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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

New Antarctic Ice Core to Provide Clearest Climate Record Yet

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Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution

Worm-like Marine Animal Providing Fresh Clues About Human Evolution

MEDIA ADVISORY The MATE Center and Scripps Oceanography Host Underwater Robot Competition

MEDIA ADVISORY The MATE Center and Scripps Oceanography Host Underwater Robot Competition

Surfing to Academic Success

Acclaimed Photographer to Make Special Dive at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Acclaimed Photographer to Make Special Dive at Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Earth’s magnetic field protects us from charged particles from the sun. Credit: NASA

Voyager: What predictions are scientists making about changes to Earth's environment if the magnetic poles reverse?

Renowned Physicist and Inventor of Wetsuit Dies at 92

Research Highlight: Choking Oceans

The Snow Bunting lives in the Arctic and uses Earth’s magnetic field to migrate further south to northern temperate areas.

Voyager: What will happen to animals, like migratory birds, that depend on the current magnetic field?

Nancy Arthur-McGehee’s glasswork on display at the San Diego International Airport features etchings of marine life and birds.

A Marriage of Science and Art

Experience a Full-Moon Walk on Scripps Pier

Research Highlight: Cold Hard Truth

Scripps Oceanography is one of about two dozen San Diego businesses at BizTown where students “work” for a day.

An Educational Playhouse

Research Highlight: Heading Due South

Tony Haymet Selected as New Member of the Consortium of Ocean Leadership Board of Trustees

Scripps Professor Named 2008 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow

Scripps Professor Named 2008 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow

Obituary Notice Renowned Physicist and Inventor of Wetsuit: Hugh Bradner

Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences

Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog and its Consequences

Scripps Oceanography Research Pegs ID of Red Tide Killer

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