Atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at Mauna Loa Observatory reached a monthly peak exceeding 417 parts per million (ppm) in May 2020, the highest monthly total ever recorded, scientists from Scripps ...

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Science (MS) is offered to current UC San Diego students enrolled in undergraduate majors within the Scripps Institution of ...

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, a renowned climate and atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will receive the Blue Planet Prize, the international environmental award ...

Flow cytometry has become an essential analytical technique in the life sciences. Using this method, researchers can measure the chemical and physical characteristics of populations of cells and ...

Science is an essential part of a liberal-arts education. At nearly every college and university, students can study the pure sciences of physics, chemistry, and biology, and usually one applied ...

A number of environmental parameters can have strong impacts on mine warfare operations. These factors, discussed below, can affect operations directly, as with the influence of currents on diver ...

In the first half of the 20th century, scientists misunderstood the ocean's currents, and had only a murky understanding of plate tectonics and the fauna of the briny deep. The experts squinted ...

The celebrated UC Santa Cruz oceanography professor Gary Griggs made a vow this spring, and he plans to stick with it. “I am going to be the last guy standing at UC Santa Cruz,” he declared with equal ...

An accurate, in-depth knowledge of the oceanic environment is essential for planning and execution of naval operations. Techniques for rapid oceanographic data collection, assimilation, and ...