November 5, 2025
November 5, 2025 —
A new in-kind gift from Dell Technologies is enabling a team of coral reef researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego to increase the environmental sustainability of their AI-powered research.
October 27, 2025
October 27, 2025 —
For the first time in 66 years, the principles of modern-day weather forecasting will be used to enhance a Northern California reservoir's dual mission of flood risk management and water supply security.
October 1, 2025
October 1, 2025 —
Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th director of Scripps and as vice chancellor for marine sciences at the University of California San Diego and dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
September 12, 2025
September 12, 2025 —
A new species survival commission for microbiology and microbes will serve as a global safeguard for microbial biodiversity and to pursue coordinated conservation action, filling a critical gap in microbial conservation.
July 16, 2025
July 16, 2025 —
University of California San Diego today announced the appointment of Meenakshi Wadhwa to the position of Vice Chancellor for Marine Sciences, Director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dean of the School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
April 24, 2025
April 24, 2025 —
Learn more about how NOAA support is critical for providing environmental intelligence necessary to keep the public safe, fisheries healthy, and Americans at large better prepared for extreme weather impacts to society.
March 13, 2025
March 13, 2025 —
A new report released today shows that changes to reservoir operations at Lake Oroville and New Bullards Bar Reservoir can further reduce flood risk for communities along the Yuba and Feather rivers during extreme atmospheric river storm events and potentially benefit water supply during drier perio
January 17, 2025
January 17, 2025 —
President Joseph R. Biden announced this week the recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), including five faculty members from the University of California San Diego. The PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government to scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.
November 13, 2024
November 13, 2024 —
In an unprecedented call to action published concurrently across 24 scientific journals, a global team of microbiologists is calling on policymakers, governments and industry to deploy microbe-based solutions against climate change.
October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024 —
NASA has selected two teams from Scripps Institution of Oceanography — out of four total — and awarded them each $5 million to develop a proposal for a scientific mission that will advance the study of climate change factors.