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45 UC San Diego Faculty Named Most Influential in Their Fields
Three Scripps Oceanography faculty named in new listing of highly cited researchers
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New Sea-Level Rise and Flood Alert Network Launches with City of Imperial Beach
Gift from the David C. Copley Foundation funds Scripps Institution of Oceanography pilot observation system to support vulnerable coastal communities with adapting to climate change
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A Scientist's Life: Kate Ricke
Climate scientist talks about how she models the societal risks posed by climate change
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Around the Pier: NASA Launches World's Most Advanced Ice-Measuring Satellite into Orbit
Glaciologist Helen Fricker and other Scripps scientists played a role in advising the ICESat-2 mission
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Human Causes Only Plausible Source of Warming in Southern Ocean
Synthesis of observational data and models shows trend not due to natural variability
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Scripps Scientists Recognized by American Geophysical Union
Helen Amanda Fricker and Lynn Russell named AGU Fellows; Richard Somerville to receive AGU Ambassador Award
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Scientists Find Corals in Deeper Waters Under Stress Too
Scripps researchers use novel approach to assess temperature stress on deep coral reefs in Palau, combining sea level and temperature data sets from continuous recorders serviced by divers
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Scripps Alumna and Sally Ride Science Instructor to Embark on Arctic Expedition
Cynthia Matzke, MAS '14, will study climate issues and engage in outreach to build an understanding of environmental changes and Inuit culture
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Still Time to Act: Impending Weather and Health Disasters from Climate Change Could Spur Progress in Cutting Emissions
UC San Diego researchers argue that terrifying insights into what humans are doing to the environment could help activists and political leaders build momentum for deep and costly cuts in emissions
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A Scientist's Life: Marty Ralph
Meteorologist pioneered study of atmospheric rivers impacting the western U.S.
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Ramanathan Shares $1.33 Million Sustainable Development Prize with Fellow Climate Science Pioneer
Renowned Scripps climate researcher and former NASA scientist James Hansen honored for their work
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Satellites Track Vanishing Antarctic Ice
Special issue of journal Nature on Antarctica suggests long-term decline of sea ice, posits new scenarios for continent’s future
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From the Field: Greenland by Helicopter (and Dogsled)
Scripps students try to inform estimates of sea-level rise from remote ice cap
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Photo of the Week: Life under the Ice
Researchers investigate how iceberg calving affects Antarctic marine life
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Photo of the Week: Crushed Ice
Collecting glacial ice to study fjord ecosystems in the Southern Ocean
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