October 24, 2011
October 24, 2011 —
A summer research expedition organized by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego has led to the identification of gigantic amoebas at one of the deepest locations on Earth.
April 23, 2020
April 23, 2020 —
…deforestation drives changes in biodiversity that leads to propagation of malaria carrying vectors,” Garg said. One possible reason is that more humans are in the in forests cutting down trees, thus having more contact with mosquitos. However, Garg’s research concluded that the spread of malaria is more likely caused by…
November 12, 2015
November 12, 2015 —
In largely unseen ways, humans are changing the character of the deep oceans, disrupting environmental conditions and threatening biodiversity to an extent that could require hundreds of years or more for natural systems to recover.
August 10, 2020
August 10, 2020 —
One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – and help in the global fight against climate change – is to grant more of Brazil’s indigenous communities full property rights to tribal lands. This policy focus is suggested by the findings of a new PNAS study.
October 15, 2013
October 15, 2013 —
An ambitious new study that includes Lisa Levin of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego describes the full chain of events by which ocean biogeochemical changes triggered by manmade greenhouse gas emissions may cascade through marine habitats and organisms, penetrating to the deep ocean and eventually influencing humans.
February 17, 2015
February 17, 2015 —
Mysterious red fish emerges from museum collections
March 28, 2016
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.
February 12, 2018
February 12, 2018 —
Lisa Levin, a biological oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, will receive the A.C. Redfield Lifetime Achievement Award for her “extraordinary long-term contributions to understanding the composition and function of seafloor ecosystems, and for her leadership in identifying and communicating anthropogenic pressures on…
December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022 —
A new perspective published today recognizes the critical link between island and marine ecosystems and identifies island and near-shore marine environmental characteristics that promote strong linkages in these ecosystems around the world.
September 26, 2013
September 26, 2013 —
Species living in rain forest fragments could be far more likely to disappear than previously assumed, according to an international team of scientists that included biologists at the University of California, San Diego.