Webinars
Upcoming Webinars
Mud matters: Understanding the role of ocean sediments in storing carbon
Thursday, November 9, 1 pm US EST/9 am US PST/6 pm UTC. Presented by: Sara Hutto of the Greater Farallones Association and Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries. Description: The sediments of the vast ocean floor represent the world’s largest non-fossil pool of organic carbon, yet they are not well-studied or protected. The carbon in these sediments can remain stored for thousands to millions of years; however, activities such as mining, oil and gas exploration, and bottom-contact fishing can disturb sediment, resuspending it into the water column and potentially remineralizing carbon into aqueous CO2. Current understanding of marine sediment carbon along the US West Coast is limited, constraining meaningful management and protection of these critically important carbon sinks. The Greater Farallones Association, in partnership with NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) and NOAA’s Greater Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries, conducted the first systematic evaluation of marine sedimentary carbon stocks in North-central California. This webinar will discuss the importance of marine sediments in global carbon sequestration and storage. It will also present the results of this study, including an estimate of the carbon stock within the Sanctuaries’ marine sediments and identification of carbon “hot-spots” on the seafloor based on a novel spatial model of carbon density.
Past Webinars
Thank You Ocean! Building Common Outreach Messages and Strategies through the California Ocean Communicator
Learn how stronger communications networking can increase your MPA program impact.
How Are We Doing? Taking the Pulse of California’s Oceans
Monitoring California’s statewide network of MPAs will produce an unprecedented body of data that will be useful not only to assess the performance of MPAs…
Can You Hear Me Now?: Research and Tools on Ocean Communication
The Ocean Project conducts cutting-edge market research and analysis to help inform outreach and education on ocean issues. Find out what people really think about ocean issues…
Incorporating Ecosystem Services into Assessments of Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation
Rising sea levels coupled with population growth along coasts make climate adaptation planning an imperative. The framework of ecosystem services can help managers understand…
Evaluating Conservation and Management Efforts through an Eco-Audit
In an era of diverse and potentially conflicting uses of ocean resources, successful implementation of EBM requires a means to assess ecosystem status and evaluate tradeoffs inherent in the management of ecosystems…
Integrated Ecosystem Assessment for the California Current
In an era of diverse and potentially conflicting uses of ocean resources, successful implementation of EBM requires a means to assess ecosystem status and evaluate tradeoffs inherent in the management of ecosystems….
Building the Capacity of MPA Programs Around the Globe
The Office of National Marine Sanctuaries’ MPA Management Capacity Building Program works with 22 countries around the world..
Demonstration of Madrona
Madrona is an open source software framework for creating web-based tools for place-based decision-making. It is based on the idea that one-size-fits-all software solutions…
Demonstration of OpenChannels
Marine Ecosystems and Management (MEAM) and its sister newsletter MPA News have partnered to build a new website to help coastal and marine management and conservation practitioners..
Plastic Innovations and Marine Debris
This webinar explored how two companies’ innovations in plastic manufacturing could help address the problem of persistent ocean plastics in different ways…