A group of scientists from Southern California recently came to the Bay Area to send up a series of weather balloons to help ...

U.S. Senators Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) announced bipartisan legislation that will reduce flood ...

The definition: An atmospheric river (AR) is a long plume of moisture that stretches from the tropics or subtropics into ...

Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator is a unique installation that allows scientists to simulate varying ocean environments by controlling winds, waves, water chemistry, temperature, light and ...

Rain fell across northern California on Saturday and could continue for days with an atmospheric river hanging over the ...

Students will acquire the tools to address these topics through basic knowledge of the fluid dynamics and chemical principles relevant to the ocean and atmosphere. Drawing on the expertise at Scripps ...

In late January and early February, two atmospheric rivers hit the West Coast. They dumped large amounts of rain over Southern California, causing flooding and mudslides and killing at least nine ...