In 2024, the yearly average level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) rose faster over the prior year than ever before ...

In 2024, the yearly average level of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) rose faster over the prior year than ever before ...

Containing wildfires—never mind extinguishing them—in parched and windy conditions can be monstrously difficult. Dry ...

Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth-Moon system. Both systems include a moon that is a large ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego works to understand and protect the planet and find solutions to our most pressing environmental challenges. Humankind faces catastrophic changes in ...

The Journal of Southern Hemisphere Earth Systems Science (JSHESS): ...

Kyle Frischkorn Kyle Frischkorn is a graduate student in oceanography at Columbia University, and a 2017 AAAS Mass Media fellow at Smithsonian Magazine. In between being in the lab, on a boat, or ...

Physical oceanography is the study of the physics of marine systems. It includes the distribution of temperature and salinity, water mass formation and movement, ocean currents, interior and ...

Firefighters are struggling to contain these wildfires due to environmental, infrastructural, and human factors. Here is a ...

That power proved itself again this week.Scientists from the University of Athens and the UK’s National Oceanography Center made a leap forward in understanding algal blooms. They were able to link an ...

While some advocates hailed Biden's ban on offshore drilling, announced Monday, critics point out a big omission: the western ...

When hundreds of eerily perfect circles were discovered on the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, theories abounded about what ...