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Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Two-Mile-Long Ice Core Reveals Ocean Currents Transmitted Climate Changes from the Arctic to the Antarctic

American Chemical Society Honors Keeling Curve and NOAA Observatory

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Research Highlight: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Likely To Be Reversible

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation Explains Global Warming "Hiatus" Since 2000

Tim Lueker with wife Chris next to the “Save Our Coral Reefs” mosaic in Encinitas, Calif.

Around the Pier: Researcher Confronting Climate Change with Coral Reef Mosaics

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown directs statewide mandatory water reductions, April 1, 2015

Coping with Drought

In the News Now: Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning

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Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning

Trend in ocean heat content at depths between 0-2,000 meters. Image: Nature Climate Change

Distinct Rise in Global Ocean Temperatures Detected

Planetary boundaries illustration showing the boundaries as slices in a pie graph.

Earth Has Crossed Several 'Planetary Boundaries,' Thresholds of Human-Induced Environmental Changes

Avoid the Unmanageable, Manage the Unavoidable

Eight Interdisciplinary Lectures on Climate Change

Steven Cande and Mark Ohman

Two Scripps Professors Named AAAS Fellows

Long-term global warming trend. Image: NASA

'Ditch the 2° C Warming Goal'

China air pollution drifts out to sea

Voyager: Why is China's Pollution Considered the "World's Pollution"?

An Appeal from Science Leaders to Religious Leaders on Environmental Protection

Researchers grounded in empirical searches for truth ask those with authority on matters of morality to join a call to protect the planet

Portrait of a smiling man near the coast

A Scientist's Life: Dan Cayan

Climate scientist describes the challenge of seeing climate in high definition

El Niño Is Shaping Up in Southern California

Scripps climate and atmospheric scientist V. Ramanathan meets Pope Francis

Photo of the Week: Scripps Contingent Meets Pope Francis

ocean temperatures at various depths

Voyager: How Long until Ocean Temperature Goes up a Few More Degrees?

Question submitted by Lily S. of Austin, Texas

Coral Reefs Under Attack

How Long Do Corals Need to Recover?

Pioneering Black Carbon Researcher Receives U.N. 'Champion of the Earth' Award

Solving the Mysteries of Hiatus in Global Warming

Clearing up Confusion on Future of Colorado River Water Supply

Scripps Oceanography part of effort to specify how much riverflow is expected to diminish

As CO2 Approaches Symbolic Milestone, Scripps Launches Daily Keeling Curve Update

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