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UC San Diego’s Office of Innovation Names Director of Commercialization

March 14, 2016

The Office of Innovation and Commercialization (OIC) at UC San Diego has named a key new team leader to help guide the organization in its mission to create an all-campus “innovation ecosystem” and energize the creation of campus startups.

Endangered Fish Find Temporary Refuge from El Niño at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

March 11, 2016

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is playing a critical role in the conservation of local Southern California Tidewater Goby, an endangered species native to California. Since El Niño storms have the potential to inundate the habitat of these small coastal fish, Birch Aquarium is temporarily housing 300 gobies to shelter them from the impacts of this year’s storms.

Reconnaissance Flights Into Atmospheric Rivers Aim To Improve West Coast Storm Predictions

March 3, 2016

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego have developed a new method for improving atmospheric river forecasts based on collecting special observations using two aircraft in atmospheric rivers over the northeast Pacific Ocean. The method was used for the first time in February in National Weather Service-directed flights over the Pacific Ocean.

New Study Pinpoints Stress Factor of Mega-Earthquake Off Japan

March 2, 2016

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researchers published new findings on the role geological rock formations offshore of Japan played in producing the massive 2011 Tohoku-oki earthquake⎯one of only two magnitude 9 mega-earthquakes to occur in the last 50 years.

UC San Diego Vice Chancellor Named Science Envoy by U.S. Department of State

February 29, 2016

The United State Department of State has announced that five eminent scientists, including Margaret Leinen, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and vice chancellor of marine sciences at the University of California at San Diego, have begun service as U.S. Science Envoys in February 2016. She will focus on ocean science in Latin America, East Asia, and the Pacific.

Two ‘Seasoned and Successful’ Entrepreneurs Join UC San Diego to Guide Student Innovators

February 29, 2016

UC San Diego’s Entrepreneurs-in-Residence program, which currently features three savvy business professionals who help advise students on start-up ideas, has gained two additional experts.

New Research Reveals Sound of Deep-Water Animal Migration

February 22, 2016

New research finds there is a distinct sound coming from a massive community of fish, shrimp, jellies, and squid as they travel up and down from the depths of the ocean to the water’s surface to feed. This sound could be serving as a “dinner bell” for these deep-water organisms that play a key role in ocean food webs and the global carbon cycle, and could help scientists better understand this mysterious ecosystem, according to new research presented this week at the 2016 Ocean Science Meeting in New Orleans.

Cutting Aerosols Will Help Secure World’s Water Supply

February 22, 2016

As countries grapple with the practical realities of the Paris Climate Change, they must also recognize that pollution has many distinct effects. For there is more to climate change than higher temperatures, say UC San Diego scientists David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan in the newly published essay “The Next Front on Climate Change: How to Avoid a Dimmer, Drier World.”

Ten UC San Diego Student Teams Awarded First Funding for Promising New Projects

February 22, 2016

Ten teams of innovative students at UC San Diego have been awarded proof-of-concept funding to validate the product concepts behind their innovative projects.

Douglas Inman, Founder of Coastal Oceanography, Dies at 95

February 18, 2016

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Emeritus Professor Douglas Inman, considered the founder of the field of coastal oceanography, died Thursday at the age of 95.
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