Walking up to the Hydraulics Lab for the start of each day of SeaSCAPE sampling is a truly awe-inspiring experience. From the parking lot outside I have a breathtaking view …
Aerosols: A Coming of Age Story
The atmosphere is a dynamic chemical reactor. In the Slade group, we are interested in the processes that control the chemical and physical state of marine aerosols as they travel …
A Deep Dive
What do you see when you look out over the Pacific Ocean? One time, I saw a colorful sunset with promise of a green flash. Another time, I saw a …
SeaSCAPE Summer Experiment Kicks Off!
The SeaSCAPE (Sea Spray Chemistry And Particle Evolution) 2019 is ramping up! At the Hydraulics Laboratory at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, NSF CAICE researchers are working hard …
New Study Provides Insight Into Sea Spray Aerosol Phases
A new CAICE collaborative study entitled “Multistep Phase Transitions in Sea Surface Microlayer Droplets and Aerosol Mimics using Microfluidic Wells” was published on June 12 in ACS Earth and Space …
Let’s get it started!
SeaSCAPE (Sea Spray Chemistry And Particle Evolution) 2019 is ramping up this week! As you look around the Hydraulics Laboratory “H-Lab” at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, you …
CAICE Summer Undergraduate’s Research is Highlighted in University News
Sierra ’20 took a research position through UC San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography focusing on answering the question of how microbes leaving the ocean to enter the atmosphere may affect …
Where the circle of life meets the colors of the wind
Like many people, I grew up watching Disney animated movies. But now as a Ph.D. student who studies connections between ocean and atmospheric chemistry, these childhood ideas are much more …
Particles for Days
Aerosols influence the climate and the environment directly by interacting with incoming and outgoing radiation and indirectly by acting as cloud seeds. Because of their influence on climate, it is …
Is the Ocean Healthy? Let’s Sniff it to Find Out!
This summer I have been fortunate to be a part of the CAICE summer experiment at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. My mentor, Jon Sauer, and I have been using …