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![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
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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
![Downtown Los Angeles rush hour. Photo: lazyday](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/800-iStock-139398631.jpg?itok=McsOI1bE)
Dual Impacts of Extreme Heat, Ozone Disproportionately Hurt Poorer Areas
A frequent combination on hot days, high temperatures and ozone disproportionately affect low-income ZIP codes, researchers find
![Crew members launch an AUV off a research vessel](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/siocomm_A_SallyRide_REMUS-Bluefin-AUV_2021_DSC5652-01_0.jpg?itok=dqvUmW26)
Scripps Oceanography Completes Seafloor Survey Using Robotics, Finds Thousands of Possible Targets of Interest at Dumpsite off Coast of Los Angeles
Survey mapped 36,000 acres using advanced ocean robotics and sonar
![Feet of a Buddha statue in water](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-03/Xie-Buddha-800.jpg?itok=OXXWSe92)
How an Unusually Warm Indian Ocean Caused Flooding on Yangtze River
Climate modelers unravel a mystery with a surprising connection to Australian bushfires and African locust swarms.
![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 Joins Multicampus Initiative on Coastal Resilience and Climate Adaptation
UC-funded initiative will bring together researchers at the San Diego, Santa Cruz, and Santa Barbara campuses to address pressing issues for California’s coastal communities
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Paul Crutzen: 1933-2021
Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist coined term ‘Anthropocene’ to describe humanity’s impact on natural systems
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More Pollutants Could Remain in Atmosphere With Less Light Rain
New study shows effects of rainfall on pollutants vary by the severity of precipitation
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Study Says Urban Design Can Slow the Spread of COVID-19, Other Infectious Diseases
Neighborhood-level data can help make urban geography a key forecast tool during outbreaks, researchers say
![Erosion monitoring, Torrey Pines State Beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-01/800-young-heroimage_0.jpg?itok=GSV-HR6z)
Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves, Coastal Cliff Erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecasts
![Residents watch downtown San Francisco burn in aftermath of 1906 quake](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-11/CROP-SFQuake-USGS.jpg?itok=HpgZ6R5I)
What Makes an Earthquake a Star?
Scripps Oceanography geophysicist considers what makes some quakes celebrities
![A man in front of a series of video screens displaying wildfire information](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-11/rsz_highresolution2.jpg?itok=XuHeY_uz)
Eyes on Wildfires
ALERTWildfire camera network reaches 610-camera milestone during season of record fires
![Talcahunao, Chile after 2010 tsuanmi. Photo: Peter Burgess EU/ECHO](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-10/Chile2010Tsunami-PeterBurgess-Talcahunao.jpg?itok=OgZ0HPrP)
Unveiling the Accuracy of Tsunami Predictions
New study validates accuracy in predicting the first wave, but weakness in forecasting ‘trailing’ waves
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A Scientist's Life: Jade d'Alpoim Guedes
Archaeologist considers how history can guide society as it deals with climate change
![Lake Sonoma. Sonoma Water is a founding member of the Water Affiliates Group.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/Lake_Sonoma_800x500.jpg?itok=WTP7jpT7)
New Water Affiliates Group Forms at Scripps’ Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes
A new membership program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography leverages the latest atmospheric river science to optimize water resource management
![Remnants of the Wordie Ice Shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/800-Susheel-IceShelfMelt-JohnSonntag-NOAA-.jpg?itok=CYzso8IP)
Satellite Record Gives Unprecedented View of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Pattern over 25 Years
New estimates of ice shelf melting around Antarctica since the 1990s show where and when ice has been lost and where meltwater entered the Southern Ocean
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Researchers Identify Factor Behind 2017 Oroville Dam Spillways Incident
Heavy snowmelt delivered a surge of runoff to Feather River and Lake Oroville
![Researcher Sarah Giddings in an estuary.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/giddings_coastal.jpg?itok=iuUWYZE9)
El Niño Impacts on Southern California Estuaries Reveal Potential for More Frequent Closures
Winter storms in 2015-2016 emphasized vulnerability of estuaries that have natural, intermittent mouth closures, compared to those which stay open throughout the year
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A New Consequence of Arctic Sea Ice Melt: Changing Weather at the Equator
Research links sea ice retreat with tropical phenomena including a new kind of El Niño
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Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Air Force, NOAA to Fly into Atmospheric River Storms Over Pacific Ocean this Winter
Weather reconnaissance flights aim to improve forecasts and understanding of atmospheric rivers
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