Growing a Blue Economy Entrepreneur Ecosystem in the LA Harbor Region
By Ann Carpenter, CEO, Braid Theory; and Chief Innovation Officer, City of Los Angeles, District 15 Blue Economy Overview According to The 2018 Annual Economic Report on EU Blue Economy produced by the...
View ArticleAltaSea: Trending – May 13, 2020
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. UPCOMING EVENTS “Empower Action Against Plastic Pollution” with Dr. Marcus Eriksen (AltaSea) Please join us on May 22 at...
View ArticleRevolution 5.0 and the Ocean Economy
Introduction: The Fifth Industrial Revolution is at Los Angeles’ doorstep, and AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles is ready to embrace it. Our Center of Innovation focuses on Aquaculture, Blue...
View ArticleAltaSea Advances the UN Sustainable Development Goals
With unprecedented speed the COVID-19 crisis has pushed humanity to focus on our future. In a matter of weeks, people everywhere have altered nearly every aspect of their daily lives. Now, as the world...
View ArticleOcean Energy
By Maya Henry, 8th grade When you think of energy, your mind might jump to a picture of a lab or scientists working with chemicals. Maybe, and, let’s be honest, you have absolutely no clue what to...
View ArticleAltaSea: Beacon – Special Edition – June 8, 2020
Dear Friends, Today is World Oceans Day. While a healthy ocean remains a vital path towards a better world, the world is only better if the people in it are recognized, valued, and supported. The...
View Article5 Ways the Ocean Can Save the Planet
Less than a year ago, the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change communicated to policy makers that the health of the ocean was suffering from global warming. But the ocean, is not a...
View ArticleAltaSea: Trending – June 10, 2020
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. UPCOMING EVENTS Live Chats (AltaSea) AltaSea has scheduled some exciting Live Chats over the coming weeks. We hope you will...
View ArticleAltaSea Applauds the Center for the Blue Economy
There are many organizations fighting for a better earth and a better future. One of these is the Center for the Blue Economy at Middlebury Institute. Their mission is to promote a sustainable,...
View ArticleThe Future is Looking Ocean Blue
Palos Verdes Pulse Slightly less than a decade ago, Geraldine Knatz, former Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles, asked Leonard Aube, former Executive Director of the Annenberg Foundation, to...
View ArticleCOVID-related Changes in Human Activity is not Moving the Needle on Climate...
By Michaela Johnson Climate change has been a hot topic over the past decade. Many scientific groups and activists have made projections for climate change in the future. One of these projections is...
View ArticleIncubator for Ocean Exploration Companies Docks at Port of Los Angeles
BY ZARINA KHAIRZADA SAN PEDRO PUBLISHED 11:31 AM ET JUN. 25, 2020 UPDATED 11:51 AM ET JUN. 25, 2020 PORT OF LOS ANGELES – Calm waters near the docks at the Port of Los Angeles have become a gateway...
View ArticleToo Big To Fail?
The ocean plays a major role in the survival of our planet for well-known reasons, such as the ability to slow global warming by trapping harmful carbon compounds or the ability to release vast...
View ArticleAltaSea: Trending – July 8, 2020
A monthly round-up of news and trends important to the AltaSea community. UPCOMING EVENTS Live Chats and Webinars (AltaSea) AltaSea has scheduled some exciting Live Chats and Webinars over the coming...
View ArticleOpinion: The rise of the ‘Giant Ocean States’
By Dr. Greg Stone and Dr. T. Suka Mangisi Scientists believe life began in the ocean. It now acts as the bloodstream for the planet; global flows of saltwater moving in currents — north and south, cold...
View ArticleMany Hues of Blue
One of the chief ways a healthy ocean can help mitigate the effects of climate change is through its ability to trap carbon, a process often referred to as “carbon sequestration.” Carbon trapped in...
View ArticleHow to Create an Ocean-Friendly Garden
By Todd Michaels Not sure how our ocean and our lives are connected? The sea is our lifeline, producing more than half the world’s oxygen and absorbing 50 times more carbon dioxide than our atmosphere....
View ArticleCollaboration with World Resources Institute (WRI) and California Institute...
Cover Art: Recipe for Action (still). PSA animation: Yoo Jung Hong. Graphic design: Makena Janssen. Courtesy of the artists. The ocean is the life source of our planet and vital for healthy human...
View ArticleDeep Ocean Studies Unlock Hidden Secrets
In spite of social distancing and quarantining requirements of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, scientists from Geoscience Australia, the University of Sydney, and the Queensland Museum, led by Dr. Robin...
View ArticleAltaSea Signs Agreement to Work With Scripps, UCSD
By Coco Huang | August 3, 2020 | Los Angeles Business Journal | Link AltaSea is building out a 35-acre campus in San Pedro under a 50-year lease with the Port of L.A. AltaSea at the Port of Los...
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