With the backing of the Julia R. Brown Education and Research Fund, Trevor traveled to Argentina in February 2025 to film and produce a documentary that explores how South‑American stakeholders—especially Argentina—approach climate …
PhD Student Connor Mack Attends Ocean Visions Summit 2025 in Vancouver, BC
Applied Ocean Science PhD student Connor Mack traveled to Vancouver, Canada, to take part in the Ocean Visions Biennial Summit in March 2025 with support from the Julia R. Brown Education and …
MAS CSP Student Abigail Shultz Explores Sustainability at Miami Ultra Music Festival 2025
With support from the Julia R. Brown Fund, Abigail traveled to Miami to conduct field research for her capstone project, surveying festival‑goers and documenting Ultra Music Festival’s sustainability initiatives. In this post, …
PhD Candidate Sierra Byrne Presents at Research Conference in France
Applied Ocean Sciences PhD candidate Sierra Byrne recently attended the International Conference on Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas through the support of the Julia R. Brown fund in order …
SoCal Heat Hub Links Science and Education with School Weather Station Project
Since fall of 2023, CCCIA team members and affiliates have been working as part of the SoCal Heat Hub to bring weather stations to schools in order to serve as …
CCCIA Researcher Maren Hale Presents at San Diego’s first Heat and Human Health Summit
Written by: Maren Hale Saturday, August 12, 2023 was a landmark day for the field of heat and health in San Diego. For the very first time in our region, …
Coastlines and People Hub Website goes Live
The NSF Coastlines and People hub, which Center and associated researchers were awarded in late 2022 (read about it here) has a new website! Check it out to learn more …
CCCIA Researchers Receive $5 Million NSF Grant to Study the Impacts of Extreme Heat in Coastal Southern California
Researchers at CCCIA were recently awarded a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People program for a 5-year project to study extreme heat and its impacts …
Julia R. Brown Fund Supports Students To Expand Their Climate Change Research and Professional Learning Experiences
Nine students were granted scholarships from the Center’s Julia R. Brown Fund in the 2021-2022 academic year. These students were pursuing their MAS degrees in either Climate Science and Policy …
Center staff coauthors new Sea Level Rise Application Guide
Every five years, U.S. federal agencies update sea level rise projections and release a technical summary report. As the latest 2022 update was being developed, Laura Engeman, a coastal resilience …










