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AWARE team members at the ARM Mobile Facility, Antarctica

AWARE: The Most Comprehensive Meteorological Study of Antarctica Ever Undertaken

Scripps Oceanography Climate and Atmospheric Scientist V. Ramanathan and other researchers met with Pope Francis in 2014.

Religion and Climate Change

Photo of the Week: Antarctic Radar

From the Field: Chilean Tsunami Rocks Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf

Around the Pier: Bending the Curve

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

Citizen Science Will Help Assess Effects of El Niño

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown with Scripps Oceanography climate scientist V. Ramanathan at UC Carbon Neutrality Summit, Oct. 27

Photo of the Week

Research Highlight: Wave Vibrations Shaking Antarctic Ice Shelves

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Wave Vibrations Shaking Antarctic Ice Shelves

The Antarctic Peninsula. Photo Sinéad Farrell/Univ. of Maryland

From the Field: Oceanographers Find Clues behind Arctic's Fourth-Lowest Sea-Ice Minimum

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Oceanographers Find Clues behind Arctic's Fourth-Lowest Sea-Ice Minimum

From the Field: What is Making Arctic Ice Melt Faster than Expected?

Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg

Scripps Oceanography Supporters Give $5 Million to Create Climate Center

Photo credit: NASA

Research Highlight: Sea Currents and Wind Patterns in the Pacific Ocean Linked to Climate Change

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Research Highlight: New Study Could Pave Way for an Ocean Acidification Early Warning System for Coral Reefs

Reef sensor network

New Study Could Pave Way for an Ocean Acidification Early Warning System for Coral Reefs

Two New Studies of Rocks Show Earliest Forms of Life in Antarctic Ice Caves and in South African Lava

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Two-Mile-Long Ice Core Reveals Ocean Currents Transmitted Climate Changes from the Arctic to the Antarctic

American Chemical Society Honors Keeling Curve and NOAA Observatory

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Research Highlight: Arctic Sea Ice Loss Likely To Be Reversible

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

Inter-decadal Pacific Oscillation Explains Global Warming "Hiatus" Since 2000

Tim Lueker with wife Chris next to the “Save Our Coral Reefs” mosaic in Encinitas, Calif.

Around the Pier: Researcher Confronting Climate Change with Coral Reef Mosaics

Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown directs statewide mandatory water reductions, April 1, 2015

Coping with Drought

In the News Now: Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning

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Antarctic Ice Shelves Rapidly Thinning

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