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The Gulf Stream, part of the larger Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation system. Photo: NASA

Research Highlight: Climate Model Predicts Faster Warming for the North Atlantic Ocean

Highest-Ever Seawater Temperature Recorded at Scripps Pier

Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Scripps Alumnus Highlight: Q&A with Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Rear Admiral Brian Brown, MS ‘87, recently appointed to serve as commander of Naval Information Forces

Around the Pier: Scripps Oceanography Leads Coral Tech Panel at SXSW

Interactive SXSW panel highlighted innovative technology used to study coral reefs

Dean Roemmich

National Academy of Sciences Awards Scripps Oceanographer for Scientific Leadership

Dean Roemmich to receive the Alexander Agassiz Medal for contributions to oceanography

A Scientist's Life: Fiamma Straneo

Physical oceanographer studies interplay between Greenland's glaciers and a warming ocean

Photo of the Week: Up, up, upwelling

Probing the skies while studying ocean processes off Southern California

Photo of the Week: Undergraduates, Ahoy!

Napoleon wrasse

Around the Pier: Scripps Supporters Dive into Adventure in Palau

Around the Pier: A Crowning Event to Celebrate Scripps Oceanographer's 100th Birthday

Portrait of a woman scientist on a boat in Antarctica; an iceberg is seen in the background

A Scientist's Life: Maria Vernet

Phytoplankton ecologist studies key members of ocean food webs

an acoustic instrument is lowered off a ship

Photo of the Week: Listening off La Jolla

R/V Sally Ride recovers moorings during student-led cruise

Blue to red gradient.

The Future of Iconic Ocean Temperature Measurement Series to Be Considered

Researchers Develop Novel Microscope to Study the Underwater World

Seafloor imagining system captures a microscopic view of a coral’s life

San Diego coastline as seen from aircraft bearing instruments that make precision measurements of beach topography

Around the Pier: El Niño Beach Survey Provides Glimpse of What's to Come for the Coast

Portrait of a woman with curly blonde hair, standing on a bluff

A Scientist's Life: Sarah N. Giddings

Coastal oceanographer studies the changing nature of estuaries

HARP deployment

Scripps Oceanography Researcher Receives NAS Gulf Research Program Award

Waves reach Highway 101 north of Solana Beach, Calif. in 2010.

Around the Pier: Citizen Science Will Help Assess Effects of El Niño

Three men at an award ceremony

Around the Pier: Scripps Graduate Student Honored for Research Excellence

Hao Ye selected as 20th recipient of the annual Frieman Prize, a Scripps-given honor

Students interacting on the Martin Johnson House deck

Engineering & Our Oceans: Unique Opportunity Lets Public Experience Ocean Engineering Up Close

Mooring recovery during T-TIDE

Video: T-TIDE leg 3 Mooring recovery cruise

Bottlenose Dolphin

Research Highlight: The Dolphin Sentinels

A stand-up paddleboarder near a pier at sunset.

Around the Pier: Standing Up for Science

Scripps grad student Phil Bresnahan combines love for outdoor recreation and science through outreach program

A North Pacific Right Whale in the Bering Sea

Research Highlight: The Sound of Hope

Rare whale species heard off continental U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years

Percentage anomaly per FPU in annual expected damage in urban areas

Research Highlight: New Study on El Niño/La Niña Flooding Could Aid Disaster Planning Worldwide

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