Hakai Institute

New UVic study reveals the extent of lost kelp forests in the Northern Salish Sea

New research from the University of Victoria reports that vast kelp forests around the North Salish Sea vanished decades earlier than previously understood, largely due to warming ocean temperatures.

Research institute eschews short-term funding methods

In a landscape marred by massive cuts to science funding, the Hakai Institute on British Columbia’s Central Coast represents an alternative paradigm in research funding. For UVic ethnobotanist Dr. Nancy…