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![Susan Garcia](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/IMG_Sep142021at44404PM.jpg?itok=vovgP6SJ)
SURF Program at Scripps Oceanography Wraps Up Another Successful Year in 2021
Scripps’ summer research program returns to in-person learning opportunities for undergraduates after hybrid experience in 2020
![Scripps Oceanography graduate student Austin Carter, a member of geoscientist Sarah Aarons' lab, decontaminates ice sample from the Allan Hills area of Antarctica. Aarons' lab will analyze ancient dust collected during COLDEX. Photo: Erik Jepsen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/800-siocomm_A_MC_ErikJepsen_Ice-Decontamination_2021_32DSC_9349.jpg?itok=vitJHBTw)
Search for the World’s Oldest Ice to be Initiated
Scientists hope ice samples as much as five million years old can preview what society will face in coming century
![Natalie Grayson portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/D75_6058_v2_800x500.jpg?itok=MOWzQdf-)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Natalie Grayson
A PhD student researches how pollutants including DDT affect marine microorganisms
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Scripps Oceanography Science Communicator Lauded for Feature Story
San Diego science writing organization recognizes account of seaweed genomic research
![Janet Sprintall](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/800-siocomm_A_JanetSprintall2021_dnm_005.jpg?itok=HVuHroL8)
A Scientist's Life: Janet Sprintall
Physical oceanographer tracks circulation in one of the world’s busiest ocean interchanges
![A male Halobates splendens specimen. Photo: National University of Singapore](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/800-H.-splendens-specimen_credit-NUS.jpg?itok=3O1GHaxM)
The History of Insects Living on the Open Ocean Tracks with the History of the Currents They Ride
Researchers uncover how climatic changes influence the evolution of ocean skaters
![Sophia Merrifield headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-09/Sophia-Merrifield.png?itok=0jzgOaX6)
Scripps Oceanography Researcher Receives Young Investigator Award
Office of Naval Research award will support Sophia Merrifield's work on robotic systems
![Jesse Robinette](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/IMG_Aug262021at114148AM.jpg?itok=79BMlrKV)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Jesse Robinett
An undergraduate student tracks low cloudiness along California’s coast
![Rendering of mutating virus cells. image: istock.com/wildpixel](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/VLR-iStock-1304835356.jpg?itok=98yV2EqM)
It’s Not Just SARS-CoV-2: Most Respiratory Viruses Spread by Aerosols
Conventional wisdom on viral disease transmission needs updating, international science team concludes
![Prado Dam overview](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/IMG_Aug232021at24611PM.jpg?itok=_wcHERTV)
Water Supply Reliability Expected to Improve at Southern California’s Prado Dam
New trial for using advanced weather forecasts to retain more water proves successful
![Panoramic view of Tel Tifdan, site where UC San Diego and Jordanian archaeologists excavated ceramic pottery shards dating to the Pottery Neolithic period. Photo: Tom Levy](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/TelTifdan_800.jpg?itok=4Y094-Ma)
How Earth’s Magnetic Field May Provide New Ways of Dating Archaeological Artifacts
Research leverages 20 years of excavations
![Researchers use Remotely Operated Vehicle SuBastian to collect sediment push cores and collect video footage, data that will assess how this stretch of deep sea is responding to DDT.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/800-FK210726-Dive450-SubastianTakesCoreSampleFromPotentialDDTBarrel-20210803.jpg?itok=c2ia06Xq)
Scientists Explore Mineral-Rich Seafloor, DDT Dump Sites; Discover Methane Seep, Whale Fall
Exploratory dives off California coast in waste dumping grounds and areas of potential mining will advance understanding of human impacts on deep-sea ecosystem
![Deployment of phased array Doppler sonar (PADS) unit](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/800-IMG_1658.jpg?itok=gJ52ZmLu)
Researchers Observe Potential Impacts of Seafloor Mining
Team uses field data to create a model to show behavior of sediment plumes
Scripps Student Spotlight: Gene DePuy
Master of Advanced Studies student focuses on climate change adaptation and mitigation
![Physical oceanographer Paola Cessi](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/800-DSC_7272.jpg?itok=Tb588Fns)
A Scientist's Life: Paola Cessi
Physical oceanographer considers how water moves in the ocean and what that means for the rest of the planet
![A giant sea bass swims near a kelp forest](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-08/NatividadIsland_MBrito_MeroGigante_crop.png?itok=TfZhMEJu)
New Study Holds Promise for “Critically Endangered” Giant Sea Bass
Scripps-led study recommends new assessment of giant sea bass species using data from both sides of U.S.-Mexico border
![B-52 fly by at Andersen Air Force Base](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/B-52%20Anderson%20fly%20by_Web.jpg?itok=g7qJNj5T)
Remains of U.S. Pilot Recovered offshore Vietnam
Scripps Oceanography’s Project Recover uses advanced underwater technology to aid in recovery
![Africa's Sahel region has endured devastating droughts in the past half-century. Photo: IAEA](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/Sahel-drought.jpg?itok=UC_Nk2oJ)
Simulation Points Out Possibilities and Pitfalls of Regional Geoengineering Schemes
Model demonstrates that ending drought in one African region reduces rainfall in another
UC San Diego Receives $35 Million in State Funding for New California Coastal Research Vessel
First-of-its-kind hydrogen-hybrid vessel will be vital to education and research
![SUNY Albany researcher Sujata Murty retrieves coral core to study paleoclimate](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/800-Murty_coral-drilling.jpg?itok=dUK2atSQ)
Review Evaluates Evidence for Intensifying Indian Ocean Water Cycle
Report calls for better integration of observations, models, and paleoclimate research
Scripps Student Spotlight: Rhys Tallentire
An undergraduate student researches coral reef biogeochemistry and its global decline
![Walter Munk 2021](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/HERO_MC_BradleyRuocco_MunkLab-2021_2.jpg?itok=Dg8P82Db)
Historic Designation Sought for Iconic Scripps Oceanography Building
Munk Laboratory considered a classic of mid-century modern design
![Geologist James Day](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/James-Day-medium-shot2.jpg?itok=18WMgvwh)
A Scientist's Life: James Day
Geologist studies how planets form and how Earth became able to sustain life
![Workers in hard hats and jump suits deploying mooring from research vessel.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/800-mooring_0.jpg?itok=VOwnQKFY)
![Athina Lange Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2021-07/IMG_Jul122021at21334PM.jpg?itok=RH2qumgg)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Athina Lange
A graduate student studies wave runup through ocean topography, and how it can be used to forecast flooding in coastal communities
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