Brittany Hook

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Mangrove Loss in Acapulco Likely Worsened the Devastation of Hurricane Otis

Jan 14, 2025 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

The team statistically analyzed the relationship between house destruction, proximity to mangroves, and distance to the coast. Controlling for distance to the coast, they found that fewer houses were destroyed when located closer to mangroves. Using mangrove distribution data from the 1980s—when the mangroves were more plentiful—they estimated that many of the homes destroyed by Hurricane Otis might have been spared if the forests had been preserved.
UC San Diego Receives 10 DURIP Awards from Department of Defense

Nov 26, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Brittany Hook

Article Content Scientists at the University of California San Diego received 10 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) awards from the Department of Defense (DOD). Nine of UC San Diego’s awardees are based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The DURIP awards $43 million across 64 universities to purchase equipment that will enable cutting-edge research.
Scripps-Led Coastal Data Information Program Awarded $40 Million for Cooperative Research

Nov 12, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

Published Date November 12, 2024 Article Content A coastal research and monitoring program led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a five-year, $40 million award from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Support for the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) comes as the renowned program approaches its 50th anniversary of providing near real-time wave and sea-surface temperature observations, models, and forecasts. Established in 1975, CDIP...
Study models dinoflagellate light in breaking waves

Oct 30, 2024 | phys.org | Brittany Hook

A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography demonstrates, for the first time, how scientists can use computer simulations to quantify the light emitted by dinoflagellates when they flash in breaking waves and create stunning displays of bioluminescence.
New Study Uses Simulations to Reveal Bioluminescent Light Intensity in Breaking Waves

Oct 29, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

Published Date October 29, 2024 Article Content A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography demonstrates, for the first time, how scientists can use computer simulations to quantify the light emitted by dinoflagellates when they flash in breaking waves, creating stunning displays of bioluminescence. This numerical approach provides key insights into understanding bioluminescence in the ocean and offers a promising tool and model for monitoring dinoflagellates—the organisms known to...
UC San Diego Launches New Graduation Requirement, Bolstering Climate Change Education

Sep 26, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

Published Date September 26, 2024 Article Content California Politics. Literature and the Environment. Natural Disasters.
Fish Experts Study Rare Deep-Sea Oarfish in the Lab

Aug 27, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Lauren Wood |Brittany Hook

Published Date August 27, 2024 Article Content A team of science-minded kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove had the encounter of a lifetime when a dead oarfish washed to the ocean surface on Aug.10, 2024. This deep-sea fish is incredibly rare, and marks only the 20th oarfish documented to have washed up in California since 1901. Thanks to the work from these locals, the fish was transported to the NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla. On Aug. 16, a team of...
Oyster Virus Detected in San Diego Bay Likely Worsened by Warmer Waters

Aug 12, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

Published Date August 12, 2024 Article Content New research led by scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography reveals how rising water temperatures influence a deadly herpes virus in juvenile Pacific oysters in San Diego Bay. While the ostreid herpesvirus (OsHV-1) does not pose a threat to humans, it is capable of causing mass mortality events among oysters, potentially hindering oyster aquaculture operations. In a study published recently in the journal Sustainable...
3D Models Provide Unprecedented Look at Corals’ Response to Bleaching Events

Aug 6, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Brittany Hook

Published Date August 06, 2024 Article Content In a new study, marine biologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and Arizona State University are providing a first-of-its-kind glimpse into coral “bleaching” responses to stress, using imaging technology to pinpoint coral survival rates following multiple bleaching events off the island of Maui. Using a time series of coral reef 3D models from Maui, a team of researchers led by Scripps Oceanography’s Smith Lab tracked...
Study Illuminates Previously Unknown Ocean Mercury Pathway

Jun 7, 2024 | today.ucsd.edu | Alex Fox |Brittany Hook

Published Date June 07, 2024 Article Content In early May, the neurotoxic effects of the heavy metal mercury made news when outlets reported that 2024 U.S. presidential candidate , likely from a diet heavy in tuna. Now, a new study from researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that a poorly understood, highly toxic form of mercury, called dimethylmercury, may be a significant source of monomethylmercury off the California coast. Monomethylmercury is the form...