News, Reports, and Research:
Linking Scripps Science and Business Use 

White Papers and Industry Projects

• Bridging Scripps Science and Industry (pdf)

• A Legacy of Climate Change Science at Scripps (pdf)

• Scripps Answers Questions About climate Change (pdf)

• Catastrophe Modeling Forum White Paper: "Emerging Climate Science: A Brief Survey of Scripps Research”
  

• California Energy Security Project: "Determining the economic benefit of weather and climate to the energy industry"
  

• Collaboration with the San Diego Foundation:  "Climate Change in San Diego"
  

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General News

• General Atomics, SAIC to explore algae fuel for less
  San Diego Union Tribune - December 27, 2008

• Investment Funds Push an Environmental Agenda
  New York Times - November 27, 2008

• Wal-Mart buys wind energy supply
  AP - November 20, 2008

• The San Diego Foundation Releases Groundbreaking Study on Climate Change in San Diego
  MarketWatch - November 17, 2008

• Climate change may carry huge price tag for California
  Los Angeles Times - November 14, 2008

• More Communication the Key, Say Climate Change Experts
  Lloyds - July 15, 2008

• Run Silent, Run Green
  The Economist - February 28, 2008
  

• The Promise of Biofuels
  San Diego Union Tribune - February 12, 2008
  

• UCSD Project is Lauded for Startup Help
  San Diego Union Tribune  - January 25, 2008
  

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Scripps News Research Summaries

• Widespread and Complex Climate Change Outlined in New UNEP Project Atmospheric Brown Cloud Report
  November 14, 2008

• Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent in Atmosphere than Previously Assumed
  October 23, 2008

• Warming World in Range of Dangerous Consequences
  September 15, 2008

• Outpacing Climate Change With Atmospheric Research Collaboration
  September 8, 2008

• Scripps Study Sets High Economic Value on Threatened Mexican Mangroves
  July 21, 2008
  
  
• Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences
  May 5, 2008
  
  
• Discovery of Subtle Ocean Currents Could Dramatically Improve Forecasts of Climate and Ecosystem Changes
  April 24, 2008 
  

• Researchers Sharpen Search for New Marine Medicines with Novel Techniques
  March 19, 2008
  
  
• UCSD Research Team Identifies Novel Anti-Cancer Drug from the Sea
  February 12, 2008
  
  
• Lake Mead Could Be Dry by 2021
  February 12, 2008
  
  
• "Climate Crisis" in the West Predicted with Increasing Certainty
  January 31, 2008

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Select Published Research of Interest  

• Journal of Climate:
  Attribution of Declining Western U.S. Snowpack to Human Effects (pdf)
  

• Journal of Water Resources Research:
  When will Lake Mead run dry? (pdf)
  
  
• Science:
  Human-Induced Changes in the Hydrology of the Western United States (pdf)
  
  
• Journal of Applied Meteorology:
  Relationships Between the Irrigation Pumping Electrical Loads and the Local Climate in Climate Division 9, Idaho (pdf)
  
  
• Journal of Applied Meteorology:
  The role of climate forecasts in western U.S. power planning (pdf)
  
  
• Public Utilities Fortnightly: 
  Guessing mother nature's next move: What can be done to improve weather prediction and load forecasts? (pdf)
  
  
• EOS:
  A method for prediction of California summer air surface temperature (pdf)

• Journal of Climate:
  The role of sea surface temperatures in interactions between ENSO and the North Pacific Oscillation (pdf)
  
  
• Journal of Climate:
  Anatomy of North Pacific decadal variability (pdf) 

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Contact Stephen Bennett, Scripps Director of Business Development, at 858-846-0065 or stephenbennett@ucsd.edu.