Climate Change Identified as Contributor to Oroville Dam Spillway Incident
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 2 March 2022
A study links the 2017 Oroville Dam crisis to climate change, showing warming intensified the atmospheric river storm. Findings suggest future precipitation will be rarer but more extreme, raising flood and drought risks.
Keywords: Oroville Dam, atmospheric rivers, California floods, hydroclimate, extreme weather
Advanced Imaging Reveals New Cellular and Molecular Details of Coral-Algae Relationship
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 11 March 2022
Scripps researchers discovered a protein-driven process corals use to regulate nitrogen and CO₂ exchange with symbiotic algae, crucial for reef health. The findings reveal cellular dynamics that may explain coral resilience or bleaching.
Keywords: corals, symbiosis, nitrogen regulation, algae, bleaching, microscopy, reef health
Study Reconsiders Early Evolution of Sea Urchins
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 22 March 2022
Scripps researchers show echinoids originated ~300M years ago, survived the Permo-Triassic extinction, and rapidly diversified. Sand dollars and sea biscuits may have emerged earlier than fossil records suggest.
Keywords: echinoids, sea urchins, sand dollars, evolution, fossils, extinction
