A Sampling of Clips for 
June 07, 2005

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Stalking a Killer That Lurks a Few Feet Offshore
New York Times, June 7-When people think about natural hazards, they usually think about tornadoes or hurricanes or earthquakes. But there is another natural hazard that takes more lives in an average year in the United States than any of those -- rip currents. (Refers to research conducted by Dr. Francis Shepard, a marine geologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Safe Surfing Summer
NBC 7/39, San Diego, June 7-Microsoft and UCSD are taking steps to help San Diego children have a safe summer surfing - online that is. More than 700 kids are expected to attend the first in the series of nationwide summits for teenagers on cyber safety at UCSD. More

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Study: Humans Behind Ocean Warming
Discovery Channel, June 7-Human-caused global warming is measurably heating up the oceans, say researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Ocean Climate Laboratory at the National Oceanographic Data Center. (Quote by Tim Barnett, lead author of the report at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.) More

Sarcasm Explained? Right.
Chronicle of Higher Education, June 10-Three Israeli neurologists reported last month that people with damage in certain regions of the brain have severe difficulty comprehending sarcastic comments. (Refers to research by UCSD.) More

Online Extra: San Diego's Widening Pension Woes
Business Week, June 13-Despite the cool ocean breezes, the political climate in San Diego just keeps getting hotter. (Quote by Steven Erie, a professor of political science at UCSD.) More