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Birch Aquarium Announces Two Weekends of Earth Day Celebrations

April 19, 2023

This Earth Day, Birch Aquarium is throwing a Party for the Planet, offering guests a fun opportunity to celebrate our ocean’s biodiversity and learn how they can take action to make a difference.

Ocean Scientists Recommend Plan to Combat Changes to Seawater Chemistry

April 6, 2016

…the North American West Coast that require immediate, decisive action to combat. That action includes development of a coordinated regional management strategy, concluded a panel of scientific experts including Andrew Dickson, a professor of marine chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

UC Officials Begin Developing Plans to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

November 9, 2017

…the UC Carbon and Climate Neutrality Summit here on our campus,” said Sandra A. Brown, UC San Diego’s Vice Chancellor for Research and a member of the Global Climate Leadership Council, the high-level UC group meeting here to map out how campuses across the system can achieve carbon neutrality. “But…

New Open-Access Book Casts Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis

May 14, 2020

Two University of California San Diego scientists co-edit an open-access book in which a unique mix of global religious leaders, scientists, and legislators present climate change as an immediate threat to public health, with COVID-19 serving as an example.

Can COP Keep up with an Evolving Climate Effort?

December 15, 2022

Another United Nations climate conference (COP) has come and gone, leaving the world to scratch its head over what was accomplished. The annual conference has ballooned over the years into a massive climate festival: nearly 50,000 people — an all-time record — taking part.

‘Winkin’, Blinkin’ and Nod’ Nets Major NIH Research Funding

November 8, 2018

…brain, where each motor action reflects the participation of motor nuclei in cranial circuits, within closed loops, between sensors and muscle actuators. Critically, these loops are also nested and connected to feedback and feedforward pathways that underlie coordination between orofacial motor actions. To determine how the different actions are coordinated…

Aided by Scripps Oceanography, Pacific Island Country Launches Plan to Protect Marine Life

May 13, 2016

The Pacific island country Palau has released a Monitoring, Control and Surveillance (MCS) Plan to combat illegal activity and manage emergency responses in its ocean waters, which are protected by a recently established national marine sanctuary. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were…

20th Annual Report on Sustainable Practices Highlights UC San Diego’s Achievements

January 30, 2024

In University of California’s 20th Annual Report on Sustainable Practices, UC San Diego excelled in best-of-class green building practices, made noteworthy progress in conserving energy and water and was recognized for the quality and quantity of our research related to sustainability.

UC Summit on Carbon and Climate Neutrality Seeks to Bend the Curve on Climate Change

October 23, 2015

…leaders and UC’s top climate and energy experts will gather at UC San Diego for the UC Summit on Carbon and Climate Neutrality Oct. 26-27. The summit will explore UC’s groundbreaking research on climate change and deliver 10 scalable solutions for slowing climate change that can be applied to California,…

Climate Change at the Crossroads

March 31, 2016

The Climate Change at the Crossroads series salutes renowned climate scientists at the UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography with three events that will shed light on different facets of climate change.

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