UC San Diego researchers say genetically-enhanced crops of plants featuring enlarged roots present an opportunity for society ...

Image caption: 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 ...

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 ...

Measuring the movement of defined points on the earth's surface to better understand the stresses and strains affecting the crust and upper mantle.

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 ...

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 new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, proposes the creation of a global observing network of ...

The study of the processes that lead to the formation, growth, and precipitation of clouds in the boundary layer of the lower atmosphere. Develops models and analyzes observations to understand the ...

Collecting, processing, and analyzing genetic information to better understand the distribution and evolution of organisms at a population level.

The study of the ecology of marine communities that live on or near the rocks and sediments of the ocean floor. (Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) CMBC promotes ...

CW3E provides water cycle science, technology and outreach to support effective policies and practices that address the impacts of extreme weather and water events on the environment, people and the ...