July 4, 2023
UC San Diego Police have arrested three individuals, two of them students and one a recent graduate, in the felony vandalism of the Marine Conservation and Technology Facility on May 30.
October 31, 2023
After months of negotiations, the UAW agreed to accept the accountability proposed by the University for the vandalism at the Marine Conservation and Technology Facility (“MCTF”) and disruption of the Alumni Awards Celebration at UC San Diego.
October 7, 2021
…Ted and Jean Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at Scripps Oceanography. The new facility will be a state-of-the-art space for collaboration from across campus and beyond, bringing together data scientists, engineers, conservation groups, marine biologists, policy makers, industry leaders, chefs and more. Credit: Safdie Rabines Architects Scripps Family Members…
February 14, 2013
…App to Help Protect Marine Conservation Areas David Drabik co-led a team of students that helped develop a web app for San Diego Coastkeeper. The app will monitor the health of marine protected areas off the Southern California Coast. A team of engineering students at UC San Diego has been…
March 14, 2019
…Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo by G.P. Schmahl/FGBNMS Sweet Baby Rays Alumnus uncovers first-known manta ray nursery Gliding through the water with the slow hypnotic beat of their fins, the otherworldly manta rays are a perfect combination of size and grace. These plankton-eating marvels can reach up to…
June 6, 2023
The newly opened Ted and Jean Scripps Marine Conservation and Technology Facility at Scripps Institution of Oceanography is dedicated to marine biodiversity and conservation research, discovery and education.
October 30, 2023
A new review paper by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego highlights the untapped potential of the diving community in advancing global marine conservation and sustainability efforts.
January 19, 2012
Scripps’ Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) celebrates its 10-year anniversary and looks forward to the decades ahead with two special events (both events are free but reservations are required).
March 11, 2016
…critical role in the conservation of local Southern California Tidewater Goby, an endangered species native to California. Since El Niño storms have the potential to inundate the habitat of these small coastal fish, Birch Aquarium is temporarily housing 300 gobies to shelter them from the impacts of this year’s storms.
March 8, 2021
A coordinated conservation effort that removed rats from Hawadax Island, formerly known as “Rat Island,” has become a new example of how ecosystems can fully recover to their natural state in little more than a decade. The results are described in a report led by a UC San Diego scientist.
