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Seagrass Study Points to Promising Pathway for Ocean Restoration

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.

Scripps Oceanography Seismologist Awarded for Real-Time Tsunami Forecast Breakthrough

Scripps' Alice Gabriel is part of a team awarded the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for its work on real-time tsunami forecasting. The researchers created algorithms to forecast tsunami wave heights that are 10 billion times faster than conventional algorithims.

Your Feed is Full of Nutrition Trends. Are Any of Them Legit?

TikTok is overflowing with “healthy” hacks — protein everything, fibermaxxing, sea moss gel and more. UC San Diego experts separate science from hype in seven of the year’s biggest nutrition and supplement trends.

UC San Diego and UC System Rank Among World’s Top Institutions for Most Influential Researchers

UC San Diego has once again been recognized among the top institutions in the world on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate. UC San Diego tied for 18th in the world this year with UCLA. Both schools have 50 recognitions on the Highly Cited Researchers listing.

California Beach Widths Show Resilience

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.

Second Cohort of UC San Diego’s 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees Announced

Six new faculty-led teams have been selected as UC San Diego’s Fall 2025 Convene and Influence Awardees. The most recent awardees were announced recently in a meeting with Spring 2025 awardees who discussed how their projects have progressed since May and what aspects have been strengthened and heig

UC San Diego Cohort to Collaborate on Global Climate Solutions at COP30 in Brazil

From Nov. 10-21, 2025, world leaders, scientists, policymakers, industry representatives and delegates from around the globe will gather in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil at the 30th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties, or COP30.

New Technology Infrastructure Streamlines AI-Powered Coral Research

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.

New Study Reveals Source of Rain is Major Factor Behind Drought Risks for Farmers

A new University of California San Diego study uncovers a hidden driver of global crop vulnerability: the origin of rainfall itself. Published in Nature Sustainability, the research traces atmospheric moisture back to its source.

Scientists Produce Powerhouse Pigment Behind Octopus Camouflage

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment used in animal camouflage, in a bacterium for the first time. This breakthrough unlocks a promising pathway for designing nature-inspired materials.

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