The Argo program collects data vital to global weather forecasting and developing seasonal scale forecasts like El Niño and La Niña, for producing drought forecasts across the U.S., and for mapping ...

Humankind faces unprecedented changes in climate patterns, sea-level, ocean acidity, ecosystems, and more. Learn more about the science behind these issues in the following FAQs.

Hydroacoustic signals captured by the world’s international nuclear monitoring system suggest an underwater landslide may have broken communications cables in March 2024, disrupting internet traffic ...

DESCRIPTION: The Medium Capacity Mooring Spooler (MCMS) is a mobile, self-contained winch system that can be installed on ships of opportunity. The system is designed to deploy, tow, and recover ...

What happens if you take a handful of biological oceanographers, a helping of marine biologists, one seabird expert, add in a touch of humanities and visual arts students, toss in a few physical ...

A team of scientists has created a new guide to advance standards for collecting and cataloging DNA from marine species, enhancing a revolutionary method for monitoring ocean biodiversity. The guide ...

Trevor Layman is a student in the Master of Advanced Studies in Climate Science and Policy (MAS CSP) program at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Layman grew up in Bozeman, Mont.

A new study is helping scientists clarify how clouds can affect climate, while also dimming the prospects for some proposed geoengineering ideas. Jeramy Dedrick and Lynn Russell of UC San Diego’s ...

The Geosciences major embraces a wide range of topics, including the physical and chemical evolution of the planet, the evolution of life, the causes of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, ...

In 2021, the community at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography continued to showcase its resilience and reawakened after a mostly virtual 2020. Our academic research fleet safely ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges.