Research Highlight: Sea Currents and Wind Patterns in the Pacific Ocean Linked to Climate Change
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 8 July 2015
Climate change is altering Pacific and Indian Ocean currents, especially the Pacific western boundary currents, affecting regional monsoons and droughts in Southeast Asia, according to a new study led by Scripps Oceanography's Janet Sprintall.
Keywords: Pacific currents, climate change, Indonesian Throughflow, monsoons, Scripps Oceanography, ocean warming, boundary currents
Scripps Researchers Map Out Trajectory of April 2015 Earthquake in Nepal
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 22 July 2015
Scripps scientists mapped the 2015 Nepal earthquake’s rupture in three stages using Global Seismic Network data, revealing frequency-dependent shaking patterns that help identify seismic risks in a densely populated and earthquake-prone region.
Keywords: Nepal earthquake, seismic risk, Scripps Oceanography, Global Seismic Network, fault rupture, earthquake stages, Kathmandu
Scientists Provide a New View of the Microbial Drama at Play in Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Blooms
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 28 July 2015
Researchers uncovered complex microbial relationships in the Southern Ocean, where diatoms rely on bacteria for vitamin B12 but also compete for iron, revealing a fragile balance that sustains key food webs and may shift with climate change.
Keywords: Southern Ocean, phytoplankton, vitamin B12, iron limitation, marine microbes, Scripps Oceanography, microbial ecology
