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New Black Carbon Research Helps Advance Climate Solutions

Voyager: Can marine life adapt to climate change and pollution in the ocean so it doesn't hurt them anymore?

Coast Guard teams in a training mission off Barrow, Alaska. Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Kurt Fredrickson

New Center Addresses National Security Implications of Environmental Change

Salinity of the world's oceans is mapped in contour lines using data collected by Argo drifters.

Argo: World's Hydrological Cycle is Accelerating

Burning wood biomass not only endangers health but could be one of the largest contributors to global warming.

Clearing the Air

Scripps Scientists Participate in Historic Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Scripps Scientists Participate in Historic Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Cleaning Up Black Carbon Provides Instant Benefits Against Global Warming

Scripps Presents Southern California Premiere of Film on Climate Change's Impact on Oceans

Scripps Presents Southern California Premiere of Film on Climate Change's Impact on Oceans

California Climate Change Experts to Discuss Key Findings at Science Summit

California Climate Change Experts to Discuss Key Findings at Science Summit

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Report Presents New Research on Climate Change Effects in California

Scripps Climate Science Pioneer Awarded Tyler Prize

Scripps Climate Science Pioneer Awarded Tyler Prize

Passengers aboard a whale-watching cruise led by Birch Aquarium at Scripps naturalists.

Climate Change and Gray Whales

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

Media Advisory: Researchers to Discuss Antarctica's Deep Past

Waves at high tide inundate Ocean Beach Pier during a 2000 storm.

Rising Tide

The Origins of Slime

Lake Mead Could Be Dry by 2021

Lake Mead Could Be Dry by 2021

A station in the South Pole.

The (Ralph) Keeling Curve

Plants generally grow a bit faster with increased carbon dioxide.

Voyager: Are there any benefits of increased levels of CO2?

Increased levels of CO2 will most likely impact the health and expansion of coral reefs.

Voyager: How is animal life being affected by the increasing levels of CO2?

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Voyager: To whom will Argo research be given? How will it be published and used?

Nearly 3,000 Argo floats have been dropped throughout the world’s oceans.

Voyager: How are Argo buoys able to descend and ascend? Is there a motor?

Voyager: Is there anything we can do in San Diego to conserve coral reefs?

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

Around the Pier: Crisis? What Crisis?

Transported Black Carbon a Significant Player in Pacific Ocean Climate

Ocean rolling in in at La Jolla Shores as seen from Scripps Pier.

Study Finds Subglacial Water in West Antarctica Considerably More Active Than Previously Observed

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