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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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Experts at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography Available to Discuss New Climate Change Report

International scientific panel to release summary assessment of climate research on Feb. 2

What Happens Once Global Warming is at Full Power?

One trend in pollution has been diminishing the effects of another, but as particulate emissions are contained, their disappearance from the atmosphere will unmask the true impact of global warming

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Rapid Sea Level Rise in the Arctic Ocean May Alter Views of Human Migration

Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier

Report Warns of More Frequent Coastal Flooding and Rising Sea Levels

Climate researchers David Pierce (left) and Tim Barnett

Scripps Researchers Find Clear Evidence of Human-Produced Warming in World's Oceans

Scripps Atmospheric Scientist Appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences

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

Scripps Scientist Leads Antarctic Research Vessel Heading North to Map Arctic Waters

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