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A humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, breaches near the Farallon Islands. Learn about our work with Point Blue Conservation Science on whale migration, climate change and entanglement in fishing gear.
The porcelain crab, Petrolisthes cinctipes, lives in the low intertidal zone under rocks and cobbles. Dr. Jonathon Stillman and his students study how climate change and ocean acidification will affect its physiology and ecology in the future.
The striped Taylor’s sea hare, Phyllaplaysia taylori, helps keep our local SF Bay eelgrass, Zostera marina, healthy by eating off the algae that try to grow on top them, and keep them from getting enough light. Dr. Katharyn Boyer and her students are discovering the best ways to restore eelgrass habitats.
Our research vessel the R/V Questuary supports a variety of research and education projects in the San Francisco Estuary: From Delta food webs to the role of nutrients to oceanography, and more.
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As climate change looms, SF State’s Estuary & Ocean Science Center monitors the health of the Bay
SF State’s Estuary and Ocean Science Center to receive $190,000 grant to accelerate research on nature-based adaptation and restoration focused on SF Bay’s steeper...
Two banana-yellow buoys anchored along the Tiburon shore will be San Francisco Bay’s sentinels against shifts in water chemistry due to climate change.
From Hawaii to Brazil to Britain, the establishment of large marine protected areas, thousands of square miles in size, is on the rise.