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CO2 Emissions in 2014. Image: Global Carbon Project

Around the Pier: Record Annual Increase of Carbon Dioxide Observed for 2015

CO2 levels increasing at a faster rate than before

Martin Tresguerres

Around the Pier: Profiles in Diversity - Argentinian Scientist Pursues Dream Project in Panama

Scripps marine biologist Martín Tresguerres dives in to learn more about the cell biology of coral reefs

Video: Can Corals Cope with Ocean Acidification?

Scripps Oceanography Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ray Weiss

In the News Now: Why Emissions Verification is Essential to the Paris Agreement

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

Photo of the Week: Southern Ocean Sunrise

El Niño 2015-2016

japan earthquake

New Study Pinpoints Stress Factor of Mega-Earthquake off Japan

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

Margaret Leinen

Scripps Oceanography Director Named Science Envoy by U.S. Department of State

Sally Ride Science at UC San Diego Lifts Off with Innovative Summer Program

coral reef health

From the Pristine to Degraded: Reefs of the Central Pacific

Ganges River under a hazy sky. Photo: Roehan Rengadurai

Cutting Aerosols Will Help Secure World's Water Supply

mesopelagic acoustics

New Research Reveals Sound of Deep-Water Animal Migration

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

Goal is to improve forecasts of key precipitation source

A giant manta ray swims

Photo of the Week: A Ray of Hope

Obituary Notice: Douglas Inman: Founder of Coastal Oceanography

Scripps Distinguished Professor William Gerwick

Scripps Professor Receives Research Achievement Award

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

Portrait of a woman with curly blonde hair, standing on a bluff

A Scientist's Life: Sarah N. Giddings

Coastal oceanographer studies the changing nature of estuaries

Acoustic technology and a marine seep.

Research Highlight: Acoustic Technology Aids Scripps Scientists in Study of Marine Seeps

Xenoturbella churro (top center), one of four new flatworm-like species found by scientists including Scripps's Greg Rouse

Research Highlight: Deep-Sea Churro Finds its Evolutionary Home

Obituary Notice: Leonard Liebermann, Scripps Expert on Underwater Sound

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

A humpback whale breaches near San Diego Bay, Feb. 7, 2016. Photo: Chris Fitzsimmons/BAS

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