November 15, 2018
…itself. Photo by David Baillot UC San Diego Undergrads Design New Birch Aquarium Exhibit Ten UC San Diego undergraduate students. Ten weeks. One floor-ready, interactive museum exhibit. If it sounds like a herculean task, that’s because it is: professional exhibit designers can take years to create a museum-ready exhibit. But…
February 5, 2019
A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long narrow bands of atmospheric water vapor pushed along by strong winds.
January 16, 2015
In the midst of the California rainy season, scientists are embarking on a field campaign designed to improve the understanding of the natural and human-caused phenomena that determine when and how the state gets its precipitation. They will do so by studying atmospheric rivers, meteorological events that include the famous…
August 13, 2020
…first accepted to UC San Diego, they had concerns many transfer students face: Can I handle the pace of the quarter system? Will I be able to balance my job, keep up with my family commitments and still pass my classes? Do I even belong? Along with 25 others, the…
December 7, 2017
Hunting Atmospheric Rivers UC San Diego scientists preparing to capture data from critical source of California’s water supply An Air Force C-130 “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft at San Diego’s Brown Field. Photos by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications As the traditional peak of a new water year approaches, researchers at Scripps…
December 11, 2014
The saga of the Osedax “bone-eating” worms began 12 years ago, with the first discovery of these deep-sea creatures that feast on the bones of dead animals. The Osedax story grew even stranger when researchers found that the large female worms contained harems of tiny dwarf males.
December 13, 2011
…of Discovery Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications For more than a century, Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been on the leading edge of ocean, atmospheric, and earth science. And academia. The creative drive of forward-thinking Scripps leaders led to the establishment of UC San Diego more than 50 years ago.…
April 30, 2013
Only within the past 12 years have marine biologists come to learn about the eye-opening characteristics of mystifying sea worms that live and thrive on the bones of whale carcasses.
March 21, 2019
The UC San Diego Concrete Canoe team’s 2018 vessel, Vesuvius. The team earned 4th place with Vesuvius, but is hoping to crack the top 3 with this year’s canoe, named Cosmos. Photos courtesy of the Concrete Canoe team. Sink or Swim—Concrete Canoe Team Aims to Reach the Podium at National…
January 4, 2018
In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more than fourfold. In coastal water bodies, including estuaries and seas, low-oxygen sites have increased more than 10-fold since 1950. Scientists expect oxygen to continue dropping even outside these zones as…
