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Spinner dolphin in the Gulf of Mexico. Photo: Scripps Oceanography 2012 NOAA NMES Permit # 779-1633

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Correlates with Steep Declines in Whale Populations

After 2010 Deepwater Horizon incident, some Gulf of Mexico species densities declined as much as 83%

Three ocean seafloors mapped in vertical gravity gradients using altimeters on SWOT satellite

SWOT Sharpens Seafloor Focus

Revolutionary satellite program dramatically increases the resolution of ocean bathymetry

Scripps PhD candidate and co-founder Allison Cusick and Scripps PhD student Christian Johnson at startBlue Demo Day 2024.

StartBlue Accelerator Program Awarded $13.5 Million from NOAA to Expand Support for Ocean-Focused Startups

Program led by UC San Diego evolves into the StartBlue Ocean Enterprise Accelerator to generate economic growth in the blue economy

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

Crude Realities

A report from the COP29 climate talks in Baku

Scripps Oceanography graduate student Shannon Dolan recovers a mooring with camera component. These moorings are used by the lab of Simone Baumann-Pickering to better document and understand the impacts of ocean noise on marine mammals, especially beaked whales.

UC San Diego Receives 10 DURIP Awards from Department of Defense

University tops all institutions in number of awards

Kerstin doing fieldwork in the North Sea aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong, Iceland in the background

Scripps Student Spotlight: Kerstin Bergentz

PhD candidate collects observational data to learn more about ocean dynamics

A midwater trawl net is used to collect juvenile fishes

CalCOFI at 75

A California science gem is cutting-edge but still devoted to the fundamentals

CDIP buoy deployment

Scripps-Led Coastal Data Information Program Awarded $40 Million for Cooperative Research

Funding will support advances in wave measurements, improved understanding of coastal changes

Ethan Staats Headshot

Scripps Student Spotlight: Ethan Staats

PhD student examines biofluorescence in marine organisms

Kelp bass, a popular target of recreational anglers, in Southern California’s coastal waters.

Study Finds Pattern in DDT Contamination Among Fish off Southern California

The findings could help predict fish toxin levels and inform fish consumption advisories

Ocean Pavilion design

The Ocean Pavilion Returns to International Climate Conference for a Third Year

Leading science institutions and partners will make the case for greater inclusion of the ocean at COP29

SOCCOM Director Lynne Talley with BGC Argo float, May 2024

Scripps Oceanography Takes Lead of Southern Ocean Monitoring Program

SOCCOM project to continue detailed study of one of the world’s leading climate change hotspots

Team of scientists during oarfish necropsy

Fish Experts Study Rare Deep-Sea Oarfish in the Lab

Following necropsy, scientists learn more about biology of 12-foot oarfish that washed up in La Jolla Cove

New Drug Discovery Technique May Unlock Trove of Marine Compounds

Method captures microbial compounds directly from the ocean, inverting traditional approach

Scripps Student Spotlight: Olívia Soares Pereira

PhD student specializing in deep-sea ecology has explored the ocean’s depths using the human-occupied submersible Alvin

 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

Human-Infecting Parasite Produces Sterile Soldiers Like Ants and Termites

This species of freshwater flatworm could be used to study the evolution of social organization

William Kuperman, former director of Scripps' Marine Physical Laboratory, 1943-2024

William Kuperman: 1943-2024

Revolutionized understanding of ocean acoustics

winch on a research vessel

Scripps Researchers Address Ocean Paradox With 55 Gallons of Fluorescent Dye

Large-scale ocean circulation requires deep water to rise to the surface, but this upwelling had never been directly observed – until now

StartBlue Cohort 3 with program leaders and mentors at Demo Day 2024

Blue Technology Startups Turn Concept into Reality at UC San Diego

StartBlue accelerator program supports businesses advancing San Diego’s Blue Economy

Profile photo of David G. Moore

David G. Moore: 1925-2024

Marine geologist and expert on seafloor sediments used pioneering methods to study the continental shelf

CTD instrument on a ship

Study Illuminates Previously Unknown Ocean Mercury Pathway

Team describes source of the heavy metal that poses a danger to human health

Scripps Student Spotlight: Arnel Orig

Former United States Navy diver and current MAS MBC student turns dreams into reality at Scripps

Image: Philip Hoeppli/iStockPhoto

Scripps Oceanography, UC Santa Barbara Lead $9.5 Million Research Project on Ocean Cycles

Project among five joining Ocean Biogeochemistry Virtual Institute (OBVI)

cloud system in Jupiter's northern hemisphere photographed by Juno spacecraft, 2017

Using Oceanography To Understand Fronts and Cyclones on Jupiter

Analysis of NASA satellite images of cyclones on Jupiter reveals that the storms are fueled by processes similar to those acting on Earth

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