**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> Sometime in February 2004, I was sitting on a boat in the Bay of Thailand getting ready to do my first open water SCUBA dive. I did not know it at the time, but this dive would change the trajectory of my life. I had graduated […]
Tag Archives: policy and permitting
Senate Committee discusses Ocean Acidification, “Evil Twin” of Climate Change
January 29th, 2016
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> The Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water met Tuesday for an oversight hearing, “Science and Policy Update on Ocean Acidification – the “Evil Twin” of Climate Change.” It marked the first legislative hearing on ocean acidification. Showcasing work by the West Coast Ocean Acidification […]
Responding to a Changing Climate in California’s Coasts and Oceans
August 20th, 2015
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> As a transplant to the San Francisco Bay area from Washington, DC, I’m still awed by the beauty, diversity and abundance of California’s coasts and oceans, and the commitment of the state government and local communities to protect and enhance these areas that are integral to […]
CERF 2015 Call for Abstracts: “Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia: Connecting Science To Decision-Making”
April 24th, 2015
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> There is no single approach to considering ocean acidification and hypoxia science in management and policy. Given the complexity and scale of these issues, along with the rapidly advancing science, understanding when and where to take action is no simple task. To highlight work in this […]
Life in the Boundary: A Sea Grant Fellow’s Perspective to Science Integration
March 19th, 2014
**This blog entry orginally appeared on the website oceanspaces.org.**/p> This post originally appears in California Sea Grant’s blog Our Ocean on March 11, 2014 California Sea Grant provides unique educational opportunities for graduate students in the form of 12-month paid fellowships. Hayley Carter joined the Ocean Science Trust as a 2013 California Sea Grant Fellow […]