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More Natural Dust Improves Air Quality in Eastern China

May 11, 2017

Man-made pollution in eastern China’s cities worsens when less dust blows in from the Gobi Desert, according to a new study published May 11 in Nature Communications. That’s because dust plays an important role in determining air temperature and thereby promotes winds to blow away man-made pollution. Less dust means the air stagnates, with man-made pollution becoming more concentrated and sticking around longer.

New Study Looks to the Future of Drug Discovery in the Natural World

May 9, 2017

Scientists at the Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego have contributed to a new study, published May 1 in in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that asks the question: are there any valuable products left in nature that we haven’t already discovered?

Fault System off San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles Counties Could Produce a Magnitude 7.3 Quake

March 7, 2017

Study finds rupture of offshore Newport-Inglewood/Rose Canyon fault is possible.

Fault System off San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles Counties Could Produce a Magnitude 7.3 Quake

March 7, 2017

Study finds rupture of offshore Newport-Inglewood/Rose Canyon fault is possible.

Scripps Scientists, Icelandic Coast Guard Collaborate on Wave Study

March 3, 2017

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is collaborating with the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) on a groundbreaking study of the extreme ocean surface conditions that characterize the waters off that country’s coast.

Scripps Scientists, Icelandic Coast Guard Collaborate on Wave Study

March 3, 2017

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is collaborating with the Icelandic Coast Guard (ICG) on a groundbreaking study of the extreme ocean surface conditions that characterize the waters off that country’s coast.

Antarctic Bottom Waters Freshening at Unexpected Rate

February 1, 2017

A team led by WHOI oceanographers Viviane Menezes and Alison Macdonald and Scripps researcher Courtney Schatzman report that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) has freshened (become less saline) at a surprising rate between 2007 and 2016—a shift that could alter ocean circulation and ultimately contribute to rising sea levels.

Antarctic Bottom Waters Freshening at Unexpected Rate

February 1, 2017

A team led by WHOI oceanographers Viviane Menezes and Alison Macdonald and Scripps researcher Courtney Schatzman report that Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) has freshened (become less saline) at a surprising rate between 2007 and 2016—a shift that could alter ocean circulation and ultimately contribute to rising sea levels.

Climate Model Suggests Collapse of Atlantic Circulation Is Possible

January 4, 2017

The idea of climate change causing a major ocean circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean to collapse with catastrophic effects is mostly regarded as an extreme longshot but a new paper based on analysis done at a group of research centers including Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego shows that climate models may be drastically underestimating that possibility.

Climate Model Suggests Collapse of Atlantic Circulation Is Possible

January 4, 2017

The idea of climate change causing a major ocean circulation pattern in the Atlantic Ocean to collapse with catastrophic effects is mostly regarded as an extreme longshot but a new paper based on analysis done at a group of research centers including Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego shows that climate models may be drastically underestimating that possibility.
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