Svenja Kling is a fifth-year PhD student studying marine biology at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Kling ...

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a renowned climate scientist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Crafoord Prize — one of the world’s most ...

The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program joins forces with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events “We know that better measurements of atmospheric rivers ...

Interdisciplinary center digs into soil health research, efforts to create a more sustainable and climate-resilient food system Experts across the University of California San Diego have come together ...

The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their ...

In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography present a new tool the public can use to understand sewage contamination levels at beaches from Coronado to Playas de Tijuana as well ...

Some corals produce chemicals called diterpenoids that have shown promise in fighting cancer and reducing inflammation, but researchers have been unable to study the chemicals in depth. The problem is ...

El Niño and La Niña are climate phenomena that are generally associated with wetter and drier winter conditions in the Southwestern United States, respectively. In 2023, however, a La Niña year proved ...

Could 2025 be the year marine protection efforts get a “glow up”? According to a team of conservation-minded researchers, including Octavio Aburto of UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography ...

In 2024, the yearly average level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO 2) rose faster over the prior year than ever before in the 67-year-old Keeling Curve record. When researchers took the ...

What is causing these high winds? Sasha Gershunov (Climate Science Researcher): High pressure in the Great Basin and low pressure over northern Baja California, plus a very strong jet stream roaring ...