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.