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A Scientist's Life: Emily Chin
Geologist uses surface rocks to understand what’s happening miles within Earth’s interior
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Emily Wei
Geosciences graduate student uses research to unravel geological processes of the past
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Q&A with William Easterling, Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation
Easterling, head of the Directorate for Geosciences, discussed his vision for NSF and funding priorities during a recent visit to Scripps Oceanography
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A Scientist's Life: Jane Willenbring
Geologist Jane Willenbring studies "the science of scenery," how the landscape changes over time
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Pioneering Scripps Earth Scientist Awarded by the European Geosciences Union
Meinrat Andreae to receive Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership for groundbreaking research in geosciences
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Photo of the Week: Up, up, upwelling
Probing the skies while studying ocean processes off Southern California
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Faculty Profile: Isabel Rivera-Collazo Joins Scripps and UC San Diego
New joint-hire specializes in environmental archaeology, with cross-collaborative research bridging Scripps, Department of Anthropology
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A Scientist's Life: Miriam Kastner
Pioneering geochemist on a career spent breaking through seafloor and breaking through in a male-dominated field
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New Map Exposes Previously Unseen Details of Seafloor
Mysteries of the deep come alive as satellite data bring thousands of uncharted sea mountains and new clues about deep ocean structures into focus
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Next Generation of Ocean Science Explorers Fostered by Scripps/Ocean Discovery Program
Local school-based program brings hands-on ocean science education to underserved students in San Diego
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A Scientist's Life: Kerry Key
Scripps geophysicist describes using electromagnetics to see under the ocean
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Scripps Graduate Student Honored for Top Research Paper
Annual Frieman Prize honors excellence in graduate student research
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A Scientist's Life: Falk Feddersen
Falk Feddersen researches the implications of sea-level rise on our beaches
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A Scientist's Life: Lihini Aluwihare
Lihini Aluwihare studies the chemistry of organic matter in the oceans
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Research Highlight: Extremophiles Unite!
Antarctica brings together rock-eating bacteria and the scientists who study them
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