Atmospheric rivers are like rivers in the sky, and a new study forecasts a dramatic increase in these events over Antarctica.

But the atmospheric river will be limited to the West Coast, as much of Arizona will experience above-normal temperatures and ...

The Class of 2025 includes 88 graduates across Scripps Oceanography’s PhD, Master of Science (MS) and Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) degree programs, along with 148 graduates from the Scripps and ...

Calls to action ran alongside Scripps’ coverage of the damage and recovery efforts. Viewers nationwide responded, raising $289,000 for 29 local nonprofits on the front lines.

Snapshot of the simulated landfall of an atmospheric river along the west coast of North America on February 11, 2020. Credit: DOE Office of Science, Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM ...

More information: Mariana J. Webb et al, Wet Antecedent Soil Moisture Increases Atmospheric River Streamflow Magnitudes Nonlinearly, Journal of Hydrometeorology (2025). DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-24-0078.1 ...

More information: Michelle L. Maclennan et al, Rising atmospheric moisture escalates the future impact of atmospheric rivers in the Antarctic climate system, Communications Earth & Environment (2025).

Scripps Institution of Oceanography announced Thursday that the amount of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in the atmosphere continues its steady increase, setting a new record in May. The NOAA ...

Monthly Keeling Curve average exceeded 430 parts per million in May Author Robert Monroe Topics Climate Change Share For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the ...