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![Munk Guyot, revealed by multibeam sonar surveys made in lawnmower-like swaths.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-10/Munk-Guyot.jpg?itok=cBBLryS_)
Seamount Named for Iconic Scripps Oceanographer Walter Munk
The new Munk Guyot southwest of Hawaii was mapped by research vessel Sally Ride in 2019
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Scripps Receives $2.5 Million to Lead New Coastal Cliff Research
Scientists hope to get better understanding of cliff failures, could lay groundwork for future alert system
![A wave glider in the ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/glider-01.jpg?itok=YX90tQ3k)
NOAA Awards More Than $7 million for California Ocean Observing
Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System at Scripps Oceanography among nationwide research groups awarded
![Sophia Merrifield headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/Sophia-Merrifield.png?itok=0jzgOaX6)
Scripps Oceanography Researcher Receives Young Investigator Award
Office of Naval Research award will support Sophia Merrifield's work on robotic systems
![Prado Dam overview](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/IMG_Aug232021at24611PM.jpg?itok=_wcHERTV)
Water Supply Reliability Expected to Improve at Southern California’s Prado Dam
New trial for using advanced weather forecasts to retain more water proves successful
![Deployment of phased array Doppler sonar (PADS) unit](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/800-IMG_1658.jpg?itok=gJ52ZmLu)
Researchers Observe Potential Impacts of Seafloor Mining
Team uses field data to create a model to show behavior of sediment plumes
![B-52 fly by at Andersen Air Force Base](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/B-52%20Anderson%20fly%20by_Web.jpg?itok=g7qJNj5T)
Remains of U.S. Pilot Recovered offshore Vietnam
Scripps Oceanography’s Project Recover uses advanced underwater technology to aid in recovery
![Africa's Sahel region has endured devastating droughts in the past half-century. Photo: IAEA](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/Sahel-drought.jpg?itok=UC_Nk2oJ)
Simulation Points Out Possibilities and Pitfalls of Regional Geoengineering Schemes
Model demonstrates that ending drought in one African region reduces rainfall in another
UC San Diego Receives $35 Million in State Funding for New California Coastal Research Vessel
First-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid vessel will be vital to education and research
![SUNY Albany researcher Sujata Murty retrieves coral core to study paleoclimate](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/800-Murty_coral-drilling.jpg?itok=dUK2atSQ)
Review Evaluates Evidence for Intensifying Indian Ocean Water Cycle
Report calls for better integration of observations, models, and paleoclimate research
![Workers in hard hats and jump suits deploying mooring from research vessel.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/800-mooring_0.jpg?itok=VOwnQKFY)
![Richard Seymour: 1929-2021](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-06/exp_A_CDIPDeploy08_007_800x500.jpg?itok=AaZcGd90)
Richard Seymour: 1929-2021
Architect of the iconic Coastal Data Information Program, world’s largest repository of scientific, directional wave data
![Deployment of a float at sea with boat in background.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/siocomm_A_MC-RichWalsh_DeepSOLO-Deployment_2020__crop-2.jpg?itok=ESCH_K3F)
StartBlue Program Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2021
UC San Diego’s new ocean-focused accelerator accepting applications from May 21 to July 2
![Map showing route of water circulating around the world's oceans.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/800-traj_abyssalCell-optimized.jpg?itok=dHvH9Nng)
The ‘Grand Tour’ Atlantic Ocean Water Takes Around the World
An analysis of “big data” by Scripps oceanographers traces where water goes when it leaves the Atlantic ocean basin
![Scripps oceanographer Grant Deane](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/800-siocomm_A_grant_deane_2017-20.jpg?itok=oq-fhjOm)
A Scientist's Life: Grant Deane
Oceanographer studies how much bubbles can reveal about the state of the oceans
![Crew members launch an AUV off a research vessel](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/siocomm_A_SallyRide_REMUS-Bluefin-AUV_2021_DSC5652-01_0.jpg?itok=dqvUmW26)
Scripps Oceanography Completes Seafloor Survey Using Robotics, Finds Thousands of Possible Targets of Interest at Dumpsite off Coast of Los Angeles
Survey mapped 36,000 acres using advanced ocean robotics and sonar
![A diver underwater](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-05/RoeyNDive-crop.jpg?itok=X4excq90)
U.S., Israeli Universities Open Marine Archaeology Research Station
New field station in Akko, Israel will support research by UC San Diego's Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology and the University of Haifa's Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies
![Spotlights illuminate an instrument used to detect pockets of warm Pacific Ocean water that penetrated the Arctic Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/LR-NSP_20180917-0025-IMG_0739.jpg?itok=QVuRWGiQ)
The 'Heat Bombs' Destroying Arctic Sea Ice
Unprecedented observations could revise forecasts of melt in polar ocean
![California's Central Valley as seen from the International Space Station.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-04/Central_Valley_ISS.jpeg?itok=B7fxRPxK)
Scientists Map “Pulse” of Groundwater Flow through California’s Central Valley
Advances in remote sensing are providing a first glimpse of groundwater recharge in the San Joaquin Valley
![Scripps Oceanography geochemist Ray Weiss](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-02/800-siocomm_A_MC-Erik-JepsenWeiss_5-21-2019_004_0.jpg?itok=HmcTRH8I)
Emissions of Banned Ozone-Depleting Substance and Greenhouse Gas are Back on the Decline
Chlorofluorocarbon gas associated with insulating foam had surged unexpectedly in mid-2010s
![Sarah Purkey](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-02/800-Sarah_Purkey-argo1.jpg?itok=Layci4iM)
A Scientist's Life: Sarah Purkey
Oceanographer monitors ocean heat content, key driving force behind sea-level rise
![Erosion monitoring, Torrey Pines State Beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-01/800-young-heroimage_0.jpg?itok=GSV-HR6z)
Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves, Coastal Cliff Erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecasts
![The DURIP awarded to Matthew Dzieciuch will fund acquisition of a low-frequency sound source. The instrument will complement two existing sources that were part of the Coordinated Arctic Acoustic Thermometry Experiment (CAATEX) including the one pictured here. Photo by Daniel Fatnes, Norwegian Coast Guard.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-12/HERO-201102_DF_3857.jpg?itok=1cCipEb9)
UC San Diego Receives 7 DURIP Awards from Department of Defense
University tops UC system in number of awards
![A aerial view of a college campus, a pier, and the Pacific Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-11/aerial-view-scripps.jpg?itok=Hxc_v5Ma)
StartBlue Program Receives Funding to Boost Ocean-Focused Startups
Accelerator program set to launch Fall 2021 at UC San Diego thanks to a grant by the Economic Development Administration and philanthropic supporters
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