Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
Crossing 400: Keeling Curve reaches a historic milestone
The carbon dioxide concentration in our atmosphere recently exceeded 400 ppm for the first time. Ralph Keeling explains the consequences and addresses why time is of the essence.
UC Berkeley |
How global warming works in 52 seconds
Got a minute? That's all the time you'll need to get the rundown on climate change, thanks to researchers at UC Berkeley.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
World ocean systems undermined by climate change by 2100
Scientists warn against the high risk of degradation of marine ecosystems and the human hardships that may result.
UC Santa Cruz |
Lick's Automated Planet Finder: first robotic telescope for planet hunters
In its first months of operation, the APF has found two new planetary systems, giving astronomers a taste of planetary riches to come.
UC Santa Barbara |
Could closing the high seas to fishing save migratory fish?
Such action could accomplish not only that but also increase fisheries' profits and yields.
UC Santa Cruz |
Tracking reveals hidden lives of elephant seals
New data on the deep-diving creatures include a record-setting dive more than a mile deep.
UC Davis |
Plankton make scents for seabirds and a cooler planet
Top predators of the Southern Ocean are tied both to the health of the ocean ecosystem and to global climate regulation through a mutual relationship with phytoplankton.
San Francisco Chronicle |
California drought: How water crisis is worse for almonds
A huge shift away from annual crops to nut trees has transformed the California farm belt over the past two decades and left farmers perilously vulnerable to the current severe drought.
San Francisco Chronicle |
California drought: Ray of hope in fish-vs.-farms dispute
UC Davis researchers flooded rice paddies to give young chinook salmon a spot to rest and feed as they migrate into the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. The three-year experiment has resulted in a dramatic increase in the size of migrating juvenile salmon every winter of the experiment.
UC San Francisco |
A beautiful mind
In Adam Gazzaley’s new lab, the brain is a kaleidoscope of colors, bursting and pulsing in real time to the rhythm of electronic music. He also wants this to lead to treatments for a variety of brain diseases.
UC San Diego |
Faking pain? Can't fool a computer
Humans may think that grimace is genuine, but a computer-vision system can detect clues that give away the ploy.
UC Berkeley |
Fierce solar magnetic storm barely missed Earth in 2012
A rapid succession of coronal mass ejections – the most intense eruptions on the sun – sent a pulse of magnetized plasma barreling into space and through Earth’s orbit. Had it hit, it could have disrupted our increasingly electronic lives.