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Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification
Inability of phytoplankton to acquire iron imperils marine ecosystems
Scripps Joins Mission to Understand a Major Southern Ocean Climate Influence
The world’s most pristine clouds happen to be in the place with the world’s roughest weather
Pioneering Scripps Earth Scientist Awarded by the European Geosciences Union
Meinrat Andreae to receive Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership for groundbreaking research in geosciences
New Study Reveals Strong El Niño Events Cause Large Changes in Antarctic Ice Shelves
Oscillations of water temperature in the tropical Pacific Ocean can induce rapid melting of Antarctic ice shelves
New Study Identifies Thermometer for the Past Global Ocean
Researchers now able to reconstruct past ocean temperatures
A Scientist's Life: Fiamma Straneo
Physical oceanographer studies interplay between Greenland's glaciers and a warming ocean
Around the Pier: UC San Diego Helps Fill U.S. Void at International Climate Talks
Despite diminished official U.S. presence, university joined state leaders in reaffirming commitment to mitigate and adapt to climate change
Research Highlight: Rising CO2 Leading to Changes in Land Plant Photosynthesis
Suggests that plants have achieved an optimum response to rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere
California's Climate Future Suggests More Volatility and a Key Role for Atmospheric Rivers
Management of water resources could become more challenging
Rising CO2 Leading to Changes in Land Plant Photosynthesis
Suggests that plants have achieved an optimum response to rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere
Natural Methane "Time Bomb" Unlikely to Wreak Climate Havoc
But human-caused fossil methane emissions larger than previously believed
Research Highlight: After the Break
How the separation of a state-sized iceberg changes ecology in a key region of ocean biology
Special Notice: Statement from Scripps Oceanography Glaciologist on Larsen C Iceberg
Event in itself not necessarily cause for alarm, researcher says
Around the Pier: Meeting of the Minds
Scripps leadership and scientists meet His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama to discuss climate change, global concerns
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