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Maya Prunty (far right) with fellow students at COP30

Promises, Power Outages and Pins

One Scripps Oceanography student’s experience of November’s COP30 climate conference

The COMCEPTS 2025 organizers and participants.

Shaken and Stirred: Teaching the Next Generation of Oceanographers about Ocean Turbulence and Mixing

A recap from the Combined Ocean Mixing Course, Experiments and Practices for Turbulence Sampling (COMCEPTS) student-led course

Leg 2 crew and science team deploying a compact small mooring. Photo credit: Morgane Dackiw.

Listening to the Living Gulf

From ship noise to whale songs, an international expedition is uncovering the rich acoustic ecology of the Gulf of Mexico

Isabel Rivera-Collazo and research team on Barbuda

Uncovering the History of the Caribbean Archipelago

International team of researchers makes groundbreaking discoveries in Barbuda and Antigua

A woman stands in front of a large, docked research vessel

Deploying Biogeochemical Argo Floats in the Western Pacific

Staff member joins a cruise of opportunity aboard E/V Nautilus

A digital reconstruction of a reef in Samoa

A Summer of Opportunity

Adapting a COVID-era internship to gain virtual insight on Pacific reefs

The EAT-SLE 2025 crew and science team.

Sailing Scholars

Student cruise helps identify the residents of a new California marine sanctuary

Multiscale Ocean Dynamics (MOD) group

Cold Tongues and FastCTDs

Physical oceanographers try to learn what makes or breaks a key feature of El Niño

The science party of cruise TN-438.

Hard Rock Geology above the Challenger Deep

Looking for clues about subduction at the deepest point in the ocean

Kerstin Bergentz (left) at COP29 climate conference, Nov. 14, 2024. Photo: Vanessa Miniss

Crude Realities

A report from the COP29 climate talks in Baku

Aanchal at COP16

Reflections from the United Nations Biodiversity COP16

The call to action comes from inside the house

Guadelupe Island, Mexico

The Elusive Origin of Guadalupe Island

Scripps Oceanography researchers and colleagues explore an ancient volcano in the Pacific Ocean

 Bow chain deployment. Graduate students Siddhant Kerhalkar and Kerstin Bergentz lower a wire of thermistors off the bow of R/V Thompson. Photo: San Nguyen

Chasing the Monsoon in the Bay of Bengal

Scientists pursue improved storm prediction in joint India-US research initiative

USCGC Healy supporting Ice Station Operations

Discovering the Mysteries of the Arctic

STARC program probes key influence on global climate

Dr. Barb Linnehan examining a Navy dolphin. Photo: U.S. Navy

Using Fecal Transplants to Treat Dolphins with Gastrointestinal Disease

Microbiologists and marine mammal experts team up to study dolphin microbiomes

Presentations, Poster Sessions and Puppies

An insider shares what goes on at an ocean science conference

Members of the Scripps Oceanography contingent at COP28. Mitchell Chandler (third from left, back row) discussed the Argo network in the Ocean Pavilion during the event.

Everything Everywhere All At Once At COP28

A Scripps delegate reflects on the recent global climate change negotiations held in Dubai

A CTD with all of its bottles open during a cast conducted from NIWA's R/V Tangaroa. Photo: NIWA

Exploring Ocean Currents 20,000 Feet Under the Sea

Shipboard measurements of ocean depths emphasize the importance of Deep Argo

Sally Ride

The Ocean as a Classroom

Promoting shipboard knowledge production to be more accessible for future generations

MOD engineers and scientists working on deploying a drifting Wirewalker buoy in collaboration with researchers from WHOI. Photo by San Nguyen

Investigating Rapid Ocean Dynamics in the North Atlantic

Volcanoes, storms, and Italian karaoke

Austin Barnes measuring sand levels on Fort Hase Beach at the Kāne‘ohe Marine Corps Base. We will compare this data to previous surveys to determine seasonal and long-term erosion patterns and their impacts on flood vulnerability.

Improving Flood Forecasts on Reefy Shorelines

Scripps Coastal Processes Group extends reach across Pacific

Denise Alcantara, third from right, with other members of the Scripps Oceanography contingent at COP27

Reflections on COP27 from a First-Time Delegate

Denise Alcantara one of 20 UCSD students at international climate negotiation

CHAOS lead scientist Kim Prather (left) oversees inaugural SOARS research project

The Chaos of Sea Spray Aerosols

Students part of inaugural study using new ocean simulator

Another Year, Another Maui Trip!

Scripps Oceanography students monitor long-term changes in coral reef health

SUNRISE in the Gulf of Mexico

Watching how water moves at a busy ocean intersection

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