Scripps Institution of Oceanography |

Has Antarctic Sea ice expansion been overestimated?

Measurements wrong due to an error in the way satellite data was processed, research from Scripps Institution of Oceanography suggests.
UC Santa Barbara |

Ocean Health Index assesses U.S West Coast states

Loss of salt marshes and sand dunes — two key habitat areas — have negatively impacted carbon storage and coastal protection.
UC Irvine |

Down to the bones

Researchers sort out the sticky situation at the La Brea Tar Pits by refining methods for measuring the age of fossils.
UC Santa Cruz |

Alumna Kathryn Sullivan on Time's '100 Most Influential People' list

Former astronaut Kathryn Sullivan '73 now leads NOAA as under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere.
UCLA |

Geographers create 'easy button' to calculate river flows from space

The frustrated attempts of a graduate student to quantify the amount of water draining from Greenland's melting ice sheet led him to devise a new way to measure river flows using satellite images.
UC Davis |

Small window of time for volcano eruption

Mount Hood study: Liquid magma, necessary for eruption, is uncommon.