October 31, 2019
…an ice field in Antarctica with 5,000 blue-light sensors to detect neutrinos from the sun and space. From his perspective, Fuller sees an explosion of interest in neutrino physics because of its fundamental overlap with cosmology and frontier issues and particle physics. “And now we have this new vehicle to…
November 30, 2017
…of ancient ice from Antarctica, surfboard-mounted Smartfin instruments, and a replica of the floats used in the Argo network that has transformed ocean research in the past two decades. The U.S. State Department has typically been prominent at previous COPs, erecting large pavilions on the grounds of COP venues filled…
January 30, 2024
In a new paper, scientists from five different institutions present an anthology of key findings unearthed by satellite technology over the last two decades. The all-women group of authors includes Helen Amanda Fricker, a glaciologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
November 19, 2012
The research vessel Roger Revelle, owned by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research and operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, returns to San Diego after a six-year deployment.
October 5, 2017
…research at sea in Antarctica. Photo: Jack B. Pan “All these ‘firsts’ opened my eyes to the possibility of continuing in graduate school,” said Forsch, now a fourth-year student in the lab of Professor Katherine Barbeau, where he studies marine trace metal biogeochemistry. “Looking back, it’s been one great adventure.”…
October 5, 2015
The most authoritative forum on the role of the polar regions in global climate change will be held Nov. 3-6, 2015, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. World-class leaders in science and diplomacy will come together in a symposium to review the latest findings from research on…
February 21, 2014
Philip M. Smith, the founding co-chair of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) Advisory Board, passed away on February 16, 2014, after a brief illness.
November 1, 2017
In the Earth Microbiome Project, an extensive global team co-led by researchers at University of California San Diego, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory collected more than 27,000 samples from numerous, diverse environments around the globe. They analyzed the unique collections of microbes — the…
October 18, 2018
…sites in Greenland and Antarctica, he is one of the scientists who makes precise measurements of various gases to investigate the frozen reaches known as the cryosphere. Those gases provide a Rosetta Stone guide to climate conditions in the past and put present-day changes in historical context. Recent climate can…
November 3, 2022
World leaders, climate experts and policymakers from nearly 200 counties are preparing to descend upon the seaside city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for a United Nations climate conference that kicks off next week.
