January 8, 2026
January 8, 2026 —
Walkability pioneer, UC San Diego urban planning professor Lawrence Frank revisits two decades of evidence linking car dependence and chronic disease – and explains why cleaner cars won’t make us healthier.
January 5, 2026
January 5, 2026 —
Atmospheric rivers may be associated with wet winter storms on the West Coast of North America, but these ribbons of water vapor in the sky are a global phenomenon. Now, a new international effort will study and forecast these storms on a global scale.
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December 18, 2025
December 18, 2025 —
Engineers have developed a spray-on polymer coating that could help plants resist harmful bacterial infections and survive drought. Interestingly, spraying just part of a leaf results in bacterial immunity and improved drought tolerance for the entire plant.
December 11, 2025
December 11, 2025 —
Experts across UC San Diego have united to launch the Soil Health Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Established in fall 2025, the center brings together an interdisciplinary team that’s digging — sometimes literally — into research on building and maintaining healthy soils.
December 10, 2025
December 10, 2025 —
School of Biological Sciences Professor Christopher Wills’ book describing ecosystem insights from across the globe, “Why Ecosystems Matter, Preserving the Key to Our Survival,” has been honored with the 2025 Marsh Book of the Year Award from the British Ecological Society.
December 8, 2025
December 8, 2025 —
As the holiday season approaches, the rush to find the perfect gift often overshadows its environmental impact. However, with a few thoughtful choices, gift-giving can be both joyful and sustainable.
December 3, 2025
December 3, 2025 —
A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals the potential of a new hybrid seagrass to advance ocean restoration efforts in California and beyond.
November 17, 2025
November 17, 2025 —
Two new studies from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provide encouraging news about California's beaches at both local and statewide scales.
November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025 —
A new in-kind gift from Dell Technologies is enabling a team of coral reef researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego to increase the environmental sustainability of their AI-powered research.
November 4, 2025
November 4, 2025 —
The grantmaking organization Open Philanthropy has awarded funding for a UC San Diego technology designed to stop the spread of malaria. The $500,000 grant will support the development of a new gene-editing system that blocks mosquitoes from spreading parasites that cause malaria.
