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The Himalayas, looking south over the Tibetan Plateau.

Continental Re-Org

Artist Wayne Martin Belger lines up a shot with his underwater pinhole camera inside Birch Aquarium’s kelp forest tank.

Peering into the Depths

The Secrets Of Effective Communication

Scripps scientist working at lab bench.

Voyager: Where does slime like the kind found in the Adriatic Sea come from?

Submitted by 4th through 6th grade students participating in Birch Aquarium at Scripps’s Summer Learning Adventures program

The thick mucilage cover represents a danger for sea-bottom communities.

Voyager: How does the unusual slime found in the Adriatic Sea affect animals?

What is... A Night in the Spotlight?

Seeing STARS

Seeing STARS

Oceans on the Precipice: Scripps Scientist Warns of Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime'

Scripps Scientists Will Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts

Scripps Scientists Will Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts

Scripps Study Sets High Economic Value on Threatened Mexican Mangroves

Scripps Study Sets High Economic Value on Threatened Mexican Mangroves

Fully Updated Climate Change Book by Scripps Researcher Now Available

Scripps Professor Elected 2008 Geological Society of America Fellow

Scripps Professor Elected 2008 Geological Society of America Fellow

Scripps Oceanography Announces Two New Deputy Directors

Scripps Oceanography Announces Two New Deputy Directors

Scripps Student First to Receive UCSD Outstanding Graduate Student Award

Scripps Student First to Receive UCSD Outstanding Graduate Student Award

A Bridge to Business

Research highlight: Acidic Oceans

Voyager: Does the excessively salty water created by desalination change the pH of the ocean? What is its salinity value?

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Research Highlight: Hitting Rock Bottom

The process of gathering water for desalination could impact microscopic plankton that are caught in intake water.

Voyager: How do you keep intake pipes at a desalination plant from being clogged with plankton and seaweed?

This newly discovered polychaete worm will be named goodhartzorum after the family of Jeff Goodhartz.

A Gift from the Heart

Research Highlight: Our First Sip of Seawater

Research Highlight: The Beat Goes On... Barely

Scripps Climate Researcher Awarded Major Environmental Prize

Obituary Notice Climate Forecast Innovator John Roads

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