it's been trialled by researchers from the university of marine science as part of the restoration effortsass meadows and kelp forests are super—important for hundreds of other species. globally, we've lost about a third of the world's are degraded or declining. up until now, they've used some very manual tools. we're about to count the urchins that we see in 10m bands. and then we go back along the line again and we use this quadrat. we place it down and we take photos along the transit line as well. and then we can take that data and go back and review it when we go with divers, we're only able to sample a small section of our study habitat. them together to build a precise digital record in the form of 3d models. we can show the funding bodies, for example, orjust the general public, what things look like before and after we intervene. so what do you think, adriana? it is excellent. you can see the barren area really well. yes... it is, actually. i mean, it's not a particularly good day either, so... instead of sending divers down for days at a time in shark—infested waters, adriana thi

romberg campus in tiburon, san francisco state university has one of the most unique marine research sites in northern california. the estuary and ocean scienceis where students, faculty, and even community members have been learning and monitoring the health of the bay for decades. we use this shoreline as a living laboratory to. so this is for me, quite. it makes me quite sad to think that we won't have our own place right here, where we can test something like this. catherineoyer is the interim executive director of the research center here. because of the location, it's easy for students and researchers to actually head out on boats to collect samples in the bay and conduct their experiments on site. graduate student david nelson is working on a project for the u.s. geological survey. he was surprised to hear the university is planning to close this campus. i feel like now more than ever, we really need facilities like this that are doing solid, meaningful science, applied science. boyer says millions of dollars worth of grants from federal, regional and even private researchers are tied to this site but explains it is expensive to mainta

of savings. powering possibilities. comcast business. marine science lab is scheduled to close due to lack of funding. san francisco state universitying it will begin phasing out operations at its romberg tiburon campus and move students and faculty to the university's main campus. univeity president lynn mahoney says the school has not been able to raise enough money to sustain operations at the nearly 53 acre site. administrators say san francisco state university is facing a $25 million budget shortfall, due in part to declining enrollment and cuts in the state budget. >> an arts organization in san francisco's chinatown celebrated the lunar new music to candy making. >> ktvu photojournalist jaden shaw shows us how the edge on the square is ringing in the >> today we are celebrating lunar new year weekend. we have three different organizations and artists who are here to help us celebrate and uplift chinatown as a community. >> i make this candy almost 30 years. >> and we have derrick tam, who is the artist behind dragon beer or dragon papa, and he's one of the few remaining candy makers making traditional dragon beard candy. >>

it's been trialled by researchers from the university of new south wales and the sydney institute of marine science as part of the restoration efforts. so seagrass meadows and kelp forests are super—important habitats, that they provide food and home and shelter for hundreds of other species. it's what we call a foundation species. globally, we've lost about a third of the world's seagrasses, and about 50% of the world's kelp forests are degraded or declining. up until now, they've used some very manual tools. we're about to count the urchins that we see in 10m bands. and then we go back along the line again and then we can take that data and go back and review it all back in the office. section of our study habitat. the beauty about a robot is that it can go very deep, it can stay down for as long as we want it. it scans the ocean floor, taking photos of the habitat as it goes, automatically piecing in the form of sd models. we can show the funding bodies, for example, orjust the general public, what things look like before and after we intervene. so what do you think, adriana? it is excellent. yo