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Updated Google Earth image at right shows new seafloor features in the western Philippine Sea compared to earlier version

Around the Pier: New Global Seafloor Map Incorporated into Google Ocean

HARP deployment

Scripps Oceanography Researcher Receives NAS Gulf Research Program Award

Waves reach Highway 101 north of Solana Beach, Calif. in 2010.

Around the Pier: Citizen Science Will Help Assess Effects of El Niño

Around the Pier: Scripps Alum Tim Gallaudet Becomes Oceanographer of the Navy

CalCOFI cruise

California's Fish Populations Are Declining

UC San Diego Top Institution in United States for Environmental and Earth Sciences

Photo of mackerel

Climate Change Causes Timing Shifts in Fish Reproduction

Photo credit: NASA

Research Highlight: Sea Currents and Wind Patterns in the Pacific Ocean Linked to Climate Change

Three men at an award ceremony

Around the Pier: Scripps Graduate Student Honored for Research Excellence

Hao Ye selected as 20th recipient of the annual Frieman Prize, a Scripps-given honor

Bioluminescent flash

Research Highlight: The Force behind Nature's Light

Study of Giant South China Sea Internal Waves Provides First-Ever View of Their Entire Life Cycle

Blob 2.0

Scientists to Analyze "the Blob" at Scripps Oceanography Workshop

Students interacting on the Martin Johnson House deck

Engineering & Our Oceans: Unique Opportunity Lets Public Experience Ocean Engineering Up Close

Mooring recovery during T-TIDE

Video: T-TIDE leg 3 Mooring recovery cruise

Research Highlight: The Dolphin Sentinels

New Species, the 'Ruby Seadragon,' Discovered by Scripps Researchers

A stand-up paddleboarder near a pier at sunset.

Around the Pier: Standing Up for Science

Scripps grad student Phil Bresnahan combines love for outdoor recreation and science through outreach program

A North Pacific Right Whale in the Bering Sea

Research Highlight: The Sound of Hope

Rare whale species heard off continental U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years

Percentage anomaly per FPU in annual expected damage in urban areas

Research Highlight: New Study on El Niño/La Niña Flooding Could Aid Disaster Planning Worldwide

Portrait of a woman with short brunette hair; trees and flowers are seen in the background

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

U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet. Photo: Bob Ross Photography

Around the Pier: Oceanographer Tim Gallaudet Becomes First Scripps Ph.D. to Rise to Rank of Admiral in U.S. Navy

China air pollution drifts out to sea

Voyager: Why is China's Pollution Considered the "World's Pollution"?

Adapting to a Changing Ocean: Preparing for Sea-Level Rise

A group of middle school students at the beach

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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