February 27, 2012
Marine scientists and a commercial telecommunications company are exploring partnerships that could dramatically advance scientists’ ability to observe and study ocean processes, provide early alerts for potential disasters and study deep Earth geodynamics.
November 16, 2023
About 30 delegates from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy will be attending the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
May 31, 2023
According to new research, the amount of oxygen in one of 10 breaths was made possible thanks to a newly identified cellular mechanism that promotes photosynthesis in marine phytoplankton. The study, led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, was published May 31 in Current Biology.
November 6, 2023
A group of the world’s leading ocean scientific, philanthropic, and other stakeholder organizations, led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, have come together to highlight the global ocean.
October 12, 2017
…acoustics, ocean circulation and deep-sea tides. He conducted bold experiments around the globe that included trying to drill into the earth’s mantle near Guadalupe Island, Mexico (Project Mohole, 1957), and studying how fast sound moves through the oceans in American Samoa (Waves Across the Pacific, 1963). Project Mohole failed in…
November 2, 2017
…North Atlantic to the deep seafloor of the Pacific. They look at the gut health of primates and how gut microbiomes evolved to digest ants—they even look at the gut microbiome of ants. Project members analyze bacterial diversity in diverse samples by sequencing the 16S rRNA gene, a genetic marker…
January 24, 2019
…whose research focuses on fishery sustainability in the Gulf of California. “Being part of the Scripps delegation allowed me to follow up this process very closely and get involved with delegates from different countries and other observer organizations to dig into the details.” In the UFO-shaped Spodek arena, the UC…
June 6, 2013
…but a trove of deep-sea organisms recovered intact by a baited trap mounted on the lander. It was the first time people had explored the trench beyond remote soundings. The lander and the bright green torpedo-shaped submersible that Cameron piloted to a depth of 35,376 feet in the western Pacific…
March 17, 2022
…how this stretch of deep sea is responding to DDT. Photo credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute. In 2020, news reports reignited concern about a coastal dumpsite off the coast of Los Angeles known to historically have been a dumping ground for the pesticide DDT and other industrial waste. An expedition led…
January 8, 2015
…a graduate student researching fish neurobiology and potential responses to environmental stress in the lab of marine biologist Martín Tresguerres. “Garfield is full of energy, very proactive, and genuinely interested in science, outreach, and communication,” said Tresguerres, also noting that Kwan personally designed the website and logo for the Tresguerres…
