Events and Updates
We are back to our monthly Giant Kelp Cluster meetings!
Join us on Thursday August 29, 4:30-6:00 pm for an engaging discussion about about the importance of preserving macroalgae and associated microbes by Emily Aguirre and Michael Marty-Rivera.
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05/28/2024
KTLA 5 News Live
Gayle Anderson, KTLA-5, interviews Emily Aguirre, AltaSeads Conservancy, and Jaycee Lanza, USC, during her story about Alta Sea Center for Innovation.
05/27/2024
Ocean technology hub AltaSea blooms on San Pedro waterfront.
By Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times.
A moon shot to make Southern California an international leader in the “blue economy” is taking shape in San Pedro as a $30-million renovation of three historic waterfront warehouses nears completion.
05/09/2024
How Spore Banks Can Save Kelp
By Alexandra Gilespie, Scuba Diving Magazine.
Bleached coral is the poster child of warming oceans, but reefs are far from the only marine ecosystem in hot water. Increasing water temperatures can also harm kelp, the towering underwater seaweed forests that house hundreds of oceanic species and absorb millions of tons of carbon.
10/14/2023
Mini-conference. Save the World with Kelp!
Wasn’t it great to have a group of 77 people of different professional engagements but same shared passion for the wellbeing of our ocean?
09/25/2023
California Foundation on the Environment and the Economy - 09/25/2023
California Foundation on the Environment and Economy (https://www.cfee.net/) has visited our grounds on September 25. Thank you Michael Rivera, Terry Tamminen, Jenny Krusoe and Sergey Nuzhdin for an explicit overview of our work to that organization.
09/22/2023
Climate Week - NY
Dr. Sergey Nuzhdin delivered a keynote at the Climate Week on September 21 – 23.