October 10, 2023
They flew through Category 2 hurricanes, helped develop antibody therapeutics for cancer patients, gained firsthand experience in the pharmaceutical industry and more. These five students are back on campus after gaining real-world exposure to their chosen career paths this summer.
August 25, 2022
…Mead and other Colorado River reservoirs face historic lows. Tim Barnett addresses San Diego media after releasing a projection that Lake Mead could go dry by the mid 2020s, 2008. “Tim was a pioneer in many important aspects of climate research revolving around seasonal forecasting and understanding how climate change…
March 5, 2012
Accurately predicting severe storms, or what Wall Street’s markets will do next, may become just a bit easier in coming months as Gordon, a unique supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, begins helping researchers delve into these and other data-intensive projects.
March 9, 2017
…Benmarhnia Assistant Professor Climate, Atmospheric Science & Physical Oceanography (CASPO) Family Medicine & Public Health Benmarhnia studies the impact of extreme weather events on human health and advancing awareness of human vulnerability and its implications for public policy. Benmarhnia develops methodological approaches in order to evaluate the health impact of…
April 12, 2018
…dioxide in the Earth’s atmosphere. Led by the late Charles David Keeling, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography geochemist, the data continues to propel climate change advocacy. “This year’s events have a special importance as we reflect on the legacy of the Keeling Curve and look forward to continuing to make…
November 16, 2023
About 30 delegates from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the School of Global Policy and Strategy will be attending the 28th Conference of the Parties, or COP28, in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
January 24, 2019
…discuss the science behind atmospheric rivers and extreme weather patterns linked to climate change. “It is very important for the world to see students, researchers, and top STEM programs like Scripps invested in global climate change issues,” said Osborne. “It’s imperative to demonstrate that there are those of us in…
February 5, 2018
The Sun might emit less radiation by mid-century, giving planet Earth a chance to warm a bit more slowly but not halt the trend of human-induced climate change. The cooldown would be the result of what scientists call a grand minimum, a periodic event during which the Sun’s magnetism diminishes,…
March 20, 2014
…of climatology in UC Riverside’s Department of Earth Sciences, led a NASA-funded study that found the recent widening of the tropical belt is primarily caused by multi-decadal sea surface temperature variability in the Pacific Ocean. This variability includes the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), a pattern of Pacific climate variability that…
October 25, 2022
The University of California San Diego has received two five-year National Science Foundation (NSF) grants totaling $6.6 million to fund research hubs in Southern California and Puerto Rico.
