August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022 —
Tim Barnett, a research marine geophysicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego who made climate models become reliable as predictive tools, died Aug. 12 at his home in San Diego, Calif. He was 83.
August 11, 2022
August 11, 2022 —
A team led by Kristen Guirguis, a climate researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, found evidence that the risk of hazardous weather is increasing in the Southwest. The researchers investigated the daily relationships among four major modes of weather affecting California.
August 11, 2022
August 11, 2022 —
The first study to analyze California’s coastal cliff retreat statewide using high-resolution data has found that cliffs receded faster in the north than elsewhere in the state during the study period.
July 18, 2022
July 18, 2022 —
Russ Davis, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego who invented some of the most transformational ocean-observing instrumentation in history, died June 9, 2022, at the age of 81.
June 6, 2022
June 6, 2022 —
Marine biologists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have created a line of sea urchins whose genetic makeup is fully mapped and can be edited to study human disease genes. The creation of these new research model organisms will accelerate the pace of marine biomedical research.
June 3, 2022
June 3, 2022 —
Carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory peaked in May 2022 at an average of more than 420 parts per million, pushing the atmosphere further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego said.
May 5, 2022
May 5, 2022 —
Scientists used tools of genetics research akin to those used in genealogical research to evaluate the diversity of marine life off the California coast
March 22, 2022
March 22, 2022 —
A study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego provides new insight on the origins and early evolution of echinoids, a group of marine animals that includes modern sea urchins, sand dollars, and their relatives.
March 3, 2022
March 3, 2022 —
Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and colleagues say in a new study that they have identified the fingerprint of climate change in the events that triggered damage to a Northern California dam in 2017 that led to the evacuation of 188,000 people.
December 16, 2021
December 16, 2021 —
Adrianus J. Kalmijn, a biologist and physicist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego who pioneered the study of electromagnetics in shark sensory functions, died Dec. 7, 2021, at the age of 88.
