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Urban Heat Has Large-scale Climate Effects

The heat generated by everyday activities in metropolitan areas has a significant enough warming effect to influence the character of the jet stream and other major atmospheric systems during winter months, according to a trio of climate researchers.

January 27, 2013SIO

UCSD Researchers: Where International Climate Policy Has Failed, Grassroots Efforts Can Succeed

The world can significantly slow the pace of climate change with practical efforts to control so-called “short-lived climate pollutants” and by bringing successful Western technologies to the developing world, according to three UC San Diego scientists in the journal Foreign Affairs.

April 26, 2012International Affairs, SIO

Global Warming Solutions Dependent on ‘Oneness of Humanity’ Dalai Lama Tells Campus Audience

Events, General

Science Frontiers Showcased at Scripps

SIO

Google Earth Ocean Terrain Receives Major Update

Science and Engineering, SIO

Obituary Notice: Renowned Research Physiologist Jeffrey B. Graham

Jeffrey B. Graham, a research physiologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, died of cancer at his home in San Diego Dec. 8. He was 70 years old.

December 13, 2011Science and Engineering, SIO

Floods, Drought, Heat Waves: Climate Change Gives State Legislators Something to Plan For

SIO

Report: Geoengineering Plans Must Account for Ecosystem Impacts

SIO

Link Established Between Air Pollution and Cyclone Intensity in Arabian Sea

SIO

Scripps-U.S. Marine Corps Collaboration Yields Award

Science and Engineering, SIO

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