May 23, 2019
…Liang’s that reimagines the life and sounds found in the Arctic. Told in part through the deep, resonant cracking of Arctic ice and other audio, the project stems from data collected by researchers, including Professor John Hildebrand and doctoral candidate Josh Jones at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The May…
February 17, 2015
Mysterious red fish emerges from museum collections
July 21, 2022
…nesting burrows and plant life that is similar to what the penguins may find in their native homes. The interactive and immersive exhibit also includes a small amphitheater where guests can watch the birds swim, as well as a discovery cave where they can see Little Blue Penguins up close…
November 5, 2014
Richard H. Rosenblatt, a world-renowned ichthyologist and professor associated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, since 1958, died at his home in San Diego, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2014, from natural causes. He was 83 years old.
October 24, 2013
New Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences Creates Vision for Scripps Institution of Oceanography Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for global science research and education in the world. Now in its…
May 8, 2019
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have found that low oxygen levels in seawater could blind some marine invertebrates.
December 15, 2017
…of parchment tubeworm, the marine invertebrate Chaetopterus sp., that resides in muddy coastal seafloors. A new study published Dec. 12 in Biochemical Journal finds that the tubeworm, also known for its bioluminescence, has a ferritin with the fastest catalytic performance ever described, nearly eight times faster than that of human…
November 25, 2015
George Hemingway, a seagoing biological oceanographer and academic administrator who spent more than 30 years at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, passed away on Nov. 8, 2015.
October 30, 2015
A new study has shown that changing ocean conditions have adversely impacted fish off California. The researchers compared data sets from the CalCOFI program and power plant cooling water intakes along the California coastline. The data show that fish abundance from both studies has declined sharply since 1970, with a…
September 19, 2011
Researchers have developed a new method to sequence and analyze the dark matter of life—the genomes of thousands of bacteria species previously beyond scientists’ reach, from microorganisms that produce antibiotics and biofuels to microbes living in the human body.
