Scripps Collection to Participate in Project to Create 3-D Digital Archive of Every Vertebrate Genus
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 5 September 2017
NSF’s oVert project will CT-scan 20,000 vertebrate specimens, revealing 3-D internal and external anatomy. Data from institutions like Scripps will be free online for research, education, and public use.
Keywords: oVert, CT scan, vertebrates, anatomy, Scripps, NSF
I See Sea Spiders
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 7 September 2017
R/V Sally Ride joins the Inner Shelf Dynamics experiment, deploying 42 moorings and instruments to study Pacific coast inner shelf flow, mixing, and stratification, improving prediction of coastal processes.
Keywords: Sally Ride, Inner Shelf Dynamics, moorings, Pacific coast, oceanography
New Climate Risk Classification Created to Account for Potential "Existential" Threats
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 18 September 2017
Study by Ramanathan & Xu adds “catastrophic” and “unknown” warming risks, warning of existential threats if global temps rise above 5°C; urges aggressive emissions cuts, pollutant control, and CO₂ removal.
Keywords: catastrophic, unknown risks, emissions, Paris Agreement, warming scenarios
