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New Study Looks at How the “Blob” Came Back

Scripps Oceanography and CIRES scientists find that weak winds in the Pacific drove record-breaking 2019 summertime marine heat wave

Research in the Time of COVID-19

Despite a deserted campus, some essential Scripps research programs carry on

Listen Up: Scripps Scientists Use Underwater Microphones to Study Calving Arctic Glacier

Researchers develop new method for measuring glacial retreat by analyzing underwater acoustic recordings of icebergs falling into the ocean

Coastal Heat Waves Can Tax Public Health - Even Outside of Summer

Study of Southern California hospitalizations shows upticks attributable to heat driven by Santa Ana winds in fall, winter, and spring

Esteemed Scripps Climate Scientist Appointed as the Edward A. Frieman Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability

Veerabhadran Ramanthan selected as inaugural holder of faculty chair that honors legacy of late Scripps director

New Research is the First to Relate Antarctic Sea Ice Melt to Weather Change in the Tropics

Diminishing sea ice translates to warmer ocean, more rain, and stronger trade winds

Deep-Sea Fish Community Structure Strongly Affected by Oxygen and Temperature

Climate Destabilization Unlikely to Cause Methane 'Burp'

"SMART 2.0" Revolutionizing Identification of Natural Compounds

Organic chemistry tool developed at UC San Diego is speeding up drug discovery, toxicological analysis, and more

Researchers Find New Reason Why Arctic is Warming So Fast

UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from Koret Foundation to Support Binational Collaboration on Marine Archaeology Research

Three-year gift will support scientific collaboration between the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology and the University of Haifa in Israel

Study Shows Acceleration of Global Mean Ocean Circulation since 1990s

Influence of greenhouse gas emissions cited as contributing cause

Up, Up, and Away

Long-duration balloons collecting climate data in the sky complete first trip around the globe

Fourteen Science Developments to Look for in the 2020s

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

Tethered for Months to Floating Sea Ice, Scripps Researchers Join Largest-Ever International Arctic Expedition

Media Advisory: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Schedule of Events During Week One at COP25

Newest research on atmospheric rivers, Antarctic contributions to sea-level rise, and more to be released

Climate Science in Review: A Look Back on 2019

The biggest news in climate change to come from Scripps this past year

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”

Taking the Heat

Scripps researcher contributes to major international report showing dangerous consequences of a warming ocean

New Climate Change Studies Minor Prepares Future Leaders

Summer Broke Arctic Temperature Records. Here's What Scripps Researchers Who Lived It Had to Say.

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

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

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