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UCLA-led study explains how much damage is caused by treated sewage Basar/Wikimedia Algae blooms in Newport Bay, off the coast of Southern California. UCLA researchers found that nitrogen in treated sewage is driving a massive growth of oceanic algae, which could have lasting effects on the region’s ecosystem. Sonia Aronson | May 17, 2021 At a glance, the sparkling waters of the Southern California coast appear healthy. But a deeper dive into the water’s chemical composition reveals high levels of algae and low levels of oxygen. The estimated 23 million people who live along t...

A First-of-its-Kind Camera to Investigate the Moon’s South Pole Athermal infrared camera aboard a lunar lander scheduled to head to the moon as early as 2022 could help determine which regions on the lunar surface have water trapped in them. Assistant Professor of Physics Kerri Donaldson Hanna is working with University of Colorado Boulder Professor Paul Hayne on NASA’s Lunar Compact InfraRed Imaging System (L-CIRiS).  Hayne is the principal investigator on the project in partnership with Ball Aerospace. The L-CIRiS instrument will scan the landing site and collect thermal images of th...

La Jolla Shores group supports proposed historic designation for Walter Munk house The landscaped house known as Seiche, home of late La Jolla oceanographer Walter Munk, is up for historic designation review next month. (Courtesy) The Shores Association board also is looking for the outdoor dining program on Avenida de la Playa to be made permanent. Published March 12, 2021 Updated March 14, 2021 12:57 PM PT Print The proposed historic designation of the La Jolla home of the late Walter Munk, renowned for his research at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of O...

Seiche, the lush and landscaped La Jolla Shores property once home to famed oceanographer Walter Munk, was damaged last week when a tree fell over during a storm. The tree’s roots raised the ground about eight feet, damaging the guest house roof, compromising its foundation and breaking some underground lines Jan. 26. Munk died in February 2019 at age 101, but his widow, Mary Coakley Munk, has been living in the main house. She said she wasn’t in the guest house when the tree toppled and didn’t know anything was amiss until she couldn’t turn on the water around 6:15 a.m.

 E-Mail IMAGE: The inner terrestrial protoplanets accrete early, inherit a substantial amount of radioactive 26Al, and hence melt, form iron cores, and degas their primordial volatile abundances rapidly. The outer Solar System... view more  Credit: Mark A Garlick/markgarlick.com An international team of researchers from the University of Oxford, LMU Munich, ETH Zurich, BGI Bayreuth, and the University of Zurich discovered that a two-step formation process of the early Solar System can explain the chronology and split in volatile and isotope content of the inner and outer Solar Syste...