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Study Shows Acceleration of Global Mean Ocean Circulation since 1990s

Influence of greenhouse gas emissions cited as contributing cause

Strateole-2: Long-duration balloon flights across the tropics to study atmospheric dynamics and composition

Up, Up, and Away

Long-duration balloons collecting climate data in the sky complete first trip around the globe

Scientists Report First Recording of a Blue Whale's Heart Rate

First measurement conducted in the wild suggests that blue whale hearts are operating at extremes—and may limit the whale’s size

Seismic gear deployed on rough California hillside.

UC San Diego at Epicenter of Earthquake Research

Researchers across campus are trying to improve the understanding and detection of earthquakes

Scripps Institution of Oceanography will serve as the location for a new Coast Guard Blue Technology Center of Expertise (COE).

Coast Guard Partners with Scripps Oceanography to Establish Blue Technology Center of Expertise

New Center of Expertise will provide opportunities for identification, evaluation and transition of new blue technologies

Researchers in a lab next to a wave channel

Research Highlight: Scientists Bring the Ocean into the Lab to Study Human Impacts on the Ocean and Climate

Interdisciplinary SeaSCAPE project utilizes large wave tank to look at how human pollution is affecting the ability of ocean biology to control clouds and climate

Portrait of a blonde woman wearing a scarf; the sun is setting in the background

A Scientist's Life: Helen Amanda Fricker

Glaciologist uses satellite data to monitor one of the most significant global warming-related changes in nature

Join Scripps at the Oceanology International Americas Conference and Exhibit

Scripps scientists participating in ocean tech conference, hosting exhibit for students to learn about opportunities in ocean science, and more

Three Scripps-Led Panels in Consideration for SXSW 2019

Voting now open through Aug. 30

Scientist Jennifer Smith, Photo Credit: Erik Jepsen

A Scientist's Life: Jennifer Smith

Technology is changing how scientists study coral reefs

Brice Semmens (right) participates in a Google Hangout at a grouper spawning aggregation site.

Research Highlight: Grouper Moon Project Uses Scripps Science to Revive a Caribbean Fish

The Nassau Grouper is in the midst of a comeback thanks to conservation and technology

Chris Ford via Flickr

On the Precipice: Study Identifies California Cliffs at Risk of Collapse

A California Sea Grant-funded study provides the largest analysis of cliff erosion throughout the state and provides a new hazard index for determining which areas are at most risk

Scripps MAS student Brant Chlebowski

Around the Pier: Triton Innovation Challenge Awards Forward-Thinking Scientists

Innovative spirit in full swing at UC San Diego’s environmentally-focused business competition

Photo of the Week: Up, up, upwelling

Probing the skies while studying ocean processes off Southern California

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

Researchers Develop Novel Microscope to Study the Underwater World

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

Two women and two men visit a research lab

Cutting-Edge Scripps Research Facility Dedicated to Dickinson Foundation

Donors funded purchase of new instrument to be used for research in marine drug discovery

Scripps Researchers Develop Breakthrough Technology to Characterize Nanoparticles

New start-up company will capitalize on technology to see what can’t be seen using a traditional microscope

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