The Pandemic Blenny, a New Fish Discovered by Scripps Scientist
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 5 February 2021
Scripps scientist Phil Hastings discovered a new reef-dwelling fish, the Pandemic Blenny (Coralliozetus clausus), endemic to Costa Rica’s Cocos Island, naming it after pandemic isolation.
Keywords: Pandemic Blenny, Coralliozetus clausus, Cocos Island, endemic species, reef fish
New Study Identifies Atmospheric Rivers as Contributor to Increased Snow Mass in West Antarctica
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 2 March 2021
Scripps scientists used NASA’s ICESat-2 to show that atmospheric rivers caused most of West Antarctica’s snowfall in 2019, improving understanding of Antarctic mass changes and helping refine sea-level rise predictions.
Keywords: Scripps, ICESat-2, atmospheric rivers, West Antarctica, snowfall, ice sheet, snow accumulation, sea-level rise, Antarctic climate, glaciology, NASA
New Research Unlocks Mysteries of Soupfin Shark Migration and Reproduction
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 3 March 2021
Scripps and USD researchers tracked soupfin sharks for seven years, revealing a triennial migration and reproductive cycle, critical for conservation and management of this newly classified Critically Endangered species.
Keywords: UC San Diego, conservation, critically endangered, acoustic tracking, marine ecology
