A Sampling of Clips for 
August 19, 2004

* UCSD faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University Communications Office

Global Warming Clouds the Future But Experts Say it’s Not Too Late to Cut Harmful Emissions
San Francisco Chronicle, August 17, 2004— A fresh look at California's climate future suggests some profound changes may be coming as global warming takes hold. Researchers adapted two of the latest computer models of global climate change to determine how California might be affected under two different scenarios -- one optimistic and one pessimistic -- for emissions of heat- trapping greenhouse gases. Nineteen scientists took part, many of them donating their time, including California climate experts Daniel Cayan of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/17/BAGTI896B91.DTL

Fisher gets Drake Medal
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 2004— Robert L. Fisher, a geologist emeritus at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been awarded the inaugural Drake Medal by the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans organization. The medal, awarded at Woods Hole, Mass., in July at a ceremony hosted by the National Academies, was specifically created to honor Fisher.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040818/news_1c18scibrief.html

Higher Oil Prices Resulting in Negative Effects on the Overall Economy
National Public Radio, August 18, 2004— Crude oil prices topped a record $47 a barrel today, then slipped back from that high. High energy costs have put a perceptible drag on the economy throughout the summer. Americans are paying more to fill up their tanks, and businesses are seeing their fuel bills rise. NPR's Jim Zarroli has been talking with consumers and business owners about how high energy costs are affecting their everyday lives and their plans for the future. (Quote by James Hamilton, a professor of economics at the University California at San Diego.)
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El Niño Lite: It has Less Precipitation
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 2004—No need to saddle up the horse and ride through the darkened streets shouting: El Niño is coming! El Niño is coming! Let the troops sleep in. Even if El Niño is coming, the boy will probably not be much of a mischief maker this year. Not that we couldn't use some meteorological mischief after six straight years of drought. (Quote by Dan Cayan, director of the Climate Research Division of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040818-9999-1c18weather.html

Odyssey Proves There's No Substitute to Putting Scientists on the Scene
San Diego Daily Transcript, August 18, 2004— On Aug. 5, 2002, a research team led by Emily Klein of Duke University and Debbie Smith of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution left San Diego on the Scripps Institution of Oceanography research vessel Melville. Klein and Smith's cruise -- a survey of magma dynamics in the East Pacific Rise off Central America -- lasted 29 days and ended in Puerto Caldera, Costa Rica. Melville's journey, however, was just beginning.
http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20040818tza/?118#

Clinics Serving Poor in N. County
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 2004—North County Health Services, a nonprofit agency, provides a range of clinic services for children, adolescents and adults at centers in San Marcos, Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas and Ramona and at mobile clinics sent to places in-between. The organization, which is based in San Marcos and is celebrating its 31st anniversary, was founded by health care professionals, including some at the University of California San Diego Medical School, who were concerned about the lack of services to uninsured residents of North County.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040818/news_1mi18health.html

State Panel to Hold 2nd Public Hearing
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 19, 2004—The commission appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to develop a plan to streamline state government will hold its second public hearing tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Price Center of the University of California San Diego. Participants in the hearing will discuss the California Performance Review Commission's recommendations on health and human services as well as education, training and volunteerism. Public testimony will be taken at the hearing.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040819-9999-2m19briefs.html

Maternal Diabetes and Obesity May Have Lifelong Impact on Health of Offspring
JAMA, August 18, 2004—As the obesity epidemic unfolds on a global stage, two new groups of patients find themselves in the spotlight: pregnant women and their developing offspring. Recent research links maternal obesity as well as type 2 diabetes to a spectrum of abnormal conditions that occur during fetal development. (Quote by Thomas Moore, M.D. of the University of California, San Diego.)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/292/7/789

Housing Pushes Up S.D. Inflation
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 2004— Consumer prices in San Diego continued to rise faster than in the rest of the nation in the past year, driven by the high price of housing, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Labor Department. In comparison, the nationwide inflation rate for the year ended in June was 3.3 percent, with a five-year average of 2.7 percent. While the difference in the past year's annual inflation rates may sound small, economists say it is significant, especially because it follows two decades of sharp divergences between the nationwide and local economies. (Quote by Ross Starr, an economics professor at the University of California San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040818/news_1b18economy.html

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, August 18, 2004— Q & A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted by San Diego Union-Tribune readers.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040818/news_1c18sciqa.html