William Cheung

Professor

Canada Research Chair (Tier II, Ocean Sustainability and Global Change)

Director, Changing Ocean Research Unit

Director of Science of Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program

Faculty of Science

Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Conservation, Environment, Fish / Fisheries, Natural Resource Economics, Sustainability

Contact Information

w.cheung@oceans.ubc.ca

Tel: 604-827-3756

http://oceans.ubc.ca/william-cheung/

http://www.nereusprogram/

Alternate Contact

Alex Walls

Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.4636

Cell: 778.984.6173

Email: alex.walls@ubc.ca

Expertise

Global change, climate change, oceans, fisheries, biodiversity, marine and coastal, ecosystems, conservation, adaptation, impact assessment, fisheries management, biological diversity, sustainable development, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Languages

Cantonese

In the Media

• UBC experts on UN climate summit and related topics - UBC News
• Can't be 'business as usual' at UN climate conference, say UBC experts - UBC Faculty of Science
• Low-income countries could lose 30% of nutrients due to climate change - UBC News
• Fish buffered from recent marine heatwaves, showing there's still time to act on climate change - UBC News
• 130-Year-Old Menus Show How Climate Change Is Already Affecting What We Eat - Hakai Magazine
• Vancouver's old seafood menus illustrate impact of climate change - Vancouver Sun
• Expect to see more squid and less sockeye salmon on “climate changed” menus - UBC News
• Marine heat waves could wipe out fish stocks, UBC study finds - CBC.ca
• Marine heatwaves could wipe out an extra six per cent of a country's fish catches, costing millions their jobs - UBC News
• Marine biologist William Cheung named director of UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries - UBC Faculty of Science
• Pacific Ocean 'blobs' will escalate loss of fish stocks, study says - CBC.ca
• Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air - UBC News
• Climate change to bring great white sharks to B.C. says UBC prof - CBC.ca
• Climate change jaw dropper: Great white shark could one day prowl B.C. waters - UBC News
• Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually - UBC News