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Ryan Rykaczewski

CLIVAR workshop on upwelling

Ryan Rykaczewski, Nereus Program alumnus and assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, will participate in a CLIVAR workshop on upwelling from October 2 to 3 in Ankara, Turkey.

Ask an Expert: How will this year’s El Nino affect oceans and fisheries?

Godzilla. Bruce Lee. The names for this year’s El Nino are growing, as are the fears that this might be the biggest one yet. But what is an El Nino and what effects do they have on oceans and fisheries?

Ryan Rykaczewski, Nereus Program alumni and assistant professor at the University of South Carolina, focuses his research on the responses of ecosystem and fisheries production to past and future climate variability and climate change and has published on the impacts of past El Ninos. Here he explains the basics of El Ninos and why this upcoming one could have destructive impacts on ocean ecosystems, fisheries, and fish and mammal species.