May 4, 2017
…of Oceanography, is studying atmospheric rivers—the primary source of rainfall in the region. These ribbons of water in the atmosphere make the difference between a prolonged dry spell and an unusually wet winter. “Being able to predict when and where these storms will land, and with what intensity, will support…
October 28, 2020
Research findings by UC San Diego’s Mark Thiemens and former Chancellor’s Dissertation Medalist Mang Lin narrow down the complex nitrogen cycles at work in the atmosphere, cryosphere, hydrosphere, and, potentially, the biosphere.
March 28, 2016
A new study led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego estimates that coastal desert mangroves, which only account for one percent of the land area, store nearly 30 percent of the region’s belowground carbon.
October 12, 2020
The transport of nine types of plastics floating in Lake Erie was modeled in studies that used SDSC’s Comet supercomputer to create a 3D model of invasive plastic particles.
May 2, 2023
Researchers across a range of fields are working together to develop and implement AI-assisted tools and machine learning methods that will enable scientific discoveries at an unprecedented pace. And when it comes to global challenges like climate change, time is of the essence.
August 24, 2015
Today, the University of California, San Diego announced a charitable gift that acknowledges our current climate reality, and the effective multidisciplinary approach to solutions that is a hallmark of UC San Diego. Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $5 million to establish the Center for Climate Change Impacts and…
May 24, 2018
…addressed extreme weather and atmospheric rivers, which can bring most of California’s water supply in only a few weather events a year, and pollution transport via the oceans and atmosphere. The panelists—coastal oceanographer Sarah Giddings, atmospheric chemist Kim Prather, and project scientist Aneesh Submaranian of the Center for Western Weather…
April 21, 2022
…the San Pedro Mártir River in Mexico that are studied by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Photo credit: Octavio Aburto. New Campus Website Facilitates Powerful Climate Change Connections UC San Diego highlights its leading role in climate research and education as part of climate change website Humankind faces catastrophic…
February 28, 2013
…Diego Distinguished Chair in Atmospheric Chemistry Kimberly Prather and colleagues analyzed aerosols – bits of dust, biomatter and pollution – that fell to Earth during winter rainstorms in the Sierra Nevada. They found that the particles were part of a melange of aerosols kicked up from deserts as far away…
August 6, 2020
Researchers recently used Comet at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at UC San Diego to examine impacts of both regional and global changes affecting the Chesapeake Bay.
