Azura employee Rebecca Ingram attended the Conservation Marketing Virtual Conference in October. The event offered three days of live talks, keynote speeches, and plenty of discussion centered on research that uses social marketing strategies to influence public behavior to help advance environmental conservation goals. Social marketing is defined as a process that uses traditional marketing […]
The Problem with Plastics
If you haven’t been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen this video of people pulling a plastic straw out of a sea turtle’s nose. It went viral not too long ago and really helped to bring attention to the problem with plastics taking over our oceans. So what’s the problem with plastics? I recently […]
Recent Occurrence of Marine Mammals off Angola & First Report of Right Whales Since Whaling Era
Azura scientists will be presenting a poster at the World Marine Mammal Conference during 9-12 December 2019 in Barcelona, Spain. Marine megafauna occurrence was recorded in deep offshore waters during an Environmental Baseline Study. The goal of this study was to characterize the habitat and biodiversity of an area of oil and gas exploration 400 […]
Women DOING Science
Welcome to our new blog series which highlights the careers and challenges of female scientists! Why Women DOING Science? A new study led by New York University found that asking young girls to “do science” leads them to show greater persistence in science activities than does asking them to “be scientists”. Because these findings suggest […]
Azura Is a NOAA ProTech Fisheries Contractor
Azura was awarded NOAA’s ProTech Fisheries IDIQ contract to provide professional and technical services to NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) which is responsible for stewardship of the United States’ ocean resources and their habitat. Our Team includes experts in marine mammals, sea turtles, benthic habitats, large-scale program and project management, coastal environmental management, […]
