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The remains of the starboard wing and landing gear of the “Heaven Can Wait” B-24.

Missing World War II B-24 Bomber Discovered By Project Recover Off Papua New Guinea

Department of Defense Awards Funds to Ten UC San Diego Researchers to Develop Instrumentation

Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Scripps Alumnus Highlight: Q&A with Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Rear Admiral Brian Brown, MS ‘87, recently appointed to serve as commander of Naval Information Forces

Around the Pier: Scripps Oceanography Leads Coral Tech Panel at SXSW

Interactive SXSW panel highlighted innovative technology used to study coral reefs

Recordings Spout Secrets Behind Blue Whale Behavior

James Behrens / Coastal Data Information Program

Photo of the Week: Buoy on the Bay

Dean Roemmich

National Academy of Sciences Awards Scripps Oceanographer for Scientific Leadership

Dean Roemmich to receive the Alexander Agassiz Medal for contributions to oceanography

Low oxygen caused the death of corals and crabs in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Photo: Arcadio Castillo/Smithsonian

The Ocean Is Losing Its Breath

A Scientist's Life: Fiamma Straneo

Physical oceanographer studies interplay between Greenland's glaciers and a warming ocean

Photo of the Week: Up, up, upwelling

Probing the skies while studying ocean processes off Southern California

Photo of the Week: Undergraduates, Ahoy!

Hog Reef_Bermuda Corals_Scripps Oceanography

Study of Bermuda Corals Finds Temperature Is Most Influential Factor on Coral Growth

Photo of the Week: Gulper eel

Napoleon wrasse

Around the Pier: Scripps Supporters Dive into Adventure in Palau

The ability of organisms such as this fluorescing brittlestar to use radio frequencies to sense to be tested in RadioBio

Research Highlight: Can Organisms Sense via Radio Frequency?

Around the Pier: A Crowning Event to Celebrate Scripps Oceanographer's 100th Birthday

Photo of the Week: Reverberations

Monthly mean sea surface temperature maximums observed by Argo network 2004-2017

Voyager: Is there a limit to how much sea temperatures can rise?

surfing

A Wave's "Sweet Spot" Revealed

The surfboard-mounted science instrument Smartfin. Photo: Kat Hammond

Around the Pier: Scripps Scientists Help Create and Distribute a "Smartfin" that Turns Surfers into Citizen Scientists

Photo of the Week: R/V Roger Revelle, Returned

Photomosaic of downed B-25 bomber. Image: Project Recover

Two Missing World War II B-25 Bombers Documented By Project Recover Off Papua New Guinea

Portrait of a woman scientist on a boat in Antarctica; an iceberg is seen in the background

A Scientist's Life: Maria Vernet

Phytoplankton ecologist studies key members of ocean food webs

Photo of the Week: Supporting Science at Sea

New Study Suggests Overfishing in One of World's Most Productive Fishing Regions

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