Scripps Oceanography-Led Study Predicts Climate Change Accelerates Ocean Currents
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 20 April 2022
A Scripps-led study shows climate change is making surface ocean currents faster and thinner by altering water density. This shift impacts nutrient transport, carbon storage, and global heat regulation.
Keywords: ocean currents, climate change, circulation, carbon cycle, heat transport, Scripps, gyres
Scripps Launches New Program to Support Community College Students in Geosciences
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 20 April 2022
Scripps launched the Scripps-GEO program to provide San Diego community college students research and mentorship in geosciences, offering seminars, lab work, and career guidance to expand diversity in the field.
Keywords: Scripps-GEO, geosciences, community college, research, mentorship, education, diversity
Plumes of Hot Material near Earth’s Core Grease Way for Moving Slabs of Earth
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 20 April 2022
Scripps researchers found mantle plumes may create water-rich melt channels beneath tectonic plates, lowering viscosity and enabling plate motion, offering new insight into plate tectonics’ long-standing mystery.
Keywords: plate tectonics, mantle plumes, viscosity, Cocos Plate, Scripps, geology, volatiles
