Margaret Leinen
@leinen4ocean
Director, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, oceanography, climate change, geology
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http://www.sio.ucsd.edu 20-02-2012 13:23:49
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Transgenic sea urchins are here. Kudos to Elliot Jackson Evan Tjeerdema 🐚 Svenja Kling and rest of the team for the hard work to make this happen!
#OceanDecade24 high level opening plenary is beginning. The focus is on how to ensure that the UN Ocean Decade is successful in meeting the challenges identified in 2021
HE Wavel Ramkalawan, President of #Seychelles delivered a stirring speech at UN Ocean Decade conference opening today. Seychelles actually walks the SDG14 talk, having ratified BBNJ, protected over 30% of its waters, and imbued ocean literacy into its society and schools.
HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco Albert ii Prince of Monaco speaks to #24OceanDecade Monaco may be small in area, but its leader is HUGE in support of ocean science and ocean issues. We appreciate his support so much!
.UC San Diego has been awarded $7.35 million in U.S. National Science Foundation and NIH funding for the Scripps Center for Oceans and Human Health, led by faculty member Bradley Moore. The program seeks to understand marine contaminants and nutrients in a changing climate: bit.ly/3Q4uqks
BREEDING AT BIRCH AQUARIUM: They’ve maintained the gold standard for 25 yrs with AZA accreditation. The breeding programs at Birch Aquarium UC San Diego include little blue penguins, sea stars, and weedy sea dragons. This #Earth8 report shows how they help many species. @cbs8
In memory of Dr. Ruth Reck, who passed away yesterday, I'm sharing this article detailing her early (1960s) work as a pioneering climate scientist at General Motors Research Labs--including early warnings (then summarily dismissed) on CO2 & global warming. scientificamerican.com/article/a-woma…
Study published today in Nature Geoscience led by CIMASRosenstiel NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Lab AWI Media shows that a critical piece of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation #amoc in the North Atlantic has weakened by about 12% over the past two decades. Read more:bit.ly/448qIMr
What happened at the UN Ocean Decade conference in Barcelona? One week on, our colleagues reflect and share 5 key takeaways: pml.ac.uk/News/5-key-tak… #OceanDecade #OceanDecade24
Harrison Ford asks us, this #EarthDay, to Listen to the Quiet eowilsonfoundation.org/harrison-ford-… via E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation
Extraordinary images today as portions of #FortMcMurray, the remote city in northern Alberta, Canada devastated by catastrophic wildfire less than a decade ago (and chronicled in John Vaillant's "Fire Weather"), are once again being evacuated ahead of a fast-spreading fire.
Lena Stasiak, a Scripps Oceanography MAS Marine Biodiversity and Conservation student is exploring the use of environmental DNA in sea turtle genetics in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries 🐢. Learn more about Lena and her research: bit.ly/4brv2cN
Summer doesn't slow down Scripps Oceanography researchers like Fiamma Straneo (Fiamma Straneo), who is off to northwestern Greenland where she'll gather ocean temperature and salinity data to better understand our warming planet. grobbins of The San Diego Union-Tribune has more. ⬇️ sandiegouniontribune.com/news/science/s…
Dr. Kim Cobb Dr Kim Cobb (PhD SIO/UCSD) is giving the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board 25th Revelle Lecture at Scripps Institution of Oceanography
