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Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves, Coastal Cliff Erosion
Study shows waves, rainfall important parts of erosion process, providing new opportunity to improve forecasts
UC San Diego Receives 7 DURIP Awards from Department of Defense
University tops UC system in number of awards
New Study Redefines Understanding of Where Icebergs Put Meltwater into the Southern Ocean
The findings pave the way for large Antarctic icebergs to be used in global climate models
NSF Grants $53 Million to Create a Global Fleet of Robotic Floats to Monitor Ocean Health
New grant will support a consortium of research institutions, including Scripps Oceanography, to build a global array of robotic floats with biogeochemical sensors
Research Experience aboard R/V Sally Ride a.k.a. 'SWEET BOAT GIG 2020'
Students from around the country get a taste of ship life
Ocean Microbes Could Interact with Pollution to Influence Climate
Preliminary findings from SeaSCAPE experiment presented at American Chemical Society meeting
Scientific Workboat Expands Student Research Opportunities
R/V Bob and Betty Beyster is opening up nearshore research off Southern California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Partners with NOAA for Unmanned Systems Research
New agreement is to advance unmanned systems research and operations activities for NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
NOAA Selects UC San Diego to Host New Cooperative Institute to Study Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Systems
Selection awards $220 million over five years
Scientists Identify Climate Change as Major Contributor to Record-Breaking Marine Heatwave
Scripps Oceanography team used a century of ocean data collected by the Shore Stations Program and new method of temperature analysis to put the 2018 marine heatwave in context
Everything You Wanted to Know About Red Tides
Bioluminescent waves spotted along the coastline, from Baja California to Los Angeles
New Study Looks at How the “Blob” Came Back
Scripps Oceanography and CIRES scientists find that weak winds in the Pacific drove record-breaking 2019 summertime marine heat wave
El Niño Impacts on Southern California Estuaries Reveal Potential for More Frequent Closures
Winter storms in 2015-2016 emphasized vulnerability of estuaries that have natural, intermittent mouth closures, compared to those which stay open throughout the year
Scientific Resilience During a Pandemic
An aborted research cruise makes the most of the return journey home
Research in the Time of COVID-19
Despite a deserted campus, some essential Scripps research programs carry on
Listen Up: Scripps Scientists Use Underwater Microphones to Study Calving Arctic Glacier
Researchers develop new method for measuring glacial retreat by analyzing underwater acoustic recordings of icebergs falling into the ocean
UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from Koret Foundation to Support Binational Collaboration on Marine Archaeology Research
Three-year gift will support scientific collaboration between the Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology and the University of Haifa in Israel
A Scientist's Life: Sarah Gille
Physical oceanographer uses array of instruments and technologies to study circulation and change in the Southern Ocean
Scripps 2013 Research Vessel Melville Crew Honored With Polychaete Worm Species Names
After discovering a multitude of species, the 2013 R/V Melville crew decided that coming up with a new naming system was the best course of celebration
Scripps Scientists Awarded Nearly $5 Million to Study Triggers of Deadly, Toxic Algal Blooms
NOAA ECOHAB grant will aid search for genetic source of toxin production in phytoplankton
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