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![Damage to Oroville Dam spillway, Feb. 27, 2017. Photo: Dale Kolke/Calif. DWR](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-03/800-v3a-DK_oro_spillway_damage-4639_02_27_2017.jpg?itok=0GFVXM8m)
Climate Change Identified as Contributor to Oroville Dam Spillway Incident
Case study of weather triggering the 2017 crisis points to how atmospheric rivers are impacted by global warming
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Variable Precipitation Linked to Rising Infectious Disease among Young Children Worldwide
Global database analysis spotlights higher risk in low-to-middle-income nations
![San Francisco skyline during October 2020 wildfire](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-01/800-SanFran-Wildfire-iStock-1277818076.jpg?itok=e-JKqjCj)
Exposure to Wildfire Smoke Increased Number of Bay Area COVID Deaths
Review of 2020 health data suggests wildfires made COVID victims more vulnerable
![San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria (right) meets with UC San Diego students at COP26](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-12/800-James-COP26-IMG_1421.jpg?itok=-5mDc-5Q)
Amid Letdowns that Couldn’t Be Overcome by Haggis, Reasons for Hope at COP26
A member of the Scripps Oceanography delegation’s post-event analysis
![SOCCOM crew prepare to deploy an Argo float in the Southern Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-11/800-SOCCOM-Argo.jpg?itok=yMBR-KQR)
Climate Change is Making One of the World’s Strongest Currents Flow Faster
A change in the Southern Ocean, the region absorbing the most human-induced warming globally, is detected by new technology
![High-Frequency Acoustic Recording Package (HARP) on the deck of R/V Pelican](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-10/800-OurInstrument_0.jpg?itok=8XpcMVwY)
Dodging Hurricane Ida While Listening to a Changing Gulf
Supercharged storms, marine mammal movements have human influence as a common cause
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First Link between Stillbirths, Birth Complications and Excessive Heat in Lower-income Countries
Researchers call for improvements in early-warning systems
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Scripps Receives $2.5 Million to Lead New Coastal Cliff Research
Scientists hope to get better understanding of cliff failures, could lay groundwork for future alert system
![An underwater view of fish swimming in the submerged roots of a red mangrove forest.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/Octavio_Aburto__OA23975-Edit-crop.png?itok=fMH-ft5P)
Hidden Mangrove Forest in the Yucatan Peninsula Reveals Ancient Sea Levels
Researchers investigate an ancient coastal ecosystem found more than 120 miles from the nearest ocean, revealing sea level impacts from the last interglacial period
![Scripps Oceanography graduate student Austin Carter, a member of geoscientist Sarah Aarons' lab, decontaminates ice sample from the Allan Hills area of Antarctica. Aarons' lab will analyze ancient dust collected during COLDEX. Photo: Erik Jepsen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/800-siocomm_A_MC_ErikJepsen_Ice-Decontamination_2021_32DSC_9349.jpg?itok=vitJHBTw)
Search for the World’s Oldest Ice to be Initiated
Scientists hope ice samples as much as five million years old can preview what society will face in coming century
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Water Supply Reliability Expected to Improve at Southern California’s Prado Dam
New trial for using advanced weather forecasts to retain more water proves successful
Scripps Student Spotlight: Gene DePuy
Master of Advanced Studies student focuses on climate change adaptation and mitigation
![Africa's Sahel region has endured devastating droughts in the past half-century. Photo: IAEA](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/Sahel-drought.jpg?itok=UC_Nk2oJ)
Simulation Points Out Possibilities and Pitfalls of Regional Geoengineering Schemes
Model demonstrates that ending drought in one African region reduces rainfall in another
![SUNY Albany researcher Sujata Murty retrieves coral core to study paleoclimate](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/800-Murty_coral-drilling.jpg?itok=dUK2atSQ)
Review Evaluates Evidence for Intensifying Indian Ocean Water Cycle
Report calls for better integration of observations, models, and paleoclimate research
![Camp Pendleton fire, 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/APA-report-flickr.jpg?itok=PVbvOVLW)
Expert Team Issues Report on Regional Responses to Climate Change
Coordination needed to build resilience
![Antarctic doline on after drainage.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/Antarctic%20Doline_Scripps%20News.jpg?itok=6riiSeiI)
Scientists Track Sudden Disappearance of Antarctic Ice Shelf Lake
Detailed observations enable better understanding of future ice shelf stability
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Scripps Oceanography Climate Scientist Awarded Prestigious Global Prize
Veerabhadran Ramanathan second Scripps researcher to be awarded in 30-year history of Blue Planet Prize
![Mauna Loa Observatory. Photo: Susan Cobb/ NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/800-2019-Mauna-Loa-P1040025.Lumix_.Cobb_.jpg?itok=YU7b0n5j)
Coronavirus Response Barely Slows Rising Carbon Dioxide
Monthly Peak for 2021 nears 420 parts per million at Mauna Loa Observatory
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If Countries Implement Paris Pledges with Cuts to Aerosols, Millions of Lives can be Saved
Strategic approach to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution can reap major health benefits
![Layer of ice on wooden surface. Photo: Marakit Atinat](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/800-Seltzer-iStock-525988773.jpg?itok=t4PXqDQH)
Climate Colder on Land During Last Ice Age than Thought
Study uses dissolved gases in ancient groundwater as a thermometer for the past
![Lobsters in cage](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/lobster.jpg?itok=Y1pRpQ4F)
Extreme Climate Events Threaten U.S. Fisheries, Fishermen, and Coastal Communities
In the first-ever nationwide Federal Fishery Disaster database, scientists with Scripps Institution of Oceanography and The Nature Conservancy paint a startling picture foreshadowing disaster for domestic fisheries
![Spotlights illuminate an instrument used to detect pockets of warm Pacific Ocean water that penetrated the Arctic Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/LR-NSP_20180917-0025-IMG_0739.jpg?itok=QVuRWGiQ)
The 'Heat Bombs' Destroying Arctic Sea Ice
Unprecedented observations could revise forecasts of melt in polar ocean
![Water temperature measurement, Scripps Pier, Aug. 18, 2018. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/800-siocomm_A_MC-ErikJepsen_DailyWaterSampling_8DSC_7404.jpg?itok=CCmdDlNM)
Cause of Historic Ocean Heat Wave off San Diego in 2018
Stifled ocean activity the dominant force behind historic event
![Two people sitting on a bench in smoky air overlooking Hollywood sign.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-03/Aguilera-WildfireSmoke_800.jpg?itok=zqGROtDk)
Fine Particulate Matter from Wildfire Smoke More Harmful Than Pollution from Other Sources
Researchers call for revisions to air-quality monitoring guidelines to consider the sources of emissions
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at SXSW Online 2021
Scientists from Scripps leading two panels at virtual conference
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