February 20, 2020
…low environmental impact, not polluting the air, water or land. 11:25 a.m. Hasan Ikhrata, executive director of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Ikhrata will present on SANDAG’s climate action plan, and his vision for a transportation system that reduces carbon emissions to net zero. The plan outlines how…
November 7, 2019
…temperature, humidity, wind, and air quality and provide early warning to state foresters, fire departments and wildfire prevention agencies. WIFIRE integrates data from many sources including weather, landscape conditions, and ongoing fire spread to generate predictive maps of a fire's potential path for up to six hours. Image: Ilkay Altintas,…
November 15, 2018
…visitor understand that noise pollution is a really big factor in how some marine animals communicate and use echolocation, and how Scripps Institution of Oceanography is currently doing research around that.” To get the job done, students had to tackle not only a tough engineering and user experience challenge, but…
February 13, 2020
…used pesticides, flame retardants, air pollutants, lead, mercury and polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs, has been linked to several neurodevelopmental disorders, including ASD. Naviaux and colleagues believe that the majority of ASD symptoms are the result of a treatable metabolic syndrome triggered by persistence activation of the cell danger response (CDR),…
October 22, 2020
…as increasingly frequent and intense heat waves or persistent air pollution. More ideas yet to come, as Al-Delaimy, Forman and Ramanathan will continue meeting with interested community groups. Download “Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility” from Springer Nature.
April 5, 2018
…utmost importance in understanding air pollution, aerosol sources and climate,” said Dean of the Division of Physical Sciences Steven Boggs. “From directing a large, $20 million dollar NSF-funded center focused on aerosol research to developing the game-changing technique of aerosol time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Professor Prather’s research has made a significant…
November 7, 2024
Students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy are set to attend the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
June 19, 2012
…used to be an air pollutant, and turns it into electricity without combustion. We’ve also retrofitted our facilities and all new buildings must be built to LEED standards. Our researchers are working to turn algae, or pond scum, into fuel alternatives. We have one of the greenest fleet of campus…
March 7, 2013
…percent of the annual air-conditioning energy use in a single-story building. Weather tracking for solar optimization San Diego is known for its sunny skies and temperate climate, but rain or shine, UC San Diego students and faculty have found both cloudy skies and warm summer days to be equally useful…
October 24, 2019
…animal feeding operations cause pollution of our waterways, oceans, and air. Can you tell the difference? Burger King has been challenging customers to see if they can taste the difference between an Impossible Whopper and a traditional beef Whopper. UC San Diego alumna Liz Specht says in the near future…
