August 28, 2013
New research by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego climate scientists attributes the attenuation of a worldwide temperature increase to a cooling of eastern Pacific Ocean waters, one that counteracts the warming effect of greenhouse gases.
August 10, 2020
One way to cut back on deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – and help in the global fight against climate change – is to grant more of Brazil’s indigenous communities full property rights to tribal lands. This policy focus is suggested by the findings of a new PNAS study.
October 3, 2024
UC San Diego computer scientist Rose Yu is one of the MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 in this year’s list of “exceptionally talented young innovators” whose work has “the greatest potential to transform the world.”
May 7, 2015
…and political effects of climate change. “I’m particularly interested in the ways that political opinions and attitudes shape climate change debates and related policy outcomes.” In the United States, Obradovich is surveying social media sites such as Twitter to gauge how weird weather affects discussion of climate change and climate-related…
June 30, 2021
Experts at UC San Diego are available to discuss wildfires, drought, and California climate across an array of topics, including climate science, technology, public health, and economics and policy.
April 3, 2020
Heat waves driven by Santa Ana winds can cause perceptible impacts on hospitalizations for kidney failure, dehydration, and respiratory disease in fall, spring, and winter according to a team of San Diego scientists.
April 4, 2019
…pioneering efforts related to climate change. In April, the campus acknowledges Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, with a monthlong slate of sustainability-focused activities, including a green labs fair, tree planting and the campus’s annual Sustainability Awards. This year’s UC San Diego Earth Month is themed “Are You Up to…
February 9, 2021
UC San Diego researchers report that climate change is a chronic mental health stressor, and promotes a variety of mental health problems. The 2018 Camp Fire is a case study.
January 22, 2024
Kimberly Prather, an atmospheric chemist at the University of California San Diego, is among 20 individuals being honored by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for extraordinary scientific achievements.
May 11, 2017
Man-made pollution in eastern China’s cities worsens when less dust blows in from the Gobi Desert, according to a new study published May 11 in Nature Communications. That’s because dust plays an important role in determining air temperature and thereby promotes winds to blow away man-made pollution. Less dust means…
