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The fluke of a blue whale off the coast of California.

Underwater Microphones Capture 15 Years of Ocean Change

Marine heatwaves and economic crashes left distinct acoustic signatures

Annual Carbon Dioxide Peak Passes Another Milestone

Monthly Keeling Curve average exceeded 430 parts per million in May

UNOC logo for 2025

Ocean Science Leaders, Advocates to Push for Action at UN Event

Scripps Oceanography will seek to make ocean protection a larger part of global climate action

scientists looking at coral in an experimental aquarium

New Gel Could Boost Coral Reef Restoration

The substance, applied to surfaces as a coating, improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces

Noreen Garcia Headshot

Scripps Student Spotlight: Noreen Garcia

PhD candidate explores shifts in the ocean and carbon cycle from climate events

Researcher arranges harvested root system for data collection. Photo: Salk Institute

Growing Our Way out of a Climate Crisis

Genetically enhanced crops could be a key way to meet CO2 removal at the scale it needs

ARM mobile facility at Ascension Island, 2016.

Why Aren't Clouds as Bright as We Thought?

New work suggests dimmed prospects for popular geoengineering concept

Photo of cloud against blue sky

New US Academic Alliance for IPCC Opens Critical Nomination Access

Network will support vital work of American climate scientists

A drone panoramic view of Oroville Dam

Report Shows Science-Informed Operations Increase NorCal Resilience to Floods

Benefits of the flexible water management strategy outlined in a new report

Local Leadership on Global Climate Crisis Highlighted in Resilience Summit

State and city leaders join scientists, students, advocacy groups to chart plan for action

Image of Earth

Atmospheric Rivers Explain Atypical El Niño and La Niña Years

These rivers in the sky don’t play by El Niño or La Niña’s rules

Scripps Oceanography marine biologist Daniel Wangpraseurt

A Scientist’s Life: Daniel Wangpraseurt

Marine biologist creates bioengineering techniques to help coral recover

Seawater samples collected as January 2025 fires in Los Angeles raged.

Marine Ecosystem Survey Encounters a New Variable: Falling Ash from Los Angeles Fires

CalCOFI cruise documents ash deposits as far as 100 miles offshore

Tailpipe exhaust. Photo: Justin Smith/istock

New Record for Annual Increase in Keeling Curve Readings

Twelve-month average rose fastest ever in 2024

2025 California wildfires

California Wildfire Analysis from Scripps Oceanography Climate Experts

Scripps Oceanography experts answer questions on the Los Angeles wildfires

mangroves on the coast of Mexico

Mangrove Loss in Acapulco Likely Worsened the Devastation of Hurricane Otis

Researchers find mangroves are key to reducing hurricane impacts, protecting vulnerable communities, and mitigating climate change

A Scientist’s Life: Amina Schartup

Marine biogeochemist studies contaminants in seafood

Kerstin Bergentz (left) at COP29 climate conference, Nov. 14, 2024. Photo: Vanessa Miniss

Crude Realities

A report from the COP29 climate talks in Baku

Kerstin doing fieldwork in the North Sea aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong, Iceland in the background

Scripps Student Spotlight: Kerstin Bergentz

PhD candidate collects observational data to learn more about ocean dynamics

A midwater trawl net is used to collect juvenile fishes

CalCOFI at 75

A California science gem is cutting-edge but still devoted to the fundamentals

Aanchal at COP16

Reflections from the United Nations Biodiversity COP16

The call to action comes from inside the house

The town of Rouyn-Noranda in Quebec, which houses numerous metal processing plants, seen from space via NASA’s Terra/MODIS satellite on January 7, 2023. The swath of thinned cloud cover matches the town’s plume of industrial aerosol emissions.

Industrial Pollution Can Increase Snowfall and Reduce Cloud Cover

If widespread, the phenomenon could be boosting global warming by reducing the sunlight that clouds reflect back into space

coral reef

Six Solutions against Climate Change: Researchers Launch Call-Action for Rapid Response to Mobilize Solutions

Global team of microbiologists says microbes can be powerful tool to address climate change

COP29 Venue

Meet UC San Diego Delegates Attending the 2024 UN Climate Conference in Azerbaijan

Students and faculty head to COP29 to participate in international collaboration on climate change

Woolsey Fire

Unhoused People Are Highly Vulnerable to Wildfire Smoke

Findings highlight the need for targeted interventions

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