April 22, 2013
Ocean biology alters the chemical composition of sea spray in ways that influence its ability to form clouds over the ocean. That’s the conclusion of a team of scientists using a new approach to study tiny atmospheric particles called aerosols that can influence climate by absorbing or reflecting sunlight and…
January 19, 2017
…the globe ranged from photosynthesis to electricity. They will be evaluated by an international jury in March when teams fly to Bangalore, India, to showcase their final prototype. The spacecraft is owned by the Indian startup TeamIndus. The aerospace startup was one of four teams in the world to win…
October 16, 2024
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego will be the host of an ocean observing and modeling program focused on one of the ocean regions that plays a major role in regulating climate, and which is reacting more acutely to climate change than any other place in the world.
December 12, 2023
Researchers have shown that the effects of wildfires are not limited to terrestrial ecosystems. Aquatic ecosystems are also undergoing rapid changes. The study found that fire debris transforms lakes and other aquatic ecosystems, with implications for fisheries and water quality.
July 30, 2015
When University of California, San Diego alumnus and biotechnology pioneer David Goeddel, ’72, pledged a gift of $400,000 to establish the David V. Goeddel Endowed Graduate Fellowship at UC San Diego, his goal was to support and foster the innovators and scientists of the future. The endowed fund, which will…
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.
January 16, 2020
…which the microbes are photosynthesizing or respiring carbon. MOSAiC scientists break up a tube of ice freshly cored from the sea ice below at a training camp near Pt. Barrow, AK. Bowman and his team will analyze the biology in samples like this from the Arctic. Photo by Jeff Bowman/Scripps…
November 8, 2012
…Both are derived from photosynthesis, the process by which sunlight energy is converted to chemical energy. Using “designed for purpose” photosynthetic organisms, we have the opportunity to develop production platforms for fuel and food that have unmatched efficiencies and productivities, which will be required if the world is to rise…
April 28, 2020
UC San Diego faculty members Dmitri Basov, Lawrence Goldstein, Terence Hwa, Clifford Kubiak, and Kimberly Prather were elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences Monday “in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.”
April 18, 2013
…crops through disruption of photosynthesis. Thus, control provides an additional societal benefit, studies suggest. The results would be measurable nearly immediately–on a scale of months to a decade–given the short-lived nature of the pollutants. To understand the effects of mitigative actions on sea-level rise, the authors extended their previous research…
