August 15, 2023
August 15, 2023 —
The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP) was one of the most innovative oceanographic research tools ever invented, but on Aug. 3, FLIP's distinguished career finished its final chapter when it was towed to a dismantling and recycling facility, the costs to renovate it deemed too expensive.
August 8, 2023
August 8, 2023 —
UNESCO has awarded a team of researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History and UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography for their efforts protecting underwater cultural heritage sites.
June 8, 2023
June 8, 2023 —
CO2 levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked at 424 parts per million in May, continuing a steady climb further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced this week.
May 31, 2023
May 31, 2023 —
In the first-ever “before and after” assessment of the impact of establishing Mexico’s Revillagigedo National Park on the fishing industry, a team of U.S. and Mexican researchers found that Mexico’s industrial fishing sector did not incur economic losses five years after the park’s creation.
May 25, 2023
May 25, 2023 —
This winter produced record snowfall in California, but a new study suggests the state should expect gradually declining snowpacks, even if punctuated with occasional epic snowfalls, in the future.
May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023 —
Scripps Oceanography researcher Jeffrey Bada proposes that volcanism could have produced the lightning bolts that charged life into existence.
March 15, 2023
March 15, 2023 —
UC San Diego scientists and colleagues have developed a way for computers to sift through sounds collected by field acoustic recording packages and process them faster than even the most trained human analysts. The method represents a major advance in the field of signal processing.
March 2, 2023
March 2, 2023 —
New research led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has confirmed that coastal water pollution transfers to the atmosphere in sea spray aerosol, which can reach people beyond just beachgoers, surfers, and swimmers.
February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023 —
Scientists find that offshore wind tends to encourage development of the tubular barrel waves favored by advanced surfers. “This is common surfing wisdom, but it has not been something that has been scientifically studied,” said Scripps Oceanography's Falk Feddersen, who led a new study.
January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023 —
Researchers at UC San Diego report that “precipitation shocks,” whether droughts or flood-causing rains, can increase rates of diarrheal diseases among children in tropical low-to- middle-income countries.