Is Arctic Warming Behind a Monster Saharan Dust Storm?
December 1, 2020
Researchers break down the conditions that led to the “Godzilla” dust storm of 2020.
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Scientists to Study Biodiversity and Pharmaceutical Potential on Seafloor off California
October 20, 2020
Scientists set out Oct. 27 to explore the biodiversity of deep sea habitats that are rich in minerals like phosphorus and manganese. The public will be able to see what the scientists see in real time when the researchers guide a remotely operated vehicle as it explores the ocean floor.
Keeling Curve Receives Continuation Funding from Eric and Wendy Schmidt
October 15, 2020
The Keeling Curve carbon dioxide measurement–the long-term atmospheric measurement that alerted the world to human-induced climate change–has received $1 million in continuation funding from philanthropists Eric and Wendy Schmidt.
Satellite Record Gives Unprecedented View of Antarctic Ice Shelf Melt Pattern over 25 Years
August 10, 2020
Researchers from Scripps Oceanography and colleagues reviewed 25 years of satellite data and computer models to find that ice shelves have experienced a loss of nearly 4,000 gigatons since 1994 as a result of melting from increased heat in the ocean under them.
New Course Aims to Bring Climate Change Solutions to Global Audience
May 28, 2020
Scripps Institution of Oceanography climate scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan has long had the goal of educating and empowering “one million climate warriors” who will help society tackle the world’s greatest existential threat.
New Open-Access Book Casts Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis
May 14, 2020
Two University of California San Diego scientists co-edit an open-access book in which a unique mix of global religious leaders, scientists, and legislators present climate change as an immediate threat to public health, with COVID-19 serving as an example.
Coronavirus Global Slowdown Is Cleaning the Skies. How Long Will It Last?
April 23, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has produced startling images, not just of besieged emergency rooms, but of deserted highways, beaches, and other public places—of life interrupted everywhere.
Coastal Heat Waves Can Tax Public Health – Even Outside of Summer
April 3, 2020
Heat waves driven by Santa Ana winds can cause perceptible impacts on hospitalizations for kidney failure, dehydration, and respiratory disease in fall, spring, and winter according to a team of San Diego scientists.
Climate Destabilization Unlikely to Cause Arctic Methane ‘Burp’
February 20, 2020
A long-feared scenario in which global warming causes Arctic permafrost to melt and release enough greenhouse gas to accelerate warming and cause catastrophe probably won’t happen. Researchers conclude that even if methane is released from permafrost, very little actually reaches the atmosphere.
