October 12, 2023
El Niño and La Niña are natural climate phenomena that alter weather patterns around the world. El Niño occurs irregularly but shows up roughly every three to seven years and typically lasts between nine and 12 months with occasional exceptions that linger for multiple years.
November 19, 2020
…responders confirm and monitor wildfires across California. Students on beach at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Image courtesy of Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Today, the research and scholarly activities of campus’s faculty and leaders are forging the path toward addressing the COVID-19 global health crisis. In an effort…
January 7, 2016
…prediction and visualization of wildfire behavior, as part of a project called WIFIRE. But, Altintas says, San Diego generates huge volumes of data from many sources — traffic sensors, satellites, camera networks and more. What if we could integrate and synthesize these data streams to do even more for our…
October 18, 2018
…new categories to year-round wildfire seasons to once-in-a-century floods happening multiple times in a decade – have largely been borne out. Oftentimes, predictions have been exposed in hindsight as having been too conservative. Even the shocking IPCC report understates the world’s predicament, according to researchers at Scripps and elsewhere. Researchers…
June 9, 2022
…seasons, the AIDS crisis, wildfire disasters and now the COVID-19 pandemic. We show up for each other and our patients every day,” said Dr. Ted Chan, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UC San Diego Health. “As our region continues to grow, particularly in the central and south…
April 8, 2021
…our changing world. As wildfires become more frequent, scientists are beginning to think about their effects on the pelagic environment, looking to CalCOFI samples for clues around past and recent fires. They can also give us insights into ocean acidification. Pteropods, a type of pelagic sea snail with a calcium…
