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Loop of weekend's landfalling atmospheric river that delivered torrential rains and flooding

Where Was the Most Extreme Precipitation in the West Yesterday?

New alert available through Scripps sends updates of major events

In the News Now: Scripps Scientists Monitoring Massive Atmospheric River

Size of storm aimed at Central California raises flood concerns

The Eiffel Tower illuminated for COP21

Negotiating Climate Change in a Post-Paris World

Cultures of three marine bacteria that make the compound pentabromopseudilin

Research Highlight: Marine Microbes Could Help Clean Up Environmental Pollutants

Scripps Scientist Keynotes Meeting of State Water Managers

Extreme weather expert address a nod to increasing value of precipitation forecasts in reservoir operations

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

Research Highlight: Researchers Weather Microplastic to Understand Global Marine Debris Problem

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

New Fault Discovered in Earthquake-Prone Southern California Region

Study Finds Earthquakes Can Trigger Near-Instantaneous Aftershocks on Different Faults

Three views of Typhoon Nepartak from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), July 7, 2016

Research Highlight: Typhoons in China, Japan, and Philippines Have Gotten Stronger Since 1970s

New Study Challenges Assumption of Asbestos' Ability to Move in Soil

Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Clouds Are Moving Higher, Subtropical Dry Zones Expanding, According to Satellite Analysis

Torrey Pines State Beach experienced some of the most extensive erosion in San Diego County during El Niño

Beach Replenishment Helps Protect Against Storm Erosion during El Niño

Two men looking across ashy terrain at smoldering volcano.

Photo of the Week: Smoldering Chaitén

Beach erosion at La Jolla Shores

Scientifically, This Was Still a Monster El Niño Year

fire hazard

New Technology Helps Monitor Fire Hazards in Southern California

GOES satellite image of water vapor in atmospheric river over western U.S. today

Research Highlight: Study Suggests Atmospheric River Storms Can Reduce Sierra Snow

“Rain-on-Snow” events accelerate snowmelt

Rain falling on snow. Image credit: Flickr user Malcolm Peacey, CC BY-NC 2.0

Study: Atmospheric River Storms Can Reduce Sierra Snow

More likely than other storms to produce "rain-on-snow" precipitation

NOAA's yearly sea-surface temperature difference from average for 2015.

El Niño 2015-2016

A USAF C-130 at takeoff

Reconnaissance Flights Into Atmospheric Rivers Aim To Improve West Coast Storm Predictions

Scripps Oceanography, NOAA, U.S. Air Force team up on flights through atmospheric rivers

Ganges River under a hazy sky. Photo: Roehan Rengadurai

Cutting Aerosols Will Help Secure World's Water Supply

In the News Now: Scripps Researchers Use Hurricane Hunters to Probe Atmospheric Rivers

Goal is to improve forecasts of key precipitation source

San Diego coastline as seen from aircraft bearing instruments that make precision measurements of beach topography

Around the Pier: El Niño Beach Survey Provides Glimpse of What's to Come for the Coast

Scripps Science Responds to El Niño

Across a wide range of disciplines, Scripps researchers are observing this year’s historic event in greater detail than ever before

Study Finds Toxic Pollutants in Fish Across the World's Oceans

Waves reach Highway 101 north of Solana Beach, Calif. in 2010.

Around the Pier: Citizen Science Will Help Assess Effects of El Niño

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