Year-long cloud study launches at Scripps Pier with help from weather balloon [k5qYlx87dLG]
Scientists studying the marine clouds that shade and cool the earth launched a new climate science experiment at Scripps Pier Monday morning. "One of the great things about the San Diego climate is how we have such a range of temperatures. And part of that is because the clouds help keep our atmosphere cool and give us pleasant temperatures year round," said Lynn Russell, a climate scientist with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. MORE: