May 19, 2022
…and opportunities presented by climate change and the need for innovation posed by the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. According to a new report published in 2022 by TMA BlueTech, San Diego’s blue economy includes more than 4,320 maritime, water and blue technology establishments that generate $16.2 billion in direct revenues…
November 5, 2020
…initiative is a foundational change in the way employment in higher education is perceived and addressed,” said Division of Arts and Humanities Dean Cristina Della Coletta. “With a clear emphasis on the public value of the arts and humanities, we are positioning our students for greater career diversity, and allowing…
March 20, 2014
…trying to document the changes to San Diego’s ecosystems from development and climate change. “This would be true of any group of insects, but bees play an obvious role in our ecosystems in ways that matter. They pollinate plants and some of these plants are completely dependent on these pollination…
June 30, 2022
…to our understanding of climate change. The Weiss lab also uses these samples to better track trace gases and other environmental data points gathered in the air. To get representative samples not affected by local contamination, the researchers currently rely on tall, permanent towers limited to several set locations where…
October 20, 2016
…about the planet and climate change. A Living Lab for Science Communication While their current focus is on the R/V Sally Ride gallery and The Expedition exhibit, the fellowship is about more than that. It’s about utilizing Birch Aquarium as a living laboratory for science communication and educational outreach. Birch…
December 5, 2013
…the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. How It Works How GiveDirectly.org works is simple. The public donates on the organization’s website. Field workers for the nonprofit identify poor households on the ground. What qualifies a recipient is a house without cement or metal walls, floor or roof – a reliable…
May 19, 2016
…sustainability, biofuel development and climate change mitigation. “This ambitious undertaking cannot be accomplished by individual laboratories working in isolation—developing advanced microbiome tools and treatments requires new collaborations among many disciplines. Advancing this relatively new field also depends on attracting and training multidisciplinary networks of scientists and engineers, Chancellor Khosla said.…
November 7, 2019
…coping with a new climate-change driven reality. Scripps researchers, for instance, recently reported that Santa Ana wind activity is projected to decrease in frequency in the fall and spring but not in peak intensity. This effectively narrows the Santa Ana wind season around its historical peak in December. These results,…
September 17, 2020
…of the global pandemic, climate change, racism and the violence of policing, it has become necessary to build spaces of collective study wherever possible, to understand how we got here and to build toward a different future. I’m hopeful that the program can be one more space to build community…
April 8, 2021
…how overfishing and environmental changes were at play. As a result, the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) was formed in 1949, setting sail to sample the biological communities offshore of the state and Baja California. This exploration led to an explosive growth in plankton samples, forming the foundation for…
