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Experimenting in Space to Help Prevent Mudslides Here on Earth

November 19, 2020

…Prevent Mudslides Here on Earth Structural engineer Ingrid Tomac and Ph.D. student Mahta Movasat. What can the International Space Station teach us about mudslides here on Earth? Here is the connection: UC San Diego engineers are trying to better understand the role gravity plays in mudslides. That is why in…

How Could a Piece of the Moon Become a Near-Earth Asteroid? Researchers Have an Answer

October 23, 2023

A team of astronomers has found a new clue that a recently discovered near-Earth asteroid, Kamo`oalewa, might be a chunk of the moon.

Putting Earth Science Skills to Use…..on Mars

June 6, 2019

…Jet Propulsion Lab. Putting Earth Science Skills to Use…..on Mars Hannah Munguia, a UC San Diego environmental engineering student with an earth science minor, had a revelation when she worked on the MARS 2020 Rover as an intern at NASA: there’s a place for environmental science and engineering in the…

On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist

November 13, 2024

…origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary for cells to thrive and assemble into complex organisms? New research from UC San Diego has uncovered a plausible explanation involving the reaction between two simple…

First Satellite to View Earth from Deep Space Set for Launch

February 5, 2015

…First Satellite to View Earth from Deep Space Set for Launch Seventeen-year quest to take non-stop look at sunlit side of Earth finally comes to fruition for Scripps scientist A satellite that will be positioned between Earth and the sun to measure the solar energy reflected back to space by…

Prominent Seismologist Unlocks Antarctica’s Secrets at Public Lecture

September 4, 2014

…create images of the earth’s interior has been selected to receive the 2014 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Douglas Wiens, a professor of earth and planetary sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, will present the…

U.S. News & World Report Names UC San Diego Graduate Programs Among Nation’s Best

March 11, 2014

The 2015 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s Best Graduate Schools guidebook, released today, highly ranks the University of California, San Diego’s professional schools in engineering and medicine, as well as its academic Ph.D. programs in the sciences.

Alice C. Tyler Perpetual Trust Gives $125,000 for Sally Ride Scholarship at UC San Diego

March 9, 2016

Scholarship, honoring late astronaut Sally Ride, will support students committed to protecting the planet

Paul Crutzen, Chemistry, 1995

November 1, 2012

…of fertilizers had on Earth’s protective ozone layer. He joined Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1992. Following his receipt of the Nobel Prize, Crutzen took part in large-scale studies of Earth’s reflectivity, or albedo, and the effects of aerosols, particularly man-made pollutants. He co-led the groundbreaking INDOEX (Indian Ocean Experiment)…

UC San Diego’s 2017 Earth Month Celebration: Using Science to Protect the Planet

March 23, 2017

UC San Diego’s 2017 Earth Month Celebration: Using Science to Protect the Planet Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Sustainability, environmentalism and taking action against the threat of climate change will be at the center of UC San Diego’s Earth Month celebration throughout the month of April. This year’s…

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