October 27, 2026
October 27, 2026 —
Climate change is a defining public health challenge of the 21st century. Its impacts are already evident through increasingly severe heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, floods, and more. Wael Al-Delaimy argues that they are rarely driven solely by local conditions.
October 20, 2026
October 20, 2026 —
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is on the front lines of developing the technology to track, detect and forecast the magnitude and impacts of this event. Here are 10 things to know about this coming El Niño.
October 14, 2026
October 14, 2026 —
A team led by Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing and Scripps Oceanography researcher Duncan Watson-Parris will use artificial intelligence to improve climate models and help guide new ocean observations
October 8, 2026
October 8, 2026 —
UC San Diego brings interdisciplinary expertise to Climate Week New York, which coincides with the United Nations General Assembly meeting, and has grown into one of the leading global events on climate change, drawing 100,000 attendees, thought leaders,investors and brands
October 6, 2026
October 6, 2026 —
As a powerful El Niño looms, marine ecologist Jennifer Smith and her colleagues at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are racing to understand and protect California’s kelp forests.
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026 —
A new report for California policymakers assesses current flood modeling practices and offers eight recommendations to improve how mitigation infrastructure is reflected in the catastrophe models that are used to set insurance prices.
September 3, 2026
September 3, 2026 —
Growing up in Carlsbad, Elise Nishimura developed an early appreciation for the environment. Now a junior Environmental Systems major and UC San Diego softball player, she combines her academic and athletic passions through EcoAthletes, using her voice to inspire climate action.
August 31, 2026
August 31, 2026 —
A new National Bureau of Economic Research from the University of California San Diego shows that wildfire damage can have long-term economic consequences for households, resulting in income losses, relocation of residents as well as slow rebuilding for several years after a fire.
August 6, 2026
August 6, 2026 —
Wildfires are burning across parts of Europe, including regions many people may not associate with severe fire risk. So what do these fires reveal? Judson Boomhower, associate professor of economics discusses how wildfire risk is no longer confined to the places people are used seeing it.
July 23, 2026
July 23, 2026 —
UC San Diego's recent Reboot the Earth event challenged students and developers to create innovative software for wildfire prevention and crisis communication.
