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Study Finds Ocean Impacts Nearly Double Economic Cost of Climate Change

For the first time, a study from researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego integrates climate-related damages to the ocean into the social cost of carbon— a measure of economic harm caused by greenhouse gas emissions.

Bringing the Ocean Within Reach: Connecting Students and Communities to Ocean Conservation

A California Natural Resources Agency Youth Community Access grant enables UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Division of Extended Studies to expand a Conservation Leadership program for underserved highschoolers.

Atmospheric River Research Flights Go Global

Atmospheric rivers may be associated with wet winter storms on the West Coast of North America, but these ribbons of water vapor in the sky are a global phenomenon. Now, a new international effort will study and forecast these storms on a global scale. a

UC San Diego Launches Soil Health Center to Advance Climate Solutions, Food Security

Experts across UC San Diego have united to launch the Soil Health Center at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Established in fall 2025, the center brings together an interdisciplinary team that’s digging — sometimes literally — into research on building and maintaining healthy soils.

UC San Diego Launches New AI Initiative for Earth and Ocean Science

The GAIA Initiative kickoff event brought together research groups throughout UC San Diego that are already leveraging AI to accelerate their projects. Organizers said the goal was to "harness UC San Diego’s world-class Earth science and AI expertise to transform how we understand the planet.”

Seagrass Study Points to Promising Pathway for Ocean Restoration

A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reveals the potential of a new hybrid seagrass to advance ocean restoration efforts in California and beyond.

Scripps Oceanography Seismologist Awarded for Real-Time Tsunami Forecast Breakthrough

Scripps' Alice Gabriel is part of a team awarded the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Gordon Bell Prize for its work on real-time tsunami forecasting. The researchers created algorithms to forecast tsunami wave heights that are 10 billion times faster than conventional algorithims.

Your Feed is Full of Nutrition Trends. Are Any of Them Legit?

TikTok is overflowing with “healthy” hacks — protein everything, fibermaxxing, sea moss gel and more. UC San Diego experts separate science from hype in seven of the year’s biggest nutrition and supplement trends.

UC San Diego and UC System Rank Among World’s Top Institutions for Most Influential Researchers

UC San Diego has once again been recognized among the top institutions in the world on the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate. UC San Diego tied for 18th in the world this year with UCLA. Both schools have 50 recognitions on the Highly Cited Researchers listing.

California Beach Widths Show Resilience

Two new studies from researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography provide encouraging news about California's beaches at both local and statewide scales.

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