University of California San Diego today announced the appointment of Meenakshi Wadhwa to the position of Vice Chancellor for ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Coral reefs, like research communities, face disturbances, but their response to major change determines their perseverance.

Fish make hanging motionless in the water column look effortless, and scientists had long assumed hovering was a type of rest ...

Tuna, opah, and billfishes such as marlins and swordfish are among the 0.1% of fish species that are warm-blooded. Evidence by an international team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps ...

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and ...

Researchers from several University of California campuses have collaborated to create a report on dust in California, a characteristic that defines the desert climate zone that encompasses most of ...

The devastating fires in Los Angeles have numerous secondary effects as scientists are finding out now off the coast of Southern California.Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

In 2024, the yearly average level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) rose faster over the prior year than ever before in the 67-year-old Keeling Curve record.

What is causing these high winds? Sasha Gershunov (Climate Science Researcher): High pressure in the Great Basin and low pressure over northern Baja California, plus a very strong jet stream roaring ...

This year’s rainy season is underway, which means atmospheric rivers are set to dump rain and snow across California and the Pacific Northwest.