November 12, 2024
A coastal research and monitoring program led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded a five-year, $40 million award from the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Support for the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) comes as the renowned program approaches its 50th anniversary of…
November 7, 2024
Students, faculty and staff from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and School of Global Policy and Strategy are set to attend the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan.
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.
February 28, 2019
…the 3D presentation of atmosphere rivers that will be displayed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography—and usable structures—like old tires repurposed in a community center. Romo and his students also conduct research to understand where trash is coming from, and where it is flowing to, with a goal of educating…
October 3, 2022
Renowned environmental scientist Jesse H. Ausubel will be honored with the 2022 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest. This award is presented annually by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and the Nierenberg Family to honor the memory of William A. Nierenberg.
March 25, 2021
…changes in precipitation during atmospheric river storms. She earned a dual bachelor’s degree in Meteorology and Hydrology at Saint Cloud State University and a master’s degree in climate sciences from Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Donté Alexander Stevens, Biological Sciences Donté Alexander Stevens (Alex) is a Ph.D. candidate in cell and…
May 5, 2016
At the outset of the 2015-2016 El Niño season, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recognized that all the ingredients of a major event were in place.
December 15, 2022
As we look forward to the upcoming new year, UC San Diego Today invites readers to take a look back at some milestones from 2022.
