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Esteemed Scripps Climate Scientist Appointed as the Edward A. Frieman Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability

Forecast map for the current year ending Sept. 30. Blue regions show higher odds. Image: Mike Dettinger/USGS CNAP

March Rains Fall Short of Miracle but Boost for Southern California, Some Help for the Sierras

Microplastics found in a quarter of San Diego estuary fish

Pancake ice in Antarctica's Andvord Bay. Photo: Maria Stenzel

New Research First to Relate Antarctic Sea Ice Melt to Tropical Weather Change

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Where’d You Get Those Genes? Individual Growth Can Vary Wildly When Populations Interbreed

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Esteemed Scripps Climate Scientist Appointed as the Edward A. Frieman Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability
Veerabhadran Ramanthan selected as inaugural holder of faculty chair that honors legacy of late Scripps director
Forecast map for the current year ending Sept. 30. Image: Mike Dettinger/CW3E

March Rains Fall Short of a Miracle but a Major Boost for Southern California, Some Help for the Sierras
Recent precipitation propels Southern California toward average; rest of state still behind

Microplastics found in a quarter of San Diego estuary fish
Study examined plastics in coastal sediments and three species of fish
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Pancake ice in Antarctica's Andvord Bay. Photo: Maria Stenzel

New Research is the First to Relate Antarctic Sea Ice Melt to Weather Change in the Tropics
Diminishing sea ice translates to warmer ocean, more rain, and stronger trade winds

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Earth’s Mantle, Not Its Core, May Have Generated Planet’s Early Magnetic Field
Scripps Oceanography researcher’s assertion bolstered by series of new studies

Parasitic Worms Have Armies, and Produce More Soldiers When Needed
Study demonstrates for the first time that animal societies can adjust army size to meet threat levels in the wild

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Scripps Student Spotlight: Daniela Faggiani Dias
A PhD student hailing from Brazil seeks new ways to understand the mechanisms that enable scientists to make accurate climate predictions

Scripps Student Spotlight: India Dove
A recently-graduated marine biology student analyzes the changes in the population size structure of Nassau Grouper to assess their recovery from overexploitation

Scripps Student Spotlight: Daniel Yee
Scripps PhD student pursues research in molecular and cell biology of diatoms responsible for a large portion of the planet’s photosynthesis and oxygen production

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Coronavirus Crisis Impacts Ice-Locked Arctic Research Expedition
Nature
Mar 11, 2020
Dry California winter prompts wildfire and drought concerns
The Washington Post
Mar 02, 2020
The Sea Is Getting Warmer. Will the Shrimp Get Louder?
WIRED
Feb 28, 2020
San Diego Aquarium Breeds Rare Sea Dragon
Huffington Post
Feb 14, 2020
There Are Rivers in the Sky Drenching the U.S. Because of Climate Change
Bloomberg Green
Feb 11, 2020
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Pass-back chain extension expands multimodular assembly line biosynthesis
Nature Chemical Biology
Oct 21, 2019
Evolution and regulation of nitrogen flux through compartmentalized metabolic networks in a marine diatom
Nature Communications
Oct 07, 2019
Multidecadal increase in plastic particles in coastal ocean sediments
Science Advances
Sep 04, 2019
Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis
Science Direct
Jun 01, 2018
The Race Is on to Mine and Protect the Deep Seafloor
Scientific American
May 01, 2018

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