Written by: Kanchanak Khat, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Across the vast Pacific Ocean, at a distance of about 8746 miles from the United States of America lies Cambodia, my home …
A Journey to Atmospheric Chemistry
Written by: Vanessa Valdez, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow I am a fourth year B.S. Biochemistry major set to graduate in the fall. I have previous research experience in an atmospheric …
Piecing Together Chemical Compounds and Climate Change
Written by: Jena Herbst, CAICE 2022 SURP Fellow Growing up, I was always intrigued by puzzles and how challenging they can be when trying to fit all the right pieces …
Particles for Days
Aerosols influence the climate and the environment directly by interacting with incoming and outgoing radiation and indirectly by acting as cloud seeds. Because of their influence on climate, it is …
Is the Ocean Healthy? Let’s Sniff it to Find Out!
This summer I have been fortunate to be a part of the CAICE summer experiment at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. My mentor, Jon Sauer, and I have been using …
The study of ocean – atmosphere interactions
When waves crash and underwater bubbles burst at the surface, tiny particles are ejected from the ocean into the atmosphere. As the water evaporates away, a particle is left behind …