Scripps Receives NOAA Award to Study Clouds, One of the Largest Uncertainties in Climate Change
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 1 September 2020
Scripps scientists won NOAA funding to study low-cloud “hot-spots” that drive uncertainty in climate sensitivity. Using satellite data and models, they aim to better predict how clouds affect warming and narrow climate projections.
Keywords: Scripps, NOAA, low clouds, climate sensitivity, ENSO, climate models, warming
Research Experience aboard R/V Sally Ride a.k.a. 'SWEET BOAT GIG 2020'
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 11 September 2020
Undergraduate fellows aboard R/V Sally Ride collected high-resolution ocean current data using UCTD probes, gaining first-hand fieldwork experience, troubleshooting equipment, and building friendships while contributing to internal wave research.
Keywords: Scripps, SURF, ocean currents, R/V Sally Ride, UCTD probes, student research, internal waves
Using Community Science to Conserve Australia’s Charismatic Animals
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 30 September 2020
SeadragonSearch, led by WA Museum and Scripps, uses AI and community photos to identify individual seadragons, track their lives, and guide conservation policies to protect these vulnerable, little-known fishes and their habitats.
Keywords: SeadragonSearch, AI, community science, conservation, Scripps, Western Australian Museum, marine biodiversity
