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Scientists Date Birth of Himalayas from Newly Discovered Microplate

Planetary boundaries illustration showing the boundaries as slices in a pie graph.

Earth Has Crossed Several 'Planetary Boundaries,' Thresholds of Human-Induced Environmental Changes

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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

New seafloor map

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

Mystery Solved: "Sailing Stones" of Death Valley Seen in Action for the First Time

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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

May gray along the coast of La Jolla

Voyager: Can May Gray be Predicted?

Revisiting SEAPLEX

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A Scientist's Life: Lihini Aluwihare

Lihini Aluwihare studies the chemistry of organic matter in the oceans

Research Highlight: What is Tearing Africa Apart?

Nature magazine cover of Chelyabinsk meteor.

Analyzing a Giant Meteor Blast

Geothermal energy rocks--but don't drink the water!

Voyager: When an earthquake happens, do plates under the earth really rub against each other or what is really happening?

The History of the Black Sea Revealed in its Sediments

Voyager: How long does it take for a small island to be created?

Scripps Oceanography's Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Toasts 10 Years

Scripps Oceanography's Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation Toasts 10 Years

Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San Andreas Earthquakes

Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San Andreas Earthquakes

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Research Highlight: Extremophiles Unite!

Antarctica brings together rock-eating bacteria and the scientists who study them

Scripps Professor of Geosciences David Hilton

Voyager: Can volcanoes next to each other erupt simultaneously?

Earthquake and Tsunami Hit Near Japan

Researchers Discuss Baja California's "Easter Earthquake"

How the West Was Stretched

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