Research Areas at Scripps Oceanography

• Atmosphere & Climate
  Researchers in atmospheric sciences study the global climate system with an emphasis on the physical, dynamic, and chemical interactions of the air, sea, land, ice, and biosphere.
  
• Biology
  Scripps biologists investigate the fundamental processes affecting life and energy flow in marine ecosystems. They examine biodiversity at multiple levels, and explore most marine habitats, including coral reefs, the deep sea, polar regions, the nearshore, and coastlines.
  
• Chemistry
  Scripps chemists examine natural processes and human-caused effects occurring in the marine environment, the atmosphere, and geophysical systems. Research combines field observations with laboratory projects and computer modeling.
  
• Engineering
  Studies of ocean and earth sciences are technology intensive. Scientists spend long periods of time at sea and on land deploying a wide range of instruments and processing enormous volumes of data
  
• Geosciences
  Geological research at Scripps encompasses marine geology and geophysics, tectonics, sedimentology, paleooceanography, petrology and geochemistry, and isotope geology.
  
• Oceanography
  Physical oceanographers study the mechanisms of energy transfer through the sea and across its boundaries as well as the physical interactions of the ocean with its surroundings.
  
• Physics
  Marine physicists and engineers apply their knowledge of the ocean and its boundaries when performing basic research and solving problems in ocean acoustics, ocean optics, marine physics, marine geophysics, signal processing, and ocean technology.