releases Action Plan to Address Ocean Challenges
The draft requests comments on actions the National Science Foundation (NSF) and other federal agencies on the National Ocean Council will take to improve the health of the ocean, coasts and Great Lakes, which support tens of millions of jobs, contribute trillions of dollars a year to the national economy.
Posted: January 13, 2012
Russian River Water Unexpected Culprit Behind Arctic Freshening Near U.S., Canada
A hemisphere-wide phenomenon--and not just regional forces--has caused record-breaking amounts of freshwater to accumulate in the Arctic's Beaufort Sea.
Posted: January 13, 2012
Moss Landing Marine Laboratories Identifies Four New Shark Species
David A. Ebert, program director for the Pacific Shark Research Center at the Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, and colleagues have identified four new species of deep sea sharks.
Posted: January 4, 2012
CSU Marine Faculty Awarded $1.75 Million in Grants
Four California State University marine science faculty members have been awarded a total of over $1.75 million in grants to examine ways on how to manage and improve California’s Marine Protected Areas (MPAs).
Posted: December 20, 2011
National Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Workshop Report
A report of the workshop held June 21-23, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Posted: December 20, 2011
Thank You Ocean Report: Shark Finning Banned in CA
California's historic Shark Protection Act, which banned finning, was recently signed into law, working toward ending the destruction of shark species globally.
Posted: December 13, 2011
SF State Whale Researcher, Jonathon Stern, Reports on the Return of Porpoises to SF Bay
Harbor porpoises haven't been seen in San Francisco Bay for more than 60 years. Now they're coming back through the Golden Gate in growing numbers and researchers are trying to understand why.
Posted: December 13, 2011
Scientists Assess Radioactivity in the Ocean From Japan Nuclear Power Facility
A new study by U.S. and Japanese researchers analyzes the levels of radioactivity discharged in the first four months after the accident, and draws some basic conclusions about the history of contaminant releases to the ocean.
Posted: December 13, 2011
Safer Alternative to Copper Anti-Fouling Paints
The San Diego Unified Port District project successfully established the viability of non-copper anti-fouling boat hull coatings both for performance and cost-effectiveness. This work will be used to reduce copper pollution in marinas that can harm marine life.
Posted: November 30, 2011
Ancient Environment Lead to Earth's Current Marine Biodiversity
In a paper published this week in the journal Science, researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway show that the evolution of marine life over the past 500 million years has been driven by both ocean chemistry and sea-level changes.
Posted: November 28, 2011
Notice of Availability of Research Vessels Fulmar and R4107
NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries (ONMS) invites applicants to request shiptime aboard the Research Vessels Fulmar and R4107 for calendar year 2012. These vessels serve the Monterey Bay, Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank national marine sanctuaries, and are homeported in Monterey Harbor.
Posted: November 22, 2011
Dauphin Island Sea Lab 2012 Marine Sciences REU
Seven undergraduate fellowships will be offered during the 2012 summer semester at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab. Undergraduates in their junior and senior years with interests in marine science, biology, chemistry, geology and environmental sciences can apply to this REU Program.
Posted: November 16, 2011
EURO-BASIN Cruise Participation Opportunity
The EC funded large integrated research project EURO-BASIN is looking for experienced research teams to study nutrient cycling and microzooplankton grazing during the North Atlantic Spring Bloom.
Posted: November 14, 2011
Cal Poly Marine Sciences Program Wins Grant to Aid California Fishermen and Fisheries
Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences won a scientific competition for a $720,000 state grant to help improve how California manages its near-shore fishing grounds.
Posted: November 7, 2011
Projected Evolution of California’s San Francisco Bay-Delta-River System in a Century of Climate Change
A new study examines projected impacts of climate change in the San Francisco Estuary-Watershed system.
Posted: November 4, 2011
San Francisco Bay Invaders - KQED QUEST
Invasive kinds of mussels, fish and more are choking out native species, challenging experts around the state to change the human behavior that brings them here.
Posted: November 4, 2011
One if by Land, Two if by Sea? Climate Change "Escape Routes"
Results of the study show how fast animal and plant populations would need to move to keep up with recent climate change effects in the ocean and on land.
Posted: November 4, 2011
Researchers Complete Mollusk Evolutionary Tree
Researchers have compiled the most comprehensive evolutionary tree for mollusks to date. Their analysis places two enigmatic groups, cephalopods and monoplacophorans, as sister clades.
Posted: November 2, 2011
Run-off, Emissions Deliver Double Whammy to Coastal Marine Creatures, UGA Study Finds
Increasing acidification in coastal waters could compromise the ability of oysters and other marine creatures to form and keep their shells.
Posted: October 28, 2011
Opportunities for Graduate Studies in Marine Disturbance Ecology at CSUMB, CSULA, UCLA
Graduate student positions are available for students interested in Marine Disturbance Ecology.
Posted: October 24, 2011
Making Waves, Newsletter of the Division of Ocean Sciences
The latest addition (Autumn 2011) of the newsletter is available online.
Posted: October 19, 2011
Explanation for Glowing Seas Suggested
A potential mechanism for the distinctive blue flashes--a type of bioluminescence found in dinoflagellates--that are visible at night in some marine environments.
Posted: October 19, 2011
CSUMB grad student selected as 2011-2012 CA Sea Grant State Fellow
Scott Toews, a Coastal and Watershed Science & Policy Masters student at CSUMB, was selected as a 2011-2012 California Sea Grant State Fellow. Congratulations Scott!
Posted: October 19, 2011
National Academies releases new report - Scientific Ocean Drilling: Accomplishments and Challenges
This report and the findings it contains are the products of an expert committee of the National Academies.
Posted: October 17, 2011
WRPI Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2010-2011
The annual report for the Water Resources and Policy Initiatives (WRPI) is available online.
Posted: October 14, 2011
RTC-SFSU faculty member Dr. Sarah Cohen elected to California Academy of Sciences
Dr. Sarah Cohen of RTC-SFSU was recently elected a Fellow of the California Academy of Sciences. Congratulations, Sarah!
Posted: October 13, 2011
DFG to Host San Diego Natural Resource Volunteer Academy
The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is recruiting applicants for the Natural Resource Volunteer Program to serve in San Diego County.
Posted: October 13, 2011
Mission to investigate potential oil on board sunken WWII wreck off Cambria starts Wednesday, Oct. 12 2011
A series of dives by a remotely operated vehicle may definitively determine the ecological threat posed by the S.S. Montebello, a World War II-era oil tanker that lies seven miles offshore from Cambria.
Posted: October 12, 2011
COAST Semi-Annual Progress Report
The COAST 6th Semi-Annual Progress Report covering activities from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011 is available online.
Posted: October 11, 2011
Abalone Fishery in Sonoma County Closed
The abalone fishery along the California coast of Sonoma County is officially closed effective immediately.
This action was taken in the wake of confirmed reports of dead red abalone and other invertebrates.
Posted: October 6, 2011
Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI)
The National Science Foundation announces Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI), an initiative to facilitate collaboration among scientists, engineers and educators across the globe.
Posted: October 5, 2011
CSUN Professor Larry Allen Co-authors Study on Southern California Gamefish
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography-led study finds overfishing of spawning areas and environmental conditions are behind the collapse of two important recreational fisheries off Southern California.
Posted: October 3, 2011