High pressure in the Great Basin and low pressure over northern Baja California, plus a very strong jet stream roaring ...

New research led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography highlights the critical role of mangroves in ...

Supreme Court justices will meet Friday to determine the fate of the popular social media platform TikTok in the United ...

A recent push by the NASA Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite to shine a light into that darkness has been illuminating, to say the least.

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill that began nearly 15 years ago may have had a larger impact on offshore ecosystems than ...

During Thursday's National Day of Mourning, former President Jimmy Carter was remembered at a state funeral in Washington. (Scripps News) ...

Scientists initially expected some whale populations to rebound a decade after the BP oil spill. New research suggests they ...

After a few wet winters, Southern California is officially back in drought conditions, with San Diego County among the ...

The San Diego Air Pollution Control District issued the first nuisance citation for odors coming from the sewage overflows; ...

Exposure to wildfire smoke is a growing health problem across the U.S., as climate change increases the risk and intensity of ...

La Niña, the periodic cooling of Pacific Ocean waters, has finally arrived, but forecasters predict it is weak and unlikely to cause as many weather problems as typically seen.

Some Northern CA cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rain, while southern cities are bone-dry. This ...