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⚠️An updated forecast for this week's #AtmosphericRiver set to impact the U.S. West Coast.
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
An #AtmosphericRiver is forecast to bring heavy rain and mountain snow to California this week. The NWS Weather Prediction Center has issued a marginal risk of excessive rainfall for much of coastal California.
See our latest AR Outlook for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
See our latest AR Outlook for more information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
November 11, 2025 at 12:36 AM
⚠️An updated forecast for this week's #AtmosphericRiver set to impact the U.S. West Coast.
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
More information: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
🚨Hey #WestCoast, we have some incoming #AtmosphericRiver activity! 🌧️
Follow our friends at @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more on what this means for the region.
Follow our friends at @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more on what this means for the region.
CW3E AR Update: Model guidance is showing the potential for #AtmosphericRiver activity along the US West Coast and heavy precipitation over California next week.
See forecast details here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
See forecast details here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🚨Hey #WestCoast, we have some incoming #AtmosphericRiver activity! 🌧️
Follow our friends at @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more on what this means for the region.
Follow our friends at @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more on what this means for the region.
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On 21 Nov. 2025, join us for a @schmidtocean.bsky.social Back Ashore webinar w/ Johanna Gutleben, Paul Jensen & Lihini Aluwihare from @scrippsocean.bsky.social, who will share findings from the 2021 #BiodiverseBorderlands expedition. Register now: schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
On 21 Nov. 2025, join us for a @schmidtocean.bsky.social Back Ashore webinar w/ Johanna Gutleben, Paul Jensen & Lihini Aluwihare from @scrippsocean.bsky.social, who will share findings from the 2021 #BiodiverseBorderlands expedition. Register now: schmidtocean-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
‼️ @cop30brazil.bsky.social is almost here! 🌎
Meet the delegates from Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social who will represent @ucsandiego.bsky.social at the global climate conference, and contribute expertise on the central role of oceans in the development of climate solutions. ⬇️
Meet the delegates from Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social who will represent @ucsandiego.bsky.social at the global climate conference, and contribute expertise on the central role of oceans in the development of climate solutions. ⬇️
UC San Diego Cohort to Collaborate on Global Climate Solutions at COP30 in Brazil
From Nov. 10-21, 2025, world leaders, scientists, policymakers, industry representatives and delegates from around the globe will gather in the Amazon city of Belém, Brazil at the 30th United Nations ...
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November 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
‼️ @cop30brazil.bsky.social is almost here! 🌎
Meet the delegates from Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social who will represent @ucsandiego.bsky.social at the global climate conference, and contribute expertise on the central role of oceans in the development of climate solutions. ⬇️
Meet the delegates from Scripps Oceanography and @gpsucsd.bsky.social who will represent @ucsandiego.bsky.social at the global climate conference, and contribute expertise on the central role of oceans in the development of climate solutions. ⬇️
🌏Who's heading to @cop30brazil.bsky.social next week?
If so, we'd love to see you at the #OceanPavilion! For the 4th year, we've teamed up with @whoi.edu to create a space to champion the ocean’s role in climate action. Learn more here. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p...
If so, we'd love to see you at the #OceanPavilion! For the 4th year, we've teamed up with @whoi.edu to create a space to champion the ocean’s role in climate action. Learn more here. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p...
The Ocean Pavilion Returns to International Climate Conference
More than a dozen of the world’s leading ocean science, philanthropic, and stakeholder organizations—led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at t...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🌏Who's heading to @cop30brazil.bsky.social next week?
If so, we'd love to see you at the #OceanPavilion! For the 4th year, we've teamed up with @whoi.edu to create a space to champion the ocean’s role in climate action. Learn more here. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p...
If so, we'd love to see you at the #OceanPavilion! For the 4th year, we've teamed up with @whoi.edu to create a space to champion the ocean’s role in climate action. Learn more here. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/ocean-p...
🐙 Scripps Oceanography scientists have engineered bacteria to mass‑produce the pigment that lets octopuses and squids change color! This breakthrough not only sheds light on animal chemistry but also paves the way for sustainable, bio‑based materials. t.co/Oitp8NnntR
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
🐙 Scripps Oceanography scientists have engineered bacteria to mass‑produce the pigment that lets octopuses and squids change color! This breakthrough not only sheds light on animal chemistry but also paves the way for sustainable, bio‑based materials. t.co/Oitp8NnntR
🌎 What can 18th-century experiments on air teach us about today’s climate challenges?
Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric chemist @kprather.bsky.social and @amphilsociety.bsky.social for a conversation on how science, climate & society are connected.
📅 Nov 11
🔗 bit.ly/4nFCmGW
Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric chemist @kprather.bsky.social and @amphilsociety.bsky.social for a conversation on how science, climate & society are connected.
📅 Nov 11
🔗 bit.ly/4nFCmGW
On Experimentation, Air, and Human Health: Considering Priestley’s Scientific Legacies | American Philosophical Society
Join the American Philosophical Society and Scripps Research Institute for a public conversation with atmospheric chemist Dr. Kimberly A. Prather (APS 2022) on how early observations about the “air” c...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🌎 What can 18th-century experiments on air teach us about today’s climate challenges?
Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric chemist @kprather.bsky.social and @amphilsociety.bsky.social for a conversation on how science, climate & society are connected.
📅 Nov 11
🔗 bit.ly/4nFCmGW
Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric chemist @kprather.bsky.social and @amphilsociety.bsky.social for a conversation on how science, climate & society are connected.
📅 Nov 11
🔗 bit.ly/4nFCmGW
🌊 "Sea" yourself here!🔬 Curious about the Scripps Oceanography PhD and Master of Science programs in marine biology? Join the Nov. 10 information session to meet with faculty to gain insight into the program and application review process.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
🌊 "Sea" yourself here!🔬 Curious about the Scripps Oceanography PhD and Master of Science programs in marine biology? Join the Nov. 10 information session to meet with faculty to gain insight into the program and application review process.
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
RSVP here: https://bit.ly/47WVyex
Federal research funding drives new treatments and cures for diseases, affecting millions. Cuts to federal science agencies would put lives at risk. Tell Congress to protect science funding! #SpeakUp4Science #StandUpforUC
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/speak-up-for-science
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/speak-up-for-science
Speak Up for Science
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November 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Federal research funding drives new treatments and cures for diseases, affecting millions. Cuts to federal science agencies would put lives at risk. Tell Congress to protect science funding! #SpeakUp4Science #StandUpforUC
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/speak-up-for-science
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/speak-up-for-science
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The Marine Science Development Center at @scrippsocean.bsky.social creates instruments that power discovery in fields ranging from the ocean floor to outer space. Rob Klidy provides insight into how his team turns experimental requirements into one-of-a-kind tools. 👉 bit.ly/3JuLOyH
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Marine Science Development Center at @scrippsocean.bsky.social creates instruments that power discovery in fields ranging from the ocean floor to outer space. Rob Klidy provides insight into how his team turns experimental requirements into one-of-a-kind tools. 👉 bit.ly/3JuLOyH
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Step inside UC San Diego’s not-so-haunted house of curiosity, where every fright has a scientific twist. This #Halloween, our researchers invite you into the shadows of discovery — from the deep sea to deep space. 🎃👻 https://bit.ly/3L8bUs3
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Step inside UC San Diego’s not-so-haunted house of curiosity, where every fright has a scientific twist. This #Halloween, our researchers invite you into the shadows of discovery — from the deep sea to deep space. 🎃👻 https://bit.ly/3L8bUs3
💀 It's getting spooky under #ScrippsPier! Members of the Coastal Ocean Observation Lab were spotted getting into the holiday 'spirit' on the Scripps Pier underwater camera. 👻 Tune in to see if you spot anything! https://coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
💀 It's getting spooky under #ScrippsPier! Members of the Coastal Ocean Observation Lab were spotted getting into the holiday 'spirit' on the Scripps Pier underwater camera. 👻 Tune in to see if you spot anything! https://coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
Bird nerds and Halloween fans, this one's for you!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
October 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bird nerds and Halloween fans, this one's for you!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
🪶Scripps alum and current postdoctoral scholar Tammy Russell shares more about why our beautiful campus is a prime spot for birdwatching year-round.
#HappyHalloween!
🐠 Tiny but mighty! New research on goby fishes, supported by Scripps Oceanography scientists, reveals how some of the smallest vertebrates on Earth control their body size at the genetic level, offering clues to the incredible diversity of life on Earth. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Parallel shifts in differential gene expression reveal convergent miniaturization in fishes | PNAS
Body size variation in vertebrates is a complex polygenic trait, tightly correlated
with numerous aspects of a species’ biology, ecology, and physi...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🐠 Tiny but mighty! New research on goby fishes, supported by Scripps Oceanography scientists, reveals how some of the smallest vertebrates on Earth control their body size at the genetic level, offering clues to the incredible diversity of life on Earth. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🔧 The building just north of #ScrippsPier is a powerhouse of innovation! Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the Marine Science Development Center, where @ucsandiego.bsky.social engineers & fabricators design and build custom instruments for groundbreaking research.
today.ucsd.edu/story/need-a...
today.ucsd.edu/story/need-a...
October 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🔧 The building just north of #ScrippsPier is a powerhouse of innovation! Here's a behind-the-scenes look at the Marine Science Development Center, where @ucsandiego.bsky.social engineers & fabricators design and build custom instruments for groundbreaking research.
today.ucsd.edu/story/need-a...
today.ucsd.edu/story/need-a...
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Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean 🌊 @scrippsocean.bsky.social researchers found meltwater from a shrinking Alaskan glacier has lower levels of nutrients that support marine life.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
Retreating Glaciers May Send Fewer Nutrients to the Ocean
The cloudy, sediment-laden meltwater from glaciers is a key source of nutrients for ocean life, but a new study suggests that as climate change causes many glaciers to shrink and retreat their meltwat...
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October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Retreating glaciers may send fewer nutrients to the ocean 🌊 @scrippsocean.bsky.social researchers found meltwater from a shrinking Alaskan glacier has lower levels of nutrients that support marine life.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4ollsOX
#BehindEveryBreakthrough #ClimateChange
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We're happy to announce the #OceanPavilion will again champion the ocean’s role in climate action at @cop30brazil.bsky.social!
With @scrippsocean.bsky.social +partners, we welcome BlueZone participants to come strategize ocean science solutions to address the climate crisis.
#ForOurBluePlanet
With @scrippsocean.bsky.social +partners, we welcome BlueZone participants to come strategize ocean science solutions to address the climate crisis.
#ForOurBluePlanet
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
We're happy to announce the #OceanPavilion will again champion the ocean’s role in climate action at @cop30brazil.bsky.social!
With @scrippsocean.bsky.social +partners, we welcome BlueZone participants to come strategize ocean science solutions to address the climate crisis.
#ForOurBluePlanet
With @scrippsocean.bsky.social +partners, we welcome BlueZone participants to come strategize ocean science solutions to address the climate crisis.
#ForOurBluePlanet
🌦️Science-based forecasting is now part of Lake Mendocino’s water operations, boosting storage, helping CA adapt to weather extremes & more. Updates to Lake Mendocino and Coyote Valley Dam’s water control manual will now look to modern-day forecasting for decision-making. ⬇️🧵 @cw3escripps.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
🌦️Science-based forecasting is now part of Lake Mendocino’s water operations, boosting storage, helping CA adapt to weather extremes & more. Updates to Lake Mendocino and Coyote Valley Dam’s water control manual will now look to modern-day forecasting for decision-making. ⬇️🧵 @cw3escripps.bsky.social
🌧️ Better #AtmosphericRiver forecasts 🤝🏽 smarter water storage
Lake Mendocino just became the first U.S. reservoir approved to use forecast-informed operations — a strategy pioneered by @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph and partners to boost water supply while managing flood risk.
Lake Mendocino just became the first U.S. reservoir approved to use forecast-informed operations — a strategy pioneered by @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph and partners to boost water supply while managing flood risk.
This Northern California reservoir has pioneered a way to store more water
After years of advocacy and experimentation, officials will celebrate the reservoir’s status as the nation’s first to get the go-ahead to adopt a flexible, forecast-based operations policy.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
🌧️ Better #AtmosphericRiver forecasts 🤝🏽 smarter water storage
Lake Mendocino just became the first U.S. reservoir approved to use forecast-informed operations — a strategy pioneered by @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph and partners to boost water supply while managing flood risk.
Lake Mendocino just became the first U.S. reservoir approved to use forecast-informed operations — a strategy pioneered by @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph and partners to boost water supply while managing flood risk.
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! We're Scripps Oceanography and we'd love to connect with people who are interested in:
🔬 Marine Science
🌍 Earth Science
📈 Climate Change
⚠️ Hazards
💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine
🌊 Oceanography
🪸 Coral Reef Ecology
🌧️ Atmospheric Science
➗ Geophysics
⚛️ Bioscience
🔬 Marine Science
🌍 Earth Science
📈 Climate Change
⚠️ Hazards
💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine
🌊 Oceanography
🪸 Coral Reef Ecology
🌧️ Atmospheric Science
➗ Geophysics
⚛️ Bioscience
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Allow us to reintroduce ourselves! We're Scripps Oceanography and we'd love to connect with people who are interested in:
🔬 Marine Science
🌍 Earth Science
📈 Climate Change
⚠️ Hazards
💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine
🌊 Oceanography
🪸 Coral Reef Ecology
🌧️ Atmospheric Science
➗ Geophysics
⚛️ Bioscience
🔬 Marine Science
🌍 Earth Science
📈 Climate Change
⚠️ Hazards
💊 Biotechnology and Biomedicine
🌊 Oceanography
🪸 Coral Reef Ecology
🌧️ Atmospheric Science
➗ Geophysics
⚛️ Bioscience
🌊 Next month at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the Ocean Pavilion will unite global leaders to champion ocean-based solutions for a sustainable, equitable future. Learn more about #OceanPavilion events and initiatives co-led by Scripps Oceanography and @whoi.edu.
The Ocean Pavilion Returns to International Climate Conference
More than a dozen of the world’s leading ocean science, philanthropic, and stakeholder organizations—led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Scripps Institution of Oceanography at t...
scripps.ucsd.edu
October 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🌊 Next month at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil, the Ocean Pavilion will unite global leaders to champion ocean-based solutions for a sustainable, equitable future. Learn more about #OceanPavilion events and initiatives co-led by Scripps Oceanography and @whoi.edu.
🐟 A deep-sea spa day for a celebrated species! Scientists found red cusk-eels nestled in tubeworm “bushes” at a methane seep off Chile’s coast. It's the first time this commercially important species has been documented using methane seeps as habitat. @schmidtocean.bsky.social
Commercially Important Fish Found Congregating at Methane Seep Off Chile
A team of scientists from Chile and the United States discovered dozens of red cusk-eels, fish prized in Chilean seafood markets and celebrated in a poem by renowned Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, embedde...
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October 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🐟 A deep-sea spa day for a celebrated species! Scientists found red cusk-eels nestled in tubeworm “bushes” at a methane seep off Chile’s coast. It's the first time this commercially important species has been documented using methane seeps as habitat. @schmidtocean.bsky.social
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Pandas, snow leopards...and bacteria. A newly formed team of scientists is setting out to conserve the world's diversity of microbes. Here's my story: nyti.ms/47vEfRC
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pandas, snow leopards...and bacteria. A newly formed team of scientists is setting out to conserve the world's diversity of microbes. Here's my story: nyti.ms/47vEfRC
🌧️ How about that Southern California rain? That brief rain brought to us by an #AtmosphericRiver might have bought the region precious time against wildfires, according to @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph. @hannahfry.bsky.social of @latimes.com has more. ⬇️
Rare October rains could push back L.A. fire season — but only so much
The rare heavy October rains could be good news on the L.A. fire front — at least for a while.
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October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
🌧️ How about that Southern California rain? That brief rain brought to us by an #AtmosphericRiver might have bought the region precious time against wildfires, according to @cw3escripps.bsky.social Director Marty Ralph. @hannahfry.bsky.social of @latimes.com has more. ⬇️
🌊 At Scripps Oceanography, the Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) is recreating ocean environments in the lab to uncover how human activities are changing our climate. CBS8 stopped by to learn more and 'sea' SOARS in action! www.cbs8.com/video/news/l...
Scripps' ocean simulator SOARS unlocks secrets of the sea and sky
UCSD's SOARS simulator recreates ocean conditions to help scientists study how the sea and atmosphere interact.
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October 15, 2025 at 6:33 PM
🌊 At Scripps Oceanography, the Scripps Ocean-Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) is recreating ocean environments in the lab to uncover how human activities are changing our climate. CBS8 stopped by to learn more and 'sea' SOARS in action! www.cbs8.com/video/news/l...