A Sampling of Clips for
August 29, 2006
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Cal Undergrads
Take the Wheel in Pilot Program
San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 28 -- In a yearlong pilot program starting Sept. 1 at Cal, the Flexcar auto sharing program will be opened to undergraduates who previously, because of their age, had been denied access to rental vehicles. The pilot program extending car sharing to undergraduates ages 18 to 20 starts this semester on six campuses across the country: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, the University of Portland, Ore., the University of Maryland and Emory University in Atlanta. More
UCSD Picks Australian
to Head Scripps Oceanic Work
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 29 -- A chemist and administrator for Australia's national science agency will become the 10th director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD officials announced yesterday. Tony Haymet, who will begin his job in mid-September, arrives at the La Jolla institution during a time of tremendous change. More
Fat Clock Sounds Alarm
Oakland Tribune, Aug. 28 -- Remember the National Debt Clock that was in New York's Times Square? The Fat Clock is similar. Putting on pounds in a blur of numbers, the Fat Clock had a starting weight of more than 39 billion pounds — impressive but not enough adipose deposits to alter Earth's orbit. (Quotes UCSD neuroscience professor Charles Zuker) More
Wave of Giving
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 29 -- Surfing has taken on a fresh tenor in the new millennium, enjoying its starring role as the latest and greatest health trend, equal parts spiritual outlet and great adrenaline rush. Far from its stereotypically slacked-out roots, surfing is not only socially acceptable today, it's coveted, a great marketing tool and a means of hawking new wares. (Mentions the UCSD Cancer Center Luau and Longboard Invitational) More
Study Rules out Ancient 'Bursts'
of Methane from Seafloor Deposits
Innovations Report, Aug. 28 -- A dramatic increase about 12,000 years ago in levels of atmospheric methane, a potent greenhouse gas, was most likely caused by higher emissions from tropical wetlands or from plant production, rather than a release from seafloor methane deposits, a new study concludes. The findings were made with analysis of carbon isotopes from methane frozen in Greenland ice core samples, by researchers from Oregon State University, the University of Victoria, University of Colorado, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD. More
