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Biochemist Jennifer Doudna to Receive 2019 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest

Scientists Discover New Method of Communication in Crabs

SURF Program 2019: Student Profiles

Photo of the Week: Beam Team

A gray wahle breaching. Photo: Alisa Schulman-Janiger

Research Highlight: Scientists Find Key Changes in Gray Whale Migration Routes off Southern California

Increasing numbers of gray whales migrating closer to shore could put whales at risk for ship strikes, entanglements, and pollution

Early Results Suggest California Marine Protected Areas are a Success

Seen under the microscope, varied bits of plastic begin to accumulate in sediment after World War II

Explosion in Plastic Pollution Post-World War II Seen in Marine Sediments

Seen under the microscope, varied bits of plastic begin to accumulate in sediment after World War II

Research Highlight: Explosion in Plastic Pollution Post-World War II in Marine Sediments

NSF Awards San Diego Supercomputer Center and Partners $5.9 Million to Host EarthCube Office

Photo of the Week: Wave Riders

Surf Program at Scripps Oceanography

Around the Pier: SURF Program Fosters Network of Support for Students to Continue to Graduate School

Q&A with several 2019 SURF participants, including two alumni mentors who are currently pursuing PhDs at Scripps Oceanography

Master's student Jessica Sportelli on a Zodiac in the Churchill River in Canada.

Scripps Student Spotlight: Jessica Sportelli

Marine biology master’s student is studying whale acoustics to identify why killer whales are migrating to new places

Photo of the Week: Getting to the Bottom of Things

Beneath a placid surface, an internal tsunami was rolling through this Mexican lake when this photo was taken

Research Highlight: Internal Tsunamis Can Alter Bodies of Water Profoundly

Microfibers fluorescing under a microscope

Scripps Oceanography Researchers Adopting Global Approach to Studying Microplastics and Microfibers

Researchers in a lab next to a wave channel

Research Highlight: Scientists Bring the Ocean into the Lab to Study Human Impacts on the Ocean and Climate

Interdisciplinary SeaSCAPE project utilizes large wave tank to look at how human pollution is affecting the ability of ocean biology to control clouds and climate

Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Mercury

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Welcomes New Assistant Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations

Three Scripps Oceanography Panels in the Running for SXSW 2020

Three Scripps Oceanography Panels in the Running for SXSW 2020

Photo of the Week: Miracle on Ice

The 2017 Thomas Fire. Photo: istockphoto/Carsten Schertzer

Research Highlight: Study Bolsters Case that Climate Change is Driving California Wildfires

Drake Singleton examines the surface rupture of the recent 7.1-magnitude earthquake near Ridgecrest, Calif. Photo: Nick Lau

Scripps Student Spotlight: Drake Singleton

Geophysics graduate student conducts research to understand earthquakes and active faults in Southern California

Photo of the Week: Ridgecrest Rupture

Ross Sea Floats Show Why Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelf Melts Rapidly in Summer

Warming of adjacent ocean surface waters main cause of melt in austral summer

Research Highlight: Loss of Arctic's Reflective Sea Ice Will Advance Global Warming by 25 Years

Fast mitigation may still avoid complete loss of sea ice

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