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Seymour Center Director Shares New Vision [GoodTimes]
Seymour Center Director Shares New Vision
Reefense project aims to meld biology and engineering in novel structures for coastal protection
https://news.ucsc.edu/2022/06/reefense-grant.html
Director’s Update, June 2022
“Do jellyfish have the answers to immortality?” “Do fish poop?” “What do you need to study to become a marine biologist?” I cherish the questions you pose on our Ask A Scientist board. Thank you for sharing your curiosity, exploring your deepest wonders, and seeking out ways to act for the sake of marine and […]
UCSC leads large collaborative effort to help coastal wetlands mitigate climate change
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/12/wetlands-restoration.html
Applications now open for Ocean Explorers Summer Camp
The highlight of your budding marine scientist’s summer is here! Ocean Explorers campers experience the thrill of scientific discovery and tons of fun with new friends. Seymour Center summer camps provide youth, ages 7 to 14, an unforgettable week sure to inspire a lasting passion for ocean conservation. Ocean Explorers actively explore the fascinating world […]
Director’s Update, March 2022
“This is the best day ever!” cheered a student from Bradley Elementary School in Watsonville as the classroom wrapped up its tour of the marine mammal lab last week. Thanks to the inimitable Kevin Keedy’s herculean effort, for the first time in two years school kids are back in the Seymour Center for our ultra-popular […]
Wildfire runoff may impede steelhead sense of smell
Wildfire runoff may impede steelhead sense of smell
Support future marine scientists
Jessie Kendall-Bar attended Ocean Explorers summer camp at Seymour Center in 2005. Today, she’s a marine science Ph.D. candidate at UC Santa Cruz. I invite you to read more about Jessie’s journey. Supporters like you made Jessie’s story possible. Your generosity in 2021 will launch new stories like Jessie’s. Jessie’s name frequently pops up around […]
Swimming Upstream
Swimming Upstream
Seymour Marine Discovery Center will reopen in October
https://lookout.co/santacruz/civic-life/story/2021-09-24/seymour-marine-discovery-center-will-reopen-in-october
Enhanced wetland on UCSC’s Coastal Science Campus will benefit threatened frogs
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/09/frog-pond-project.html
Seymour Center welcomes new executive director, Jonathan Hicken
https://news.ucsc.edu/2021/07/seymour-center-director.html
Our Ocean Backyard – Hazards at the Shoreline
It’s probably safe to say that most beachgoers fear a shark attack more than any other single hazard at the beach. And perhaps surprisingly, on average, there is less than one death each year from a shark bite in all coastal waters of the United States… less than one fatality every year! The probability of […]
Our Ocean Backyard – Ocean Good News
These days the news coming from the ocean is usually anything but positive or encouraging, whether ocean acidification, harmful algal blooms and closed fishing seasons, ocean warming and coral reef bleaching, water quality decline, overfishing, loss of habitat, sea-level rise and shoreline erosion, there are a mind-numbing list of problems out there to be concerned […]
Our Ocean Backyard – What’s up with Desalination?
Almost any new project in Santa Cruz become controversial almost the day it is proposed. You are often either for it or against it, and desal is no exception. There is often not much middle ground. A former Santa Cruz City Council member once told me from his years on the council that what typically […]
Our Ocean Backyard – Our Future Water Sources
We will never run out of water on Earth, but we are running low on fresh water, locally and globally. Each of the water agencies around Monterey Bay is looking at multiple alternatives for providing water to customers in this 2nd year of a major drought and beyond. The Santa Cruz citizen’s Water Supply Advisory […]