Seething History
A Scripps team captures gases emitted from Iceland's volcanoes to plumb the island's geologic roots and address hot scientific debates....
SEAPLEX: Scripps Research Cruise
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have embarked on a research journey into the vast and little-explored "Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch."...
Cultural Analysis - Mark Rothko Paintings
Presentation by Jeremy Douglass, on the 287-Megapixel HIPerSpace Wall at Calit2
Development of Cultural Analytics software supported by:
UC San Diego Chancellor's Office
UCSD Division,...
Discovering Diversity In The Tropics
Scripps researchers hunt for exotic medicine sources in Panama's diverse richness.
http://explorations.ucsd.edu/Features/2009/Discovering_Diversity/
Fine Details
Scripps researchers tackle the holy grail of climate change modeling -- What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens on the way there is a different story. As imaged by Lynn Russell, a...
Birth of an Ocean
Scripps scientists explore the Gulf of California to uncover its rich geological history and new ocean crust emerging from the seafloor -- The Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California as it is known in...
A Step Ahead of the Next 'Big One'
Scripps scientists explore the Gulf of California to uncover its rich geological history and new ocean crust emerging from the seafloor -- The Sea of Cortez, or Gulf of California as it is known in...
Climate Change and Southern California Ecosystems
Climate change will disturb ecosystems found here and in rest of California, posing a challenge for managers and policy makers. On April 30, Elsa Cleland will describe what we know about the coming...
Ants Marching
You might have noticed them: a plague of ants found in many gardens in the San Diego area. They seem pervasive, and they are – part of a supercolony that stretches from here to Ukiah 100 miles...
From a Queen Song to a Better Music Search Engine
At a recent IEEE technology conference, UC San Diego electrical engineers presented a solution to their problem with the song “Bohemian Rhapsody,”—and it’s not that they don’t like this...