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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

New Study Shows Red Tides Can Be Predicted

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

Scripps Scientists Collaborate with Icelandic Coast Guard on Wave Study

Research Highlight: Researchers Uncover New Details About California's Ancient Shoreline

Deep Oceans Face Starvation by End of Century

Research Highlight: Analysis of an 1883 At-Sea Rescue Leads to a New Understanding of Wave Energy

Scripps Pier record of ocean temperature trend

Voyager: How Has Climate Change Affected the Oceans at a Local Level, Particularly La Jolla Shores (San Diego, Calif.)?

an acoustic instrument is lowered off a ship

Photo of the Week: Listening off La Jolla

R/V Sally Ride recovers moorings during student-led cruise

Blue to red gradient.

The Future of Iconic Ocean Temperature Measurement Series to Be Considered

Three views of Typhoon Nepartak from NASA's Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR), July 7, 2016

Research Highlight: Typhoons in China, Japan, and Philippines Have Gotten Stronger Since 1970s

Willenbring

Faculty Profile: Jane Willenbring Joins Scripps Oceanography

XBT units in a Scripps Oceanography lab

Around the Pier: Thirty Years On, a Groundbreaking "Gem" Still Shines

Researchers Develop Novel Microscope to Study the Underwater World

Seafloor imagining system captures a microscopic view of a coral’s life

Photo of the Week: Situation Normal

Wreckage of a U.S. Navy TBM-1C Avenger located by Project RECOVER off Palau. Photo: Eric Terrill, Mark Moline

Around the Pier: Downed World War II Aircraft Missing for 72 Years Located in Pacific Islands by Project RECOVER

Wreckage of a U.S. Navy TBM-1C Avenger located by Project RECOVER off Palau. Photo: Eric Terrill, Mark Moline

Downed World War II Aircraft Missing for 72 Years Located in Pacific Islands by Project RECOVER

The Structure of Ocean Ecosystems Has Been Stable for Tens of Millions of Years, With Occasional Rapid Changes

Aided by Scripps Oceanography, Pacific Island Country Launches Plan to Protect Marine Life

San Diego coastline as seen from aircraft bearing instruments that make precision measurements of beach topography

Around the Pier: El Niño Beach Survey Provides Glimpse of What's to Come for the Coast

Portrait of a woman with curly blonde hair, standing on a bluff

A Scientist's Life: Sarah N. Giddings

Coastal oceanographer studies the changing nature of estuaries

Research Highlight: Deep-Sea Churro Finds its Evolutionary Home

Rodney Moll, Kevin Hardy, Natalya Gallo

New Agreement Enlists Citizen Scientists in Support of Scripps Exploration at Sea

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