June 29, 2015
A pair of paleobiologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego have determined that the world’s most numerous and diverse vertebrates ¬– ray-finned fishes – began their ecological dominance of the oceans 66 million years ago, aided by the mass extinction event that killed off dinosaurs.
March 11, 2016
…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…
December 13, 2011
…For Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosts workshop on latest research on California’s extreme weather future The lineup of presentations at an extreme weather workshop taking place today at Scripps Institution of Oceanography sounds like an overview of biblical plagues, but in fact the event’s conveners said California needs to expect…
December 13, 2011
…of the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Florida. “Now, you’ve got governments talking about it, and that’s pretty serious.” Lynn Russell, an atmospheric chemistry professor at Scripps Oceanography Strategies to mitigate climate change by artificial means usually propose doing so either by making Earth brighter and, therefore, cooler or by…
October 7, 2014
…at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and their colleagues have created a new map of the world’s seafloor, creating a much more vivid picture of the structures that make up the deepest, least-explored parts of the ocean. Thousands of previously uncharted mountains rising from the seafloor and…
June 25, 2015
A new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego indicates a steady population trend for blue whales and an upward population trend for fin whales in Southern California.
December 22, 2021
UC San Diego researchers in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health, Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Department of Emergency Medicine, discuss the health impacts of heat waves on people experiencing homelessness, emergency department visits and which characteristics make them at-risk.
March 20, 2014
…Drier Scripps Institution of Oceanography key to new perspectives on human-caused climate change As simulated by computer models, the average mean change in frequency of dry days (days/year) by 2060-2089, relative to the historical period 1960-1989, factoring in anthropogenic climate change. Image by Scientific Reports New studies involving researchers at…
April 15, 2021
…at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, McArthur studied underwater ocean acoustics and conducted sea-going research that helped prepare her for the challenges of space. Photo credit: NASA. Ready for Liftoff UC San Diego alumna Megan McArthur to pilot NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 mission to International Space Station With more than two decades…
December 18, 2019
Scripps Oceanography researchers applied an established ecological principle to parasite-host relationships to find that each host’s parasite load stays within a certain range based not simply on the host’s size but on how much energy it can provide the parasites for sustenance.
