A Sampling of Clips for
August 2, 2006
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Clinton Foundation
to Work to Reduce Greenhouse Gases
The New York Times, Aug. 1 — The Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit organization that has focused on combating AIDS, poverty and childhood obesity, will turn its attention to greenhouse gases, former President Bill Clinton said here Tuesday. The center relied on research from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC Berkeley, and research scientists from government agencies and universities around the United States. More
Study: Sea Turtle Assessments Are Wrong
UPI, Aug. 1 -- Conservationists in La Jolla, Calif., say assessments of endangered Caribbean sea turtles are too optimistic. Loren McClenachan, Jeremy Jackson and Marah Newman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography agree conservation efforts have helped increase green and hawksbill turtle populations that nest on protected beaches. However, the scientists argue dwindling turtle populations on many historically important nesting beaches are overlooked by conservation assessments that instead focus on the few large nesting sites that remain. More
UCSD Professor:
Miramar Is Not Answer For New Airport
10News, Aug. 1 -- Experts on economics and airline travel said Marine Corps Air Station Miramar is not the solution to San Diego’s airport needs. Based on a report by UCSD economics professor Richard Carson, the solution is simple. The report calls for the airport to remain at Lindbergh Field, to add on to it and create competition. More
Fleeing Lebanon
KPBS, Aug. 1 -- Imagine finding yourself stranded in a country torn apart by erupting warfare. It's the true-life story of Michael Provence, a UCSD professor who fled Lebanon with his wife and baby in tow. Hear the eyewitness account of the family's escape from Beirut admist the bombings. More
Robot School Takes to Sea
The Engineer Online, Aug. 2 -- Later this month in Monterey Bay, California, an entire fleet of undersea robots will for the first time work together without the aid of humans to make detailed and efficient observations of the ocean. Two types of robots will be deployed -- Slocum gliders belonging to David Fratantoni of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Spray gliders belonging to Russ Davis of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. More
Sun, Vitamin D May Cut Cancer Risk
International News Service, Australia, Aug 1 -- Solar ultraviolet B irradiance is associated with reduced risk of 16 sites of cancer, most likely through production of vitamin D, a U.S. study finds. Enhancing vitamin D status appears to be the single most important thing that people can do to reduce their risk of cancer, apart from avoiding tobacco and moderation in intake of alcohol, according to study co-author Cedric Garland of UCSD’s School of Medicine. More
University Pay Deals Are a Problem
San Diego Union-Tribune, Letters to the Editor, Aug. 2 – Joe Tobie, of Chula Vista responds to a letter from UCSD Associate Vice Chancellor Stacie Spector. More
Questioning the Big Bang
Science & Theology News, Aug. 2 -- Many, if not most, people assume that certain aspects of nature’s workings are absolutely known. No credible doctor questions the germ theory of disease. And, one might think, no serious cosmologist disagrees with the standard cosmological model. Not so, says Geoffrey Burbidge, who is a professor at UCSD. More
Colleges Add Arabic Classes to Fall Schedule
News 8, July 31 -- Arabic has become the fastest growing foreign language taught at colleges in the United States. To meet the demand, two North County colleges have added Arabic to their class schedule. And, the FBI is looking for a few good men and women who speak that language. (Mentions UCSD) More
