A Sampling of Clips for February 10, 2010

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Victory for Openness as IPCC Climate Scientist Opens Up Lab Doors
The Guardian, U.K., Feb. 10 -- One man who has battled against climate skeptics longer than most is the climate modeller Ben Santer, who completed his PhD in climate science at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in the 1983 before going to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. (Quotes Tim Barnett, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, part of UCSD) More

Vote on Obama Labor Nominee Spells Trouble for Unions
Miami Herald, Feb. 9 -- The Senate Tuesday failed to advance President Barack Obama's nomination of a union lawyer to the National Labor Relations Board, as the debate and vote became a test of union clout in Congress. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More 

People Eat Fish That Eat Fish That Eat Plastic
NBC San Diego, Feb. 9 -- UCSD scientists returned from their trip to the Northern Pacific in August, bringing back tales, pictures and more than 100 samples from a blob of degraded plastic that is reportedly the size of Texas or bigger. Now, in addition to the large concentration of plastic, Scripps Institution of Oceanography researchers have determined some of the fish in the area are eating it. More

Scripps: El Niño Pattern Similar To '83, '98
10News, Feb. 9 -- Researchers at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said the El Niño pattern seen in the tropical Pacific is similar in some ways to the great El Niños of 1983 and 1998 -- minus the combination of a large storm and high tide. More

Saving American Journalism
KPBS, Feb. 9 -- The Columbia Journalism Review just published a lengthy article titled "The Reconstruction of American Journalism," and one of the authors is a guest on These Days: Michael Schudson, MacArthur Fellow, distinguished scholar of journalism and democracy at the Columbia School of Journalism, author of "The Good Citizen," former professor at UCSD. More

80-foot Wind Turbine Set to Undergo Seismic Tests
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 10 — Seismic testing of an 80-foot-tall wind turbine is scheduled for 10 a.m. today after being postponed Monday because of bad weather. The analysis will take place at UCSD's Englekirk Center in Scripps Ranch. The turbine, mounted on the world’s largest outdoor shake table, will be exposed to a series of jolts replicating major earthquakes from the past. More

UCSD Greenovation Forum 
North County Times, Feb. 9 -- UCSD is hosting a forum on this application of nature to technological innovation, which it calls Greenovation, on Feb. 24. The forum will take place at Atkinson Hall on the first floor, starting with a 4 p.m. reception before the program begins at 4:30. More

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