For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing ...

A program focused on key storm systems, known as atmospheric rivers, that provides students with hands-on research experience ...

The Robert Paine Scripps Forum for Science, Society and the Environment offers a tasteful blend of function and style that celebrates Southern California's unrivaled coastal environment. With an ...

Instruments and systems used to measure and monitor changes in the earth, from seismometers to strainmeters, satellites to infrasound arrays.

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DateThursday, April 16, 2026 | 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM LocationThe Hibernia, San Francisco, CA ...

UC San Diego alumni are soaring to great heights in 2026 — including space!On Feb. 13, NASA astronaut Jessica Meir and three ...

Data about Mars’ planetary crust gathered from the Mars InSight lander are best explained by the conclusion that the crust has stores of liquid water. Analysis led by Vashan Wright, a geophysicist at ...

In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by ...

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group has selected UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography to receive a four-year, $10 million grant funded by the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to establish ...

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

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 ...