By Parker Levinson, 2019-2020 Antarctica Program Intern A couple weeks after accepting an internship offer from Point Blue to study Adélie Penguins in Antarctica, I got a call: we’ll be flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) otherwise known as drones. You’ll need to get a license through the Federal Aviation Association (FAA). How would learning to
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Sea Level Rise Adaptation Framework
Webinar Release a Success! Thank you to the 174 participants of our webinar release hosted by Point Blue Conservation Science, the San Francisco Estuary Institute, and the County of Marin, on October 15th, 2019. Find the recording here. Planning with Nature Point Blue Conservation Science and the San Francisco Estuary Institute, in partnership with the
Help Shape Climate Stewards Curriculum
The University of California, California Naturalist Program Climate Stewards Initiative is developing a new certification course with an anticipated launch in 2021. This course will certify adults as UC Climate Stewards across California. The vision for the certification is to prepare Climate Stewards to communicate and engage in local, collective activities to advance community and
A Day in the Life of a UN Climate Conference Observer- Ellie’s COP24 Blog Post#3
by Ellie Cohen December 11, 2018 (See also Ellie’s other COP24 posts: From Katowice to Auschwitz — Ellie’s COP24 #2 blog post and 2018 UNFCCC Global Climate Meeting– Ellie’s COP24 blog #1 from Katowice, Poland with video and news links) One of the joys of attending the UNFCCC global climate meetings is meeting passionate, caring people
Healthy Transitions
Transitions can be hard, especially if you don’t have the proper space to move and change. This is true in life and nature. Point Blue is teaming up with partners to figure out what makes transition zones between marshes and upland around the San Francisco Bay healthy and useful in the face of climate change. Read on to learn more.
Learning About a Vital Ecosystem – From Below the Ground Up
Point Blue scientists get their hands in the dirt to take the pulse of rangeland ecosystem health.
Monitoring Tidal-Marsh Change
Bird studies show that ecosystem restoration works in San Francisco Bay – and is “climate-smart” as sea levels rise.
Breaking the Ice and Making Connections
A Point Blue ecologist ponders the parallel struggle between marshes of the SF Bay and the Antarctic Ocean
Re-imagining Ridgway’s Rails
The complexity and creativity of recovering a species in the San Francisco Bay
Early Bird Gets the Worm (or Brine Shrimp)?
This year marked the earliest Snowy Plover nesting season in 32 years of study
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