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Poorer Mental Health Smolders After Deadly, Devastating Wildfire

February 9, 2021

UC San Diego researchers report that climate change is a chronic mental health stressor, and promotes a variety of mental health problems. The 2018 Camp Fire is a case study.

UC San Diego’s HPWREN Aids Firefighters in Chariot Fire

July 10, 2013

The high-speed data transmission network of the UC San Diego-based High-Performance Wireless and Research Education Network (HPWREN) is once again showing its utility as a public safety asset as firefighters battle the 7,000-acre Chariot Fire near Mount Laguna, east of San Diego.

SDSC Chief Data Science Officer Ilkay Altintas Named an HDSI Fellow

October 30, 2018

San Diego Supercomputer Center’s Chief Data Science Officer Ilkay Altintas has been named a Fellow of the Halıcıoğlu Data Science Institute (HDSI) at the University of California San Diego for her role in the stewardship of HDSI cyberinfrastructure (CI) resources and services, effective with the fall 2018 term.

California Energy Commission Grant Brings Scientists Closer to Transformative Forecast Ability

January 26, 2021

The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $1.5 million to three University of California campuses to give California’s electricity utilities, other electricity sector stakeholders and state agencies the ability to better anticipate climate change phenomena.

A Record 116,452 Freshman and Transfer Students Apply to UC San Diego for Fall 2018

December 14, 2017

The University of California San Diego has yet again received a record number of applications with 97,670 freshman and 18,782 transfers applying for fall 2018 admission. Applications to the campus have been steadily climbing for more than a decade, as its reputation has grown as one of the world’s top…

Coastal Heat Waves Can Tax Public Health – Even Outside of Summer

April 3, 2020

Heat waves driven by Santa Ana winds can cause perceptible impacts on hospitalizations for kidney failure, dehydration, and respiratory disease in fall, spring, and winter according to a team of San Diego scientists.

Broken record: Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels jump again

June 8, 2023

CO2 levels measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Atmospheric Baseline Observatory peaked at 424 parts per million in May, continuing a steady climb further into territory not seen for millions of years, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego announced this week.

UC San Diego Named 5th Best Public University by Academic Ranking of World Universities

August 15, 2022

The University of California San Diego has been ranked 5th among the nation’s best public universities for its award-winning faculty and alumni, academic performance and impactful research.

During Year of Extremes, Carbon Dioxide Levels Surge Faster than Ever

June 6, 2024

Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced today.

Supervisor Cox, Scripps Scientists, Call for Continuation of Vital Earthquake Monitoring Programs

October 30, 2014

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego scientists joined San Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox on Oct. 28, 2014, in a call to sustain funding for earthquake monitoring projects designed to provide critical information for the region.

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