November 13, 2026
November 13, 2026 —
The ocean has been absorbing carbon dioxide from fossil fuel emissions at an increasing rate since 1990, while the net uptake of carbon by forests, soils and other land ecosystems has not grown, according to a new study led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
November 5, 2026
November 5, 2026 —
A delegation of students, faculty and staff from the University of California San Diego is heading to Antalya, Türkiye, to participate in international climate negotiations at the 31st United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties, or COP31.
October 30, 2026
October 30, 2026 —
To mark 75 years of leadership in scientific diving, Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosted the annual American Academy of Underwater Sciences Diving for Science Symposium from Oct. 5-10, 2026. Held on the Scripps campus, the program covered the past, present and future of sci-diving.
October 27, 2026
October 27, 2026 —
A new National Academy of Sciences report co-led by a Scripps Oceanography geologist recommends four locations as candidates for the next landing of a crewed mission to the moon.
October 26, 2026
October 26, 2026 —
Potent marine compound identifies by UC San Diego researchers kills brain-eating amoebas faster and more selectively than current treatments, offering a new potential solution for one of the deadliest infectious diseases.
October 23, 2026
October 23, 2026 —
UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography collected new airborne lidar in 2023 and developed new cutting-edge approaches to map cliff erosion and retreat.
October 20, 2026
October 20, 2026 —
New statewide report led by UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy researchers examines climate change’s economic impacts; a second report from Scripps Institution of Oceanography takes a closer look at San Diego’s future.
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 —
Two new studies led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography reveal how underwater acoustic enrichment — the playback of sounds from healthy reefs — can help spur the recovery of degraded coral reefs and their fish communities.
