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![A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron sits on the flightline prior to an atmospheric river mission Jan. 28, 2020 at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The Hurricane Hunters performed “AR recon” from January through March 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/hurricanehunter-2020arflight.jpg?itok=P0QQWFb4)
Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Flight Season Gets an Early Start this Winter
Air Force and NOAA aircraft collecting data over the Pacific from November to March
![Researchers collect a sediment core from a mangrove forest](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-12/siocomm_a_mc-octavioaburto-cdf_galapagos-mangrove_2015_oao0094.png?itok=Zar8Degh)
Scientists Dig into Sediments for Clues on Carbon Storage
From San Diego to the Galapagos Islands and beyond, Scripps Oceanography researchers are revealing the mysteries of carbon sequestration in aquatic ecosystems
![Options for relocating measurement equipment being explored](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/800-2019-mauna-loa-obs-05242019-susan-cobb-noaa.jpg?itok=gYP8ecMG)
Historic Keeling Curve Observation Interrupted by Volcanic Eruption
Options for relocating measurement equipment being explored
![Deployment of a buoy by the Global Drifter Program](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/800-2000600p587ednmainimg-20180519_131849.jpg?itok=S2eBvptt)
Study of Ocean Currents Reveal Intensification of Tropical Cyclones Around the World
Researchers use Scripps-developed ocean drifter data to spot 30-year trend
![Ocean Pavilion Opening Ceremony at COP27](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/my_project.jpg?itok=0q5HFvPd)
The Ocean Pavilion Announces Schedule of Events for COP27
Pavilion bringing world leaders in ocean science, engineering, and policy together to highlight ocean’s enormous role in climate
![Kilauea volcano, June 12, 2018. Modified satellite data processed by Pierre Markuse](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/800-40955067280_a9fc0daac0_o.jpg?itok=IEnDZTcd)
Clarity about Key Climate Dynamic Creates More Pressure to Rein in Global Temperature Increase
Role of carbon dioxide in heating planet unmasked, forcing new projections of how warm things can get
![A COP27 flasg waves in front of a blue cloudy sky.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/shutterstock_2167436749.png?itok=H42vxLSQ)
Meet the UC San Diego Delegates Headed to Egypt for UN Climate Conference
Students and faculty from Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy prepare to attend COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt
![Isabel Rivera-Collazo in the field in Puerto Rico](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-10/siocomm_a_puertorico2018_001.jpeg?itok=_VXPYDB-)
Scripps Launches Two Projects on the Impact of Climate Change on Coastlines and People
National Science Foundation grants support research hubs in Southern California and Puerto Rico
![Scripps PhD student Tammy Russell surrounded by chinstrap penguins in Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-10/tammy_chinstrap_colony.png?itok=FPyoYsGL)
Diving into Seabird Science
The study of penguins and other seabirds takes flight through the research of Scripps PhD student Tammy Russell
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World Leaders in Ocean Science and Philanthropy Come Together to Create First-ever Ocean Pavilion at UN Climate Conference
COP27 venue an acknowledgment of rising profile of the ocean in international climate negotiations
![Collector vehicle Patania II, operated by marine engineering firm Global Sea Mineral Resources NV, stirs up seafloor sediment during field testing.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-09/800-dsc08173.jpg?itok=3EwtnFf1)
Study Gives New Insights into Nature of Deep-Sea Sediment Plumes
MIT-Scripps Oceanography team finds that sediment stirred up stays relatively close to seafloor
![Marine research geophysicist Tim Barnett, 1938-2022](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-08/siocomm_a_barnettpierce08_022_800x500.jpg?itok=K6MiCJZT)
Tim Barnett: 1938-2022
Geophysicist led first wave of El Niño forecasting, foretold demise of Western reservoirs
![Flooding overtops Fremont Weir, 2019. Photo: Florence Low/California Department of Water Resources](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-08/800-fl_fremont_weir-0933_03_01_2019.jpg?itok=jFKYzojH)
Climate Change Projected to Increase Atmospheric River Flood Damages in the United States
Damage costs in western states could triple by end of century
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Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Distinguished Atmospheric Scientist Warren Washington
Trailblazing climate researcher accepts Scripps-given award for science in the public interest
![Big Sur experienced some of the most substantial cliff retreat rates observed by Scripps researchers](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-08/800-istock-1096740592.jpg?itok=cf8Kj0k7)
New High-Resolution Study on California Coastal Cliff Erosion Released
Website presents details on state’s continually changing coastline
![Post-atmospheric river flooding in Sacramento, 2019. Caldor Fire, 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-08/california-fires-floods_800x500.jpg?itok=XeS5VbFP)
More Evidence that California Weather Is Trending toward Extremes
Patterns associated with wildfires increasing in frequency, those linked to “normal” rainfall decreasing
![Palmyra coral reef](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-07/jsmith_palmyra_2021_reefscape_fr9c.png?itok=NqbU3Fq9)
Central Pacific Coral Reef Shows Remarkable Recovery Despite Two Warm-Water Events
Study shows value of looking at long-term trends in face of climate change
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Ocean Observing, Island Nation Collaboration Top Agenda for Scripps at UN Ocean Conference
Event beginning June 26 will address crisis facing global oceans
![Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii. Photo: NOAA](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-06/cropped-800-2000600p587ednmain10490mlo_600.jpg?itok=jEdgwJh0)
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels Reach New High
Peak monthly average of 421 parts per million is 50 percent greater than pre-industrial levels
![Gas flaring](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-05/800-lr-istock-1069081444.jpg?itok=yEEE87R9)
Time to Broaden Strategy to Avert Catastrophic Climate Change
New study shows that only with a dual assault on carbon dioxide and other largely neglected climate pollutants will it be possible to keep the 1.5°C guardrail in sight and stay below 2°C
![Scripps Oceanography graduate student Benni Birner, who led a study confirming that the amount of helium in the atmosphere is rising. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-05/800-220419bennibirnerdsc_2199ucsandiegoerikjepsen9.jpg?itok=6XTlb0Ap)
Confirmed: Atmospheric Helium Levels Are Rising
A by-product released by use of fossil fuels has been increasing since 1974
![Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert installing a magnetotelluric station in Antarctica. Photo: Kerry Key, Columbia University.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-04/800-gustafson-em.jpg?itok=coafSLsa)
Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Under Antarctic Ice
Study proves value of electromagnetic techniques in a new polar environment
![Currents off the west coasts of North and Central America](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-04/nasa-ocean-currents.jpg?itok=dPen1SSG)
Scripps Oceanography-Led Study Predicts Climate Change Accelerates Ocean Currents
Warming is making surface currents shallower and faster
![School of fish over a coral bed underwater](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-04/_brian_zgliczynski_scripps_institution_of_oceanography_17.png?itok=hhbqMjrV)
Ambitious New Environmental Challenge Aims to Rewild 40 Globally Significant Island Ecosystems from Ridge to Reef by 2030
Island Conservation, Re:wild, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, the Government of Panama, and the Government of Palau Launch 2030 Island-Ocean Connection Challenge at Our Ocean Conference with $50 Million Secured
![Istock photo of smoggy Los Angeles](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-04/sanford-la-smog-538188948.jpg?itok=TfrEmHST)
New Evidence Suggests California’s Environmental Policies Preferentially Protect Whites
Systemic racism could explain why minorities are exposed to more pollution throughout the state
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