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Fellow uses oceanographic data to understand marine debris and ocean acidification
Class of 2014 / Fellowships

Fellow uses oceanographic data to understand marine debris and ocean acidification

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California Sea Grant provides unique educational opportunities for graduate students in the form of 12-month paid fellowships. Laura Lilly is the new Sea Grant fellow for SCCOOS, CeNCOOS and NANOOS with the West Coast Governors Alliance (WCGA) Ocean Data Portal (ODP). This one-year West Coast Oceanographic Data Integration Fellowship began November 2013. Laura is hosted … Continue reading →

Fighting the world’s largest landfill starts at the local level
Class of 2013 / Fellowships

Fighting the world’s largest landfill starts at the local level

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Out in the North Pacific Ocean, a combination of chemical sludge, plastic and other debris circulate in a slow-moving spiral of currents. This unusually dense patch of man-made marine debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, also known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, is a problem of international scale. Mandy Sackett is tackling the … Continue reading →