Ocean-atmosphere coupling, the exchange in energy between the ocean and atmosphere, influences teleconnection patterns, the climate effects across vast geographical areas. However, its impact outside ...

A vast ocean current encircling Antarctica—more powerful than all the world’s rivers combined—played a surprisingly complex role in shaping Earth’s climate.

A colossal ocean current encircling Antarctica—stronger than all the world’s rivers combined—played a far more complex role in shaping Earth’s climate than scientists once thought. New research shows ...

SAN DIEGO — Just steps from the waves at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, SOARS, short for Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator, sits inside a decades-old redwood structure ...

A new paper from an international team of more than 50 researchers, including four from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, proposes the creation of a global observing network of ...

Members of the media viewing NASA's PACE spacecraft, scheduled to launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Credit: NASA/piemags/Alamy Stock Photo NASA's PACE mission is set to provide ...

A groundbreaking international study published in Nature in April 2025 has unveiled the critical role of previously elusive small-scale ocean features in global marine dynamics. Utilizing data from ...

The atmosphere and the earth’s ecosystems are parts of a coupled system. For a large variety of processes, forcing from one partner in the interaction elicits one or more responses from the other ...

Tropical upwelling zones are often overshadowed by their higher-latitude counterparts in ocean science, yet they play an outsized role in maintaining global marine productivity. These systems help ...

Fukuoka, Japan—The interaction between the oceans and the atmosphere plays a vital role in shaping the Earth’s climate. Changing sea surface temperatures can heat or cool the atmosphere, and changes ...