March 9, 2017
…such as increasingly frequent heat waves and the spread of vector-borne illnesses. “These appointments represent UC San Diego’s nontraditional approach to solving the most pressing problems facing our world. We acknowledge that only through cross-discipline collaboration can we provide solutions that are broad-based to respond to societal needs,” said UC…
March 7, 2023
At the 2023 South by Southwest(SXSW) conference, which runs March 10-14, scientists and leaders from UC San Diego will contribute their expertise to programming on climate change, space, health, and blue technology.
December 6, 2018
Researchers spent two years testing chemical compounds for their ability to inhibit the malaria parasite at an earlier stage in its lifecycle than most current drugs, revealing a new set of chemical starting points for the first drugs to prevent malaria instead of just treating the symptoms.
February 16, 2023
As part of the JWST Cycle 1 Treasury Program, researchers from UC San Diego have released their findings on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the interstellar medium of nearby galaxies.
October 18, 2018
…including the 1998 Surface Heat Budget of the Arctic Ocean (SHEBA) experiment in the Beaufort Sea. Fieldwork in a Changing Field Now that the future researchers predicted is here, climate change is changing how science is done On Puerto Rico’s northern coast, oceanfront homes in Barceloneta rest on a narrow…
July 16, 2024
A dozen buildings on the University of California San Diego campus. All of the campus’ solar panels. All the chargers for electric vehicles. More than 2,400 light fixtures. More than 800 smart plugs. These are some of the assets that DERConnect, a NSF-funded testbed for the powergrid, will be able…
May 14, 2024
Two teams led by scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are among four selected by NASA to put forward concept studies for future satellite missions to help better understand how our planet is responding to climate change.
January 8, 2015
…presenting the danger of heat waves, titled “A Wave You Cannot Ride,” designed to support a natural disasters class taught by Scripps professor and geophysicist Gabi Laske. Soon after the heat wave project went live, Kwan and his team worked with Scripps seismologist Debi Kilb to create avatars for her…
June 13, 2013
…his groundbreaking investigations of wave propagation, tides, currents, circulation and other aspects of the ocean and Earth. The 95-year-old scientist is still active at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. His accomplishments have been recognized by a lengthy list of organizations from around the world. He won the…
March 16, 2023
A new study is providing an unprecedented examination of oxygen loss on coral reefs around the globe under ocean warming. Led by researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, the study captures the current state of hypoxia—or low oxygen levels—at 32 different sites.
