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Pooling Support for the Next Generation

Salinity of the world's oceans is mapped in contour lines using data collected by Argo drifters.

Argo: World's Hydrological Cycle is Accelerating

Voyager: As scientists study the effects of plastic-related toxins that marine organisms are ingesting, are they finding the chemical or physical effect to be more dangerous?

Tony Haymet meets film director James Cameron at an event hosted by News Corporation in Davos. Image: News Corporation

Scripps Director Provides Scientific Perspective at Davos World Economic Forum

Inside the Plastic Vortex

Core scanner in the Scripps geological collections facility

Shock to the (Eco)system

Around the Pier: New Center Addresses National Security Implications of Environmental Change

Whale Feeding Phenomenon Demystified in American Scientist Magazine Cover Story Written by Scripps Researcher

Damage to Threatened Gulf of California Habitats Can be Reversed

Damage to Threatened Gulf of California Habitats Can be Reversed

Wildlife Photographer to Reveal Beauty, Importance of Southern California Ocean

Wildlife Photographer to Reveal Beauty, Importance of Southern California Ocean

Seamounts Reach a Pinnacle in Upcoming Issue of Oceanography

Scripps Scientists Honored

Scripps Scientists Honored

Scripps Oceanography to Host Fast-Paced Ocean Science Competition for High Schools

Scripps Oceanography to Host Fast-Paced Ocean Science Competition for High Schools

New Postdocs Join Scripps

New Postdocs Join Scripps

Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered by Ocean Waves, Scripps-led Study Finds

Scripps Director Provides Key Scientific Perspective at Davos World Economic Forum

Scripps Director Provides Key Scientific Perspective at Davos World Economic Forum

New Center Addresses National Security Implications of Environmental Change

New Center Addresses National Security Implications of Environmental Change

Obituary Notice: Prominent Research Biologist: Edward Brinton

Renowned Oceanographer Walter Munk to Receive Crafoord Prize

Renowned Oceanographer Walter Munk to Receive Crafoord Prize

Scripps Marine Microbiologist Selected as Packard Distinguished Lecturer

Scripps Marine Microbiologist Selected as Packard Distinguished Lecturer

A Response to Climate Change Denialism

A Response to Climate Change Denialism

Scripps/LLNL Team Wins Grant to Improve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification

Scripps/LLNL Team Wins Grant to Improve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verification

Scripps researchers conducted ecological surveys of the Gulf of California's mangroves

Threatened Gulf

Parabolic disc solar cookers are said to boil water faster than conventional stoves in direct sunlight.

Voyager: Since soot has detrimental effects on humans and their surroundings, why aren't solar stoves used worldwide?

Lava flows on Hawaii's Kilauea volcano. Photo courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey

A Deeply Hawaiian Hotspot

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