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Plastic Trash Altering Ocean Habitats, Scripps Study Shows

Increased Antarctic Ice Loss by Warm Ocean Currents

Checking the Planet's Respiration Rate

Researchers Identify Mysterious Life Forms in the Extreme Deep Sea

Voyager: At what level of hydrogen ion concentration in the ocean will the coral reefs and other calcifiers begin to show signs of dissolution?

Submarine to study deep sea

Voyager: How Do You Study Deep-Sea Animals?

Dr. Andy Nosal holds a leopard shark

From the Field: Leopard Shark Pups

Voyager: Do whales and seals have to flee from certain Arctic environments once the sea ice conditions are altered? If so, where would they flee and why would it matter?

Voyager: Have whales always inhabited the Arctic? If not, where did they originally come from and how did they adapt?

Mati Kahru

Blooming Early in the Arctic

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Call of the Arctic

Scripps Scientists See the Light in Bizarre Bioluminescent Snail

Research uncovers secrets of strange mollusk and its use of light as a possible defense mechanism

A aerial view of a college campus, a pier, and the Pacific Ocean

Research Reveals Fish Trap Escape Gaps

Debris collected from SEAPLEX cruise to survey Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2008

SEAPLEX: Scripps Research Cruise

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Media Advisory: Researchers to Discuss Antarctica's Deep Past

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

brittle stars

Voyager: How do animals survive in the deep ocean?

How does life exist in the deep ocean pressure?

Voyager: Is there anything we can do in San Diego to conserve coral reefs?

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

Coral Death Results From Bacteria Fed By Algae

Scripps campus/Coastal Meander

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Launches Scripps Genome Center

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Scripps Scientist Leads Antarctic Research Vessel Heading North to Map Arctic Waters

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

Fresh Evidence Points to Marine Bacteria as Source of Anti-Cancer Drug

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