August 1, 2013
Don’t hire someone to wash your dirty solar panels. That’s the conclusion of a study recently conducted by a team of engineers at the University of California, San Diego. Their findings were published in the July 25 online issue of Solar Energy.
April 17, 2014
…California faces a severe drought. This year’s events will include a trash sort, a sustainability awards ceremony, eco faire, e-waste collection, reused clothes sale, tree planting and more. Earth Day is April 22. “Sustainability is an integral part of UC San Diego’s education, research and campus operations,” said Chancellor Pradeep…
December 13, 2011
Floods, Drought, Heat Waves: Climate Change Gives State Legislators Something to Plan For Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosts workshop on latest research on California’s extreme weather future The lineup of presentations at an extreme weather workshop taking place today at Scripps Institution of Oceanography sounds like an overview of biblical…
February 22, 2016
As countries grapple with the practical realities of the Paris Climate Change, they must also recognize that pollution has many distinct effects. For there is more to climate change than higher temperatures, say UC San Diego scientists David G. Victor and Veerabhadran Ramanathan in the newly published essay “The Next…
June 6, 2024
Carbon dioxide is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than ever — accelerating on a steep rise to levels far above any experienced during human existence, scientists from NOAA and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego announced today.
August 5, 2018
New research in climate science indicates that extreme events, such as heat waves, the collapse of major ice sheets, and mass extinctions are becoming dramatically more probable. Though cuts in rising emissions appear unlikely with the stalled 2015 Paris agreement, University of California San Diego scientists argue that new developments…
September 10, 2018
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has renewed a groundbreaking University of California San Diego atmospheric chemistry research program with a $20 million grant that will support operations for a second five-year period. The grant will enable the NSF Center for Aerosol Impacts on Chemistry of the Environment (CAICE) to launch…
December 7, 2022
An expanded Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program began last month as a result of the unexpected “bomb cyclone” in October 2021 that hit North America’s West Coast, followed by another atmospheric river less than a month later that caused severe flooding in Washington.
October 12, 2015
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law Oct. 9 legislation that will improve the state’s ability to respond to major precipitation episodes and better manage water supply by expanding climate research on the causes of drought and flood led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego.
December 7, 2017
…to end a crippling drought. U.S. Air Force Maj. Ashley Lundry joined Scripps Oceanography scientists Nov. 29 to plan atmospheric river reconnaissance missions beginning in late January Scientists at Scripps’ Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E) are leading a field effort with the National Weather Service to utilize…
