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Blue Technology Startups Turn Concept into Reality at UC San Diego
StartBlue accelerator program supports businesses advancing San Diego’s Blue Economy
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UC San Diego-Led Science Teams Selected as Finalists for NASA Science Missions to Understand Our Changing Climate
Each team will receive $5 million to conduct concept studies for new satellites
![USCGC Healy supporting Ice Station Operations](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-05/uscg_cutter_healy_icebreaker-800-500.jpg?itok=E0WjY1r3)
![Citizen Scientists taking observations underwater](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/darylduda.reefsurveyor.reefsurveyorsnateandbeckycollins.floridakeys.jpg?itok=4gCC-oSE)
The Power of Citizen Science
Public participation and collaboration support the advancement of scientific research at Scripps
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Dylan Shafer
Undergraduate student examines sea surface temperature data and its relationship to sea ice formation
![Larsen A embayment in the Antarctic Peninsula](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/larsena-drone-800-500.jpg?itok=_wnv1Fda)
New Paper Pinpoints Key Role of NASA Satellites in Monitoring Earth's Vital Signs
All-woman team of researchers shows how 20 years of laser-based observations have improved our understanding of a changing planet
![A researcher leads a group of citizen scientists in Antarctica.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-01/christian-johnson.jpg?itok=-4W40UPb)
Scripps Scientists Journey to Antarctica to Study Key Climate Questions and More
Scripps Oceanography researchers are investigating Earth’s climate history, ice loss, phytoplankton, and marine food webs this field season
![An aerial view of the Denman Glacier ice tongue in East Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-10/denman.jpg?itok=FNfvDKw9)
Meltwater Flowing Beneath Antarctic Glaciers May Be Accelerating Their Retreat
Simulations showed that this process accelerated sea-level rise by 15% by 2300, suggesting it should be factored into future projections
![The ice edge of an ice shelf in Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-09/ice_edge_of_the_ronne_ice_shelf_chris_gilbert_bas.png?itok=-PaxbIw-)
Antarctica’s Floating Boundary Moves up to Nine Miles with the Tide
Satellite reveals back-and-forth movement of the boundary between Antarctica’s grounded ice sheet and floating ice shelf
![Researchers capture a sediment sample in the field in Antarctica.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/salsa-matt-siegfried-2018.png?itok=ULBj3mDD)
Researchers Extract First Layered Lake-Sediment Sample from Subglacial Antarctica
Scripps Oceanography alumnus and colleagues describe the sample's importance in understanding past dynamics of the Antarctic ice sheet and its ecosystems
![Standing in front of his tent, Austin Carter endures a windstorm in the Allan Hills in 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/austin-carter-800.jpg?itok=0TK-3T__)
Probing Antarctica by Land, Sea, Air, and from Earth Orbit
Scripps Oceanography research agenda ranges from microscopic organisms to ancient ice and studying ice sheet mass loss
![Scripps PhD student Tammy Russell surrounded by chinstrap penguins in Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-10/tammy_chinstrap_colony.png?itok=FPyoYsGL)
Diving into Seabird Science
The study of penguins and other seabirds takes flight through the research of Scripps PhD student Tammy Russell
![Scripps oceanographer Julie McClean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-06/800-siocomm_a_juliemcclean2022_dnm_dsc_8041.jpg?itok=KIE37Bx3)
A Scientist's Life: Julie McClean
Physical oceanographer seeks to simulate ocean and sea ice physics for climate research
![Chloe Gustafson and mountaineer Meghan Seifert installing a magnetotelluric station in Antarctica. Photo: Kerry Key, Columbia University.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-04/800-gustafson-em.jpg?itok=coafSLsa)
Groundwater Discovered in Sediments Buried Deep Under Antarctic Ice
Study proves value of electromagnetic techniques in a new polar environment
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Scientists returning to expansive data collection in Antarctica
Scripps Oceanography research resumes on frozen continent after COVID-19 interruption
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New Study Pinpoints Likely Path of COVID-Related Plastic Waste in the Ocean
Researchers use a new model to project where the surge of mismanaged medical waste will end up—including beaches, seabeds, and the Arctic Ocean
![Scripps Oceanography graduate student Austin Carter, a member of geoscientist Sarah Aarons' lab, decontaminates ice sample from the Allan Hills area of Antarctica. Aarons' lab will analyze ancient dust collected during COLDEX. Photo: Erik Jepsen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/800-siocomm_A_MC_ErikJepsen_Ice-Decontamination_2021_32DSC_9349.jpg?itok=vitJHBTw)
Search for the World’s Oldest Ice to be Initiated
Scientists hope ice samples as much as five million years old can preview what society will face in coming century
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Scientists Track Sudden Disappearance of Antarctic Ice Shelf Lake
Detailed observations enable better understanding of future ice shelf stability
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Karina Halliman
Undergraduate focuses research on the health of marine ecosystems, from food webs in the Antarctic Peninsula to seabird populations along the U.S. West Coast
![Spotlights illuminate an instrument used to detect pockets of warm Pacific Ocean water that penetrated the Arctic Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/LR-NSP_20180917-0025-IMG_0739.jpg?itok=QVuRWGiQ)
The 'Heat Bombs' Destroying Arctic Sea Ice
Unprecedented observations could revise forecasts of melt in polar ocean
![West Antarctica 2019](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-02/siocomm_kllc913h1_800x500.jpg?itok=BhjRxpCk)
New Study Identifies Atmospheric Rivers as Contributor to Increased Snow Mass in West Antarctica
New satellite enabled detailed measurement of extreme precipitation events
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New Study Identifies Mountain Snowpack Most “At-Risk” from Climate Change
Scripps scientists theorize why snowpack in coastal regions, the Arctic, and the Western U.S. may be among the most at-risk for premature melt from rising temperatures
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Antarctic Geographic Feature Named in Honor of Scripps Glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker
The U.K. Antarctic Place-Names Committee honors British individuals who have made an exceptional contribution to furthering Antarctica's understanding, protection, and management
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