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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

Breakthrough Achieved in Explaining Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do

Breakthrough Achieved in Explaining Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do

Voyager: If you are on a ship, can you feel an earthquake/tsunami?

New Research Uncovers Deep Origins of the 'Hawaiian Hotspot'

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

Dredging up the Truth

Lava stream at ocean entry continues

Voyager: How does a volcano form? Is this a hotspot?

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

Bridging the Earth Science Gap

The 200-Year Drought

Experience a Full-Moon Walk on Scripps Pier

Research Highlight: Cold Hard Truth

Waves move sand along the shore and up and down beaches.

Voyager: Why does sand move and how does it get from place to place?

A map of faults

Voyager: If San Diego is at the edge of a tectonic plate, will we always keep moving/slipping?

Strong Evidence Points to Earth's Proximity to Sun as Ice Age Trigger

Survey off San Diego Details Sand Movements

Voyager: Do Landslides Happen Every Time There's an Earthquake?

Sri Lanka Tsunami Overhead Image

Tsunami - Out of the Blue

Coastal Bluffs Provide More Sand to California Beaches than Previously Believed

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