Ever wondered how feeding seaweed to cows can help fight climate change? Check out this news story from NBC for more information and details about the Smith Lab’s latest collaboration. Click here for the full story! If you want to learn more about the Smith Lab’s research on Asparagopsis taxiformis, you can find more info on our Research Page. … Read More
Smith Lab revisits Maui’s coral reefs to find many layers of resilience
Since 2014, the Smith Lab has been collecting large area imagery to monitor the coral reefs of Maui’s leeward (protected) coast using structure from motion (SfM) technology. Through this work, researchers have captured how the reefs grow and change through time in the midst of a variety of global and local disturbances and stressors. Most notably, this time-series is the … Read More
Postdoctoral Position in Kelp Thermal Tolerance
Postdoctoral Opportunity: Thermal tolerance, population variability and experimental restoration of kelp in Southern CA in the Smith Lab at Scripps Institution of Oceanography The Smith lab is looking to recruit a new postdoctoral researcher in early 2024 to work on an exiting new project focused on thermal tolerance in habitat forming and understory kelp taxa in southern California as related … Read More
Reflections on COP 27: What I learned as an observer at the Global Climate Conference
A few weeks ago, I returned from the UN climate conference, also known as the 27th Conference of Parties (COP 27), which was held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt this November. I was lucky enough to attend as part of the University of California’s observer delegation along with more than a dozen other students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As … Read More
Another year, another Maui trip!
Aloha! Our lab just got back from our annual field work trip to Maui, and we have a lot to report! We’ve been visiting Maui for over a decade to monitor coral reefs along the island’s leeward (sheltered from the wind) coast. We return to the same sites year after year and take thousands of pictures of each reef. When … Read More
“From the Ocean, a Cure for Cow Burps”
Check out this press release from the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA) on the potential of the red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, to significantly reduce methane emissions from the livestock industry! The article includes an interview with Dr. Jennifer Smith and other experts on the large-scale cultivation and commercialization of this nature-based climate solution.
Adi Khen featured affiliate artist with Climate Science Alliance
Adi Khen, a PhD candidate in the Smith Lab, was recently featured in an interview with the Climate Science Alliance. She is the newest affiliated artist with the Alliance, and her work will be featured in their upcoming “Art of Change” show. Adi is passionate about art and using illustration to communicate complex scientific topics to a variety of audiences. … Read More
SIO Scientist Spotlight: A day in the life of Dr. Jen Smith
Dr. Jennifer Smith was recently interviewed for a Scientist Spotlight in Explorations Now. The article, “A Scientist’s Life: Dr. Jennifer Smith,” highlights Dr. Smith’s research with emphasis on the technological advances that influence how we study coral reefs. See the full interview here. Check out the interview video below:
Smith Lab & colleagues march (& swim) for science on Earth Day 2017!
This year on Earth Day (4/22/17) scientists, researchers, and science-supporters marched in 600 cities worldwide to show support for scientific research and scientifically informed public policies. During the Science March Dr. Jennifer Smith was conducting field research in Maui Nui along with Smith Lab members Dr. Emily Kelly and Samantha Clements, and Sandin Lab researcher, Nicole Pedersen, to collect coral reef … Read More