January 16, 2020
…marine biology since she first read a book about penguins at age 12, the MOSAiC expedition is a dream come true. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime research expedition,” Chamberlain said. “Twelve-year-old me would make sure I write down everything that happens.”
April 20, 2023
For the first time, scientists have recorded brain activity in a free-ranging, wild marine mammal, revealing the sleep habits of elephant seals during the months they spend at sea.
June 10, 2019
For the first time oceanographers monitored a polynya – or gap – in Antarctic winter sea ice. It was an opportunity that came about as a result of uncanny timing and a seasoned Scripps oceanographer’s knowledge of the sea.
November 19, 2015
…diet mainly consists of penguins, small seals, and krill. Surprisingly, the Crittercam footage revealed that the study leopard seals didn’t eat any krill at all, and in fact spent the majority of their foraging time along the seafloor, where they hunted for notothen fishes, a group of bottom-dwelling ice fish.…
January 30, 2020
…diving animals like emperor penguins, and elephant seals, and also high-altitude animals, birds that migrate over the tallest mountains on the planet. It was just fascinating to understand how these animals could live in these very oxygen-deprived zones. I was working as a scientist at various universities and academia conducting…
March 23, 2023
Ten UC San Diego postdoctoral scholars are applying artificial intelligence (AI) methods to their research in a range of fields thanks to support from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, a program of Schmidt Futures.
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
November 3, 2022
World leaders, climate experts and policymakers from nearly 200 counties are preparing to descend upon the seaside city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt for a United Nations climate conference that kicks off next week.
April 8, 2021
…prey item for whales, penguins, and other marine animals. “None of these discoveries or forecasting tools would be possible without long-term records that we have in Pelagic Invertebrate Collection, and all the collections quite frankly,” said Ohman. These records are also revealing clues to how other oceanographic phenomena, like harmful…
