October 1, 2020
…InSAR), in conjunction with climate and land cover data, to bridge gaps in the understanding of sustainable groundwater in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Their work could be revolutionary for managing groundwater use in agricultural regions around the world, as groundwater monitoring and management have been notoriously difficult to carry out…
May 20, 2021
…operates as an outdoor “climate action park”, focused on educational disparity; informal K-12 environmental education; and participatory climate action. Educational workshops are part of the work at the “UCSD-Divina Community Station,” near Tijuana. “The UCSD-Casa Community Station,” located in the border neighborhood of San Ysidro, in partnership with the social…
June 13, 2011
From artwork to outreach, the University of California, San Diego continues to institute programs and policies aimed at enhancing campus climate and welcoming a diverse community.
April 2, 2024
Our campus sustainability officer is driven by her sense of hope for the future, but also her connections with the people around her, “Each one of us does truly matter when striving for a more sustainable future. Small actions, when multiplied, have a ripple effect for inspiring collective action.”
October 15, 2015
…crops withstand drought and climate change Roughly one in nine people on Earth do not have enough food to eat. And climate change is only making it harder for farmers to meet the global demand for food, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). By 2030, the IPCC…
November 15, 2018
…with the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Scripps install pressure sensors in the sand in Imperial Beach on Nov. 13, 2018. These sensors will assess the wave run-up predictions in flood-prone areas. Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego Publications The Resilient Futures program will create a flood…
August 2, 2018
On Wednesday, researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego logged the warmest sea-surface temperature at Scripps Pier since records began in August 1916. The record of 25.9℃ (78.6℉) followed a string of days in which individual daily records of sea surface and seafloor temperatures…
August 17, 2011
The University of California, San Diego was listed third in Sierra Magazine’s 2011 “Coolest Schools” report released Aug. 17 as part of the environmental magazine’s annual sustainability ranking of U.S. colleges and universities.
June 10, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have led to a record crash in emissions. But it will be emission levels during the recovery—in the months and years after the pandemic recedes—that matter most for how global warming plays out.
November 18, 2021
…the future in which climate is altered even further by human activities. To Grant Deane, an oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a SOARS principal investigator, the instrument’s most important constituency is the younger researchers who will need to know what the planet will be like for them and…
