Dan Cayan

UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography

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Research meteorologist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego and a researcher in the US Geological Survey

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In 2007, then-Governor Schwarzenegger commissioned a  study on the projected impacts of climate change  on six areas of California.

Climate Change in Southern California

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