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![During a field training course in Antarctica, members of the team secure a tent. Photo by Jacob Morgan.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/communications-content/field_crop/scripps_antarctica_ice_0.jpg?itok=YFUtZRl5)
Scripps Scientists in Friendly Race among Nations to Find World's Oldest Ice in Record Time
Researchers head to Antarctica to do ancient ice “reconnaissance”
![Biological oceanographer Lisa Levin describes deep-sea organisms to students during a recent field course](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/siocomm_mc_levin-gallo-sproul_800x500.jpg?itok=Qo14dh4m)
Taking the Heat
Scripps researcher contributes to major international report showing dangerous consequences of a warming ocean
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Research Highlight: Scientists Bring the Ocean into the Lab to Study Human Impacts on the Ocean and Climate
Interdisciplinary SeaSCAPE project utilizes large wave tank to look at how human pollution is affecting the ability of ocean biology to control clouds and climate
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Ross Sea Floats Show Why Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelf Melts Rapidly in Summer
Warming of adjacent ocean surface waters main cause of melt in austral summer
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Research Highlight: Loss of Arctic's Reflective Sea Ice Will Advance Global Warming by 25 Years
Fast mitigation may still avoid complete loss of sea ice
![The 2017 Thomas Fire. Photo: istockphoto/Carsten Schertzer](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/communications-content/field_crop/350-gershunov-ldeo-fire_0.jpg?itok=P4UIhJbc)
Study Bolsters Case that Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires
Connection seen to fivefold jump in area burned
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A Scientist's Life: Art Miller
Climate scientist Art Miller works to understand linkages between oceans and the atmosphere – and to inspire the next generation of scientists
![Scripps graduate student Audrey Tan.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/communications-content/field_crop/tanheader_0.jpg?itok=Tu6KcW-Y)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Audrey Tan
Climate Science and Policy graduate student is researching how El Niño impacts lives and biodiversity across the Pacific Ocean
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Research Highlight: Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit Record Peak in May
Monthly average surpassed 414 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory
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Carbon Dioxide Levels Hit Record Peak in May
Monthly average surpassed 414 parts per million at Mauna Loa Observatory
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Study Uncovers Surprising Melting Patterns Beneath Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf
Casts new light on threats to Antarctica’s largest ice shelf
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Around the Pier: Usurp the Burp
How seaweed could help curb cow burps—one of California’s greatest sources of methane emissions
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Research Highlight: Rapid Global Switch to Renewable Energy Can Save Millions of Lives Annually
Scientists assess impact of fossil energy and air pollution on health, climate and rainfall
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Rapid Global Switch to Renewable Energy Can Save Millions of Lives Annually
Scientists assess impact of fossil energy and air pollution on health, climate and rainfall
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A Scientist's Life: Helen Amanda Fricker
Glaciologist uses satellite data to monitor one of the most significant global warming-related changes in nature
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Research Highlight: Deep Ocean Warming at an Accelerating Rate
Measurements made from ships and by Scripps-built robots both point to more heat uptake than expected
![Atmospheric river hits California. Photo: Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory/ VIIRS satellite.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/communications-content/field_crop/SLIDE-ARScaleImage_0.jpg?itok=Tnc7cVqY)
New Scale to Characterize Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric River Storms
Similar to scales gauging hurricane, wind, or tornado intensity, could aid flood response and water management, especially in the West
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Around the Pier: Bringing Science to Global Climate Talks
Large delegation of students and researchers from Scripps Oceanography and University of California participate in COP24 climate conference in Poland
![At a depth of 58 meters (190 feet), Paul Dayton with a camera flash unit in McMurdo Sound, 1968](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/communications-content/field_crop/SLIDE-pkd-deep-flashbulbs-PhotoByGordonRobilliard_0.jpg?itok=8gRzaW-z)
How Marine Life Responds to Upheaval
Recent episode in Antarctica set off a chain of ecological events and offered a study in resilience
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