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Unique Chemistry Reveals Eruption of Ancient Materials Once at Earth’s Surface

An international team of researchers, including Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, geochemist James Day, has found new evidence that material contained in oceanic lava flows originated in Earth’s ancient Archean crust.

April 24, 2013SIO

As CO2 Reaches Symbolic Milestone, Scripps Launches Daily Keeling Curve Update

For the first time in human history, concentrations of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2 ) could rise above 400 parts per million (ppm) for sustained lengths of time throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere as soon as May 2013.

April 23, 2013SIO

The Asian Monsoon is Getting Predictable

For much of Asia, the pace of life is tuned to rhythms of monsoons. The summer rainy season is especially important for securing the water and food supplies for more than a billion people. Its variations can mean the difference between drought and flood.

April 23, 2013SIO

Intercontinental Rainmakers

General, Science and Engineering, SIO

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

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