October 17, 2024
More than a dozen of the world’s leading ocean scientific, philanthropic, and other stakeholder organizations, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, return to represent ocean issues at the world’s largest climate negotiation, the 29th Conference of…
October 28, 2024
The toxic pesticide DDT was dumped into the ocean off Southern California more than 50 years ago by the Montrose Chemical Corporation, and it is still contaminating fish and sediments in the region decades later, according to researchers.
October 10, 2019
…for remarkable breakthroughs in marine microbiology, conservation efforts, science communication, quantum materials, astrophysics and patient care that inspire others to look deeper.” Recognized in 2017 as California’s most generous philanthropists, Gordon and Betty Moore have made lasting contributions to science, health, technology, education and environmental conservation. Gordon Moore, co-founder of…
July 29, 2015
The Department of Defense (DoD) announced awards to researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego that will help scientists characterize waves, improve ocean weather and climate prediction, and analyze acoustics in the deep ocean.
April 21, 2022
…Leinen, vice chancellor of marine sciences at UC San Diego and director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography. “Given the dire warnings of the latest IPCC report, we need all hands on deck, and the site does an extensive job showcasing how broad our climate change education offerings are here.” Curated…
December 3, 2015
…whose specialties range from biological oceanography to climate policy are in attendance. Though the goal of the negotiations is for countries to agree to legally binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions, success at COPs is measured in different ways. Observers of the process said this event, called COP21, is as…
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
March 9, 2015
In a study published in the current online issue of JAMA Psychiatry, an international team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, report finding a highly accurate blood-based measure that could lead to development of a clinical test for autism spectrum disorder…
October 18, 2011
…Diego undergraduates majoring in biological sciences. “With increased budget cuts and current state of the economy, the State of California is investing less in the education of University of California students, so this gift is an attempt to sustain the stellar UC San Diego experience that I appreciated,” said Kwok.…
December 1, 2016
…’94 Associate Professor of Marine Ecology Scripps Institution of Oceanography How do coral reefs change when sharks are removed? Stuart Sandin is investigating questions like this about community ecology. His research aims to understand how organisms live together, what controls the structure of ecological communities as well as how communities…
