October 18, 2018
…floods. The pH of seawater is estimated to have decreased in the past 200 years from 8.2 to 8.1, a 30-percent drop, as the oceans take up a portion of the CO2 that society emits. The years 2014-2017 are the hottest in recorded history with 2018 expected to crack the…
May 11, 2017
A Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego-led research team discovered for the first time that a common marine sponge hosts bacteria that specialize in the production of toxic compounds nearly identical to man-made fire retardants.
February 13, 2020
…the air. A microfiber sample retrieved from the Scripps pier, where these materials are being tested for degradation. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Deheyn is working with Robert DeLaurentis (aka Zen Pilot) on a study that analyzes the global distribution and concentration of microfibers. He says that the…
June 7, 2024
A new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that a poorly understood, highly toxic form of mercury, called dimethylmercury, may be a significant source of monomethylmercury off the California coast. Monomethylmercury is the form known to accumulate in seafood and sicken people. The findings,…
October 5, 2017
…amplifies the DNA) on seawater samples she collected from the bay. These samples were later sent to a lab for sequencing, so Rabsatt and other researchers can determine the genres and types of bacteria found within the collection sites. “After being in the SURF program I feel really accomplished because…
October 6, 2016
…in Antarctica to collect samples of ancient lava flows to understand whether the planet’s magnetic field is in danger of imminent collapse, continuing the most substantial meteorological survey there in a half century, and finding out how susceptible a California-sized ice shelf is to breaking up. Even Scripps’ diving safety…
May 30, 2013
…of acidic and low-oxygen seawater on marine life. But when she started at Scripps, she hadn’t considered the idea of actually helming a research vessel as chief scientist as part of her studies. Maybe something like that would happen later in her career, she figured. It took the influence of…
January 24, 2023
The gut microbiome plays a critical but poorly understood role in how drugs work or don’t work in the body. It also presents therapeutic possibilities unto itself.
September 27, 2018
A team led by scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) has uncovered the genetic basis for the production of domoic acid, a potent neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.
