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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

In many areas, Indian women rely on dung or wood to fuel cooking stoves. Image courtesy of M.V. Ramana

Voyager: To what extent does biomass burning add to the increase in climate change?

Space shuttle astronaut and Scripps alumna Megan McArthur

Astronaut Megan McArthur

Burning wood biomass not only endangers health but could be one of the largest contributors to global warming.

Clearing the Air

Black Carbon From Wildfires Shown to Warm Southern California Skies

Black Carbon From Wildfires Shown to Warm Southern California Skies

Port of San Diego and Education-Research Institutions Celebrate Partnership Creating Center for Bay and Coastal Dynamics

From left, Jay Short and Andrew Dumke of YPO join Scripps-YPO Innovation Challenge winners Bill Gerwick and George Nicola.

Pioneering Idea to Catalog Sources behind Marine-based Medicines Wins Novel Young President's Competition at Scripps

Gap between Reported and Actual Emissions a Barrier to Effective Climate Legislation, Carbon-equivalent Trading

Gap between Reported and Actual Emissions a Barrier to Effective Climate Legislation, Carbon-equivalent Trading

Overhead image of a blue whale

The Pitch of Blue Whale Songs is Declining Around the World, Scientists Discover

Richard Norris, a professor of paleobiology, interests visitors in paleoclimate records during Scripps Day 2008.

Multidisciplinary Training Program Targets Global Challenges of Climate Change

Pioneering Idea to Catalog Sources behind Marine-based Medicines Wins Novel Young President’s Competition at Scripps

Pioneering Idea to Catalog Sources behind Marine-based Medicines Wins Novel Young President's Competition at Scripps

New Research Uncovers Deep Origins of the 'Hawaiian Hotspot'

Scripps Scientists Participate in Historic Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Scripps Scientists Participate in Historic Copenhagen Climate Change Summit

Climate Change Accelerating Beyond Expectations, Say Leading Scientists

Climate Change Accelerating Beyond Expectations, Say Leading Scientists

Scripps Welcomes New Oceanography Professor

Scripps Welcomes New Oceanography Professor

Scripps Scientists to Develop 'Swarms' of Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers

Scripps Scientists to Develop 'Swarms' of Miniature Robotic Ocean Explorers

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

Dredging up the Truth

These potbellied seahorses will be featured at the new seahorses exhibit at Birch Aquarium at Scripps.

Voyager: How does the tail of a seahorse work and what is it for?

Scripps staff research associate Dennis Darnell tracks pink dye using a GPS-equipped Jet Ski.

A New Chapter in Pollution Studies

Lined seahorse (Hippocampus erectus). Photo credit: Phillip Colla

Voyager: How did seahorses get their name? Why are they called seahorses?

Flight of the Dragons

Amounts of heavy water isotopes indicate overall water vapor distribution patterns throughout the atmosphere.

Not so much the heat, but the humidity

Scripps Oceanography's Jeremy Jackson Receives Highest Paleontology Honor

Scripps Oceanography's Jeremy Jackson Receives Highest Paleontology Honor

H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco received the Roger Revelle Prize from Scripps Institution of Oceanography Oct. 23, 2009.

A Prize Fit for a Prince

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