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Widespread and Complex Climatic Changes Outlined in New UNEP Project Atmospheric Brown Cloud Report

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Leads Local Effort to Increase Awareness about Marine Protected Areas

Obituary Notice: International Marine Science Leader: Warren S. Wooster

Breathe Easy

Waves at high tide inundate Ocean Beach Pier during a 2000 storm.

Rising Tide

Lynne Talley

Voyager: How will an increase in seawater temperature affect ocean currents?

Peter Barry retrieved his groundwater detection instrument following a small magnitude 4.1 earthquake.

Leaky Mantle

Voyager: With sea level rising, will cliffs along the coastline fall into the water?

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent in Atmosphere than Previously Assumed

Potent Greenhouse Gas More Prevalent in Atmosphere than Previously Assumed

Obituary Notice: Distinguished Scientist and Professor: John W. Miles

Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks of First Life

Volcanoes May Have Provided Sparks of First Life

Scripps Oceanography Scientists Discover Cause of Weakness in Marine Animal Hybrids

Scripps Oceanography Scientists Discover Cause of Weakness in Marine Animal Hybrids

New Center Offers Unprecedented Look at San Diego Bay

New Center Offers Unprecedented Look at San Diego Bay

Homecoming for Melville

CO2 can make the water more acidic, which would impact the ability of organisms like abalone to make carbonate skeletons.

Question: How will sequestered carbon dioxide gas affect ocean life?

Robert Buzzelli (right) with daughter Selena and sister Mary Peirce (left).

$100,000 Bequest from Robert Buzzelli Endows Graduate Student Fellowship

Lack of infrastructure makes many of Africa's farmers directly dependent on rainfall to sustain crops.

'We don't have to watch it happen'

A man and a young girl.

Around the Pier: $100,000 Bequest from Robert Buzzelli Endows Graduate Student Fellowship

Scripps geophysicist and avid surfer David Sandwell

Around the Pier: Surfing to Academic Success

Researchers make adjustments to equipment before deployment.

Buried at Sea

Scripps Research Vessel Melville Returns after Two-and-a-Half Year Voyage

Warming World in Range of Dangerous Consequences

Warming World in Range of Dangerous Consequences

Research Led by Scripps Students Recognized with National, International Honors

Outpacing Climate Change With Atmospheric Research Collaboration

Scripps Oceanography Announces New Program Directors

Scripps Oceanography Announces New Program Directors

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