January 14, 2021
New research from the University of California San Diego explores one possible mode of response: a massively funded program to deploy direct air capture (DAC) systems that remove CO2 directly from the ambient air and sequester it safely underground.
October 23, 2024
UC San Diego campus photographer Erik Jepson captures the moment on Aug. 8, 2024 when the setting sun intersects with the piers of the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier.
April 30, 2024
Researchers from UC San Diego and abroad have unveiled evidence for ancient human resilience to climate change in the Eastern Mediterranean.
February 5, 2015
…gathered by The Deep-Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) are essential to determining Earth’s energy budget, which is the fundamental driver of climate. Another suite of solar instruments designed and built by the NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center will observe solar flares, solar wind, and the sun’s magnetic field variations during solar…
February 9, 2017
…a La Niña. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center looks for a sustained period of eastern Pacific Ocean surface temperatures falling 0.5° C below average before officially designating La Niña winters. Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and elsewhere have their doubts that criterion will be met. Instead, the…
July 3, 2023
UC San Diego undergraduate students are learning to apply extended reality tools to interdisciplinary projects at the Qualcomm Institute.
August 15, 2023
An international team of researchers led by UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science investigated the health and environmental impacts of a program in Ecuador that put induction stoves in 750,000 households.
June 20, 2024
June 15 marked an All Campus Commencement of “firsts” for UC San Diego: the first major commencement ceremony held at night—ending with a stunning fireworks display—and the first time the university has selected not one, but eight outstanding student speakers.
December 6, 2018
…implementing both the Paris Climate Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals—bold global objectives U.N. member nations set for themselves to end poverty and hunger, ensure access to quality healthcare and education for all and protect the environment by the year 2030. The Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) is charged with implementing…
March 23, 2023
A student in the Climate Justice Action Resilience Scholars program gives a first-hand account of the surprising lessons learned.
