Posts Tagged ‘Villy Christensen’

Window into world’s future oceans unveiled by NF-UBC Nereus team

Feb. 18, 2012 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

An international team from the Nippon Foundation-University of British Columbia Nereus program has unveiled the first global model of life in the world’s oceans, allowing scientists and policymakers to predict – and show through 3D visualizations – the state of life in the oceans of the future.

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Fishing down food web leaves fewer big fish, more small fish in past century: UBC research

Feb. 18, 2011 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , ,

Predatory fish such as cod, tuna, and groupers have declined by two-thirds over the past 100 years, while small forage fish such as sardine, anchovy and capelin have more than doubled over the same period, according to UBC researchers.

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A 3-D simulation of the ocean in 1950

UBC and The Nippon Foundation launch $13-million research program to predict the future of oceans

Dec. 5, 2010 | Filed under: Media Release | Tags: , , , , , ,

UBC researchers today launched a $13-million, nine-year research program with Japan’s Nippon Foundation to study the future of the world’s oceans and to monitor the impact of human activities on seafood resources.

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