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Tailpipe exhaust. Photo: Justin Smith/istock

New Record for Annual Increase in Keeling Curve Readings

Twelve-month average rose fastest ever in 2024

2025 California wildfires

California Wildfire Analysis from Scripps Oceanography Climate Experts

Scripps Oceanography experts answer questions on the Los Angeles wildfires

mangroves on the coast of Mexico

Mangrove Loss in Acapulco Likely Worsened the Devastation of Hurricane Otis

Researchers find mangroves are key to reducing hurricane impacts, protecting vulnerable communities, and mitigating climate change

A Scientist’s Life: Amina Schartup

Marine biogeochemist studies contaminants in seafood

Kerstin Bergentz (left) at COP29 climate conference, Nov. 14, 2024. Photo: Vanessa Miniss

Crude Realities

A report from the COP29 climate talks in Baku

Kerstin doing fieldwork in the North Sea aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong, Iceland in the background

Scripps Student Spotlight: Kerstin Bergentz

PhD candidate collects observational data to learn more about ocean dynamics

A midwater trawl net is used to collect juvenile fishes

CalCOFI at 75

A California science gem is cutting-edge but still devoted to the fundamentals

Aanchal at COP16

Reflections from the United Nations Biodiversity COP16

The call to action comes from inside the house

The town of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec, which houses numerous metal processing plants, seen from space via NASA’s Terra/MODIS satellite on January 7, 2023. The swath of thinned cloud cover matches the town’s plume of industrial aerosol emissions.

Industrial Pollution Can Increase Snowfall and Reduce Cloud Cover

If widespread, the phenomenon could be boosting global warming by reducing the sunlight that clouds reflect back into space

coral reef

Six Solutions against Climate Change: Researchers Launch Call-Action for Rapid Response to Mobilize Solutions

Global team of microbiologists says microbes can be powerful tool to address climate change

COP29 Venue

Meet UC San Diego Delegates Attending the 2024 UN Climate Conference in Azerbaijan

Students and faculty head to COP29 to participate in international collaboration on climate change

Woolsey Fire

Unhoused People Are Highly Vulnerable to Wildfire Smoke

Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions

COP29 Baku Ocean Declaration

Ocean Pavilion Partners Release COP29 Baku Ocean Declaration in Advance of UN Climate Conference

Declaration calls for renewed focus on global ocean observations to support goals of the climate, biodiversity, and desertification efforts worldwide

Ocean Pavilion design

The Ocean Pavilion Returns to International Climate Conference for a Third Year

Leading science institutions and partners will make the case for greater inclusion of the ocean at COP29

SOCCOM Director Lynne Talley with BGC Argo float, May 2024

Scripps Oceanography Takes Lead of Southern Ocean Monitoring Program

SOCCOM project to continue detailed study of one of the world’s leading climate change hotspots

A group of people walking on a pier

UC San Diego Launches New Graduation Requirement, Bolstering Climate Change Education

Rolling out this fall, the Jane Teranes Climate Change Education Requirement honors the memory of beloved professor, climate champion

Domoic acid producing Pseudo-nitzschia diatom in seawater sample. Image:  G. Jason Smith / Moss Landing Marine Labs. Satellite image shows increasing chlorophyll concentration at California coast. Image: Mati Kahru

Scientists Discover Molecular Predictors of Toxic Algal Blooms

Genes that act as warning beacon for dangerous neurotoxin identified

College students looking at coral specimens in a research aquarium

UC San Diego Recibe $10 Millones para un Centro de Neurobiología en Ambientes Cambiantes

El Centro se enfocará en los impactos del cambio climático en los sistemas nerviosos de animales marinos

College students looking at coral specimens in a research aquarium

UC San Diego Receives $10 Million for Center on Neurobiology in Changing Environments

Center will focus on the impacts of climate change on marine species’ nervous systems

Scripps Student Spotlight: Raymond Leibensperger III

PhD student in climate sciences with notable awards and fellowships researches sea spray aerosols

McWhorter on a fieldwork assignment during her PhD in the Chagos Archipelago diving a nearly uninhabited archipelago and collecting coral samples for calcium carbonate budgets.

Charting Change from Coral Reefs to Climate Science

Scripps alum Jennifer McWhorter supports the Biogeochemical Argo array in the Gulf of Mexico to understand the region’s changes over time

San Diego Bay on a clear day

Oyster Virus Detected in San Diego Bay Likely Worsened by Warmer Waters

Higher water temperatures accelerate spread of deadly virus, killing Pacific oysters and threatening aquaculture operations

a scuba diver surveys a coral reef in clear blue water off Maui

3D Models Provide Unprecedented Look at Corals’ Response to Bleaching Events

Seven-year time series pinpoints which corals off Maui survived multiple bleaching events

winch on a research vessel

Scripps Researchers Address Ocean Paradox With 55 Gallons of Fluorescent Dye

Large-scale ocean circulation requires deep water to rise to the surface, but this upwelling had never been directly observed – until now

Marine stratocumulus clouds off the California coast. Photo: Pascal Polonik

Artificial Climate Controls Might Become Ineffective – Because of Climate Change

Cloud brightening cooling strategy stops working in models when natural systems respond to relentless warming

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