Our Location
The Climate and Ecosystems Program is located at Heritage Harbor in Monterey, California, and works with a number of California universities and stakeholder groups concerned with ocean science and management.
What We Do
Climate & Ecosystem Research
The Climate & Ecosystem Group is composed of NOAA Fisheries and UC Santa Cruz oceanographers and ecologists that are examining how physical and biological processes affect the California Current Ecosystem and the eastern Pacific Ocean. Our major research areas include the following projects:
- California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CC-IEA)
- Ecological and social indicators of ecosystem health
- Management Strategy Evaluations
- Research on climate and oceanographic processes, including upwelling indices and marine heatwaves
- Ecosystem-based and Dynamic Ocean Management, e.g. EcoCast and WhaleWatch
- End-to-end (climate to humans) models of climate-driven ecosystem change, e.g. Future Seas
- Climate vulnerability assessments of west coast commercial fish species and marine mammals
Our Leadership
