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![Susheel Adusumilli in Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/adusumilli_field.jpg?itok=4hZFB3Up)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Susheel Adusumilli
Geophysics PhD student pursuing research of ice-ocean interactions makes a positive difference with his conversations and projects on climate change
![Research vessel Roger Revelle off the coast of La Jolla.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/revelle_returns_800x500.jpg?itok=DT255qPk)
![NOAA Dust](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/noaa_dust800x500.jpg?itok=bHP5kdj8)
Air Pollution’s Connection to Infant Mortality
New study reveals air pollution, even from natural sources, has critical impacts on child health
![Cruise Quarantine](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/cruise_quarantine800x500.jpg?itok=CuqLTazV)
Scripps Oceanography Research Cruises Resume – With Limitations
Scientists deal with substantial procedural changes to ensure safety during COVID-19
![Vanessa Zobell](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/zobell.jpg?itok=zYZ4zCzQ)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Vanessa ZoBell
PhD student fascinated by the intelligence and mystery of whales studies ship noise impacts on baleen whales in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary
![Scripps Oceanography SURF Program](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/sioreu2020_groupphoto_800x500_0.jpg?itok=tmsyonAV)
Scripps Oceanography’s 2020 SURF Program Continues During COVID-19
Despite the pandemic, Scripps’ undergraduate summer research program that aims to increase diversity in geosciences carries on and expands with new virtual offering
![Blue whale fluke by Angela Szesciorka](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/blue_whale-800x500.jpg?itok=Y40wGQPd)
Research Highlight: Blue Whales Are Arriving in Southern California Earlier and Earlier
Scientists find that blue whales are timing their migration around the previous year’s krill abundance
![Black and white portraits of two men in their twenties.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/Travis-William.jpg?itok=ErQ_hV-q)
Two Scripps Oceanography Students Honored for Exceptional Research
Travis Courtney awarded Chancellor’s Dissertation Medal; William Chapman awarded Frieman Prize
![What's next for new phds?](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-09/newphds.png?itok=Sc_VvLwI)
![A young man works on a laptop in an office overlooking a verdant canyon and the ocean.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/hacking-main_1_0.jpg?itok=Cs3mM53m)
Students Poised to Tackle Environmental Challenges in ‘Hacking for the Oceans’ Course
New course offering led by Scripps Oceanography enables students to develop solutions to real-world problems facing the ocean
![Rise Of Carbon](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/rise_of_carbon800x500.jpg?itok=wDGgJhdv)
Rise of Carbon Dioxide Unabated
Seasonal peak exceeds 417 parts per million at Mauna Loa observatory
![A stormy wave in the ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/Stormy-wave.jpg?itok=5gFrf_uP)
A Statement from Scripps Institution of Oceanography Leadership
Statement of support and solidarity for our Black community
![CIMEAS will support sustained observation programs, including California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI).](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/noaa_cimeas_scripps_news__800x500.jpg?itok=4DGd07wO)
NOAA Selects UC San Diego to Host New Cooperative Institute to Study Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Systems
Selection awards $220 million over five years
![Ramanathan Portrait](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/siocomm_A_RamanathanPortrait_03-2014_001-3.jpg?itok=d5cOnAKK)
New Course Aims to Bring Climate Change Solutions to Global Audience
Four-part series is first offering on the new UC San Diego Online platform
![Maya Becker walking through rocky snowfield.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-05/mayabeckerheader_0.jpg?itok=QYp8XN7G)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Maya Becker
Geophysics PhD student fascinated by ice-shelf mass change pursues research in glaciology
![People playing on the shore under a hot sun](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/heatwave-stock-news_800x500.jpg?itok=PonTFNZv)
Scientists Identify Climate Change as Major Contributor to Record-Breaking Marine Heatwave
Scripps Oceanography team used a century of ocean data collected by the Shore Stations Program and new method of temperature analysis to put the 2018 marine heatwave in context
![Sea Skater](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/sea_skater_800x500.jpg?itok=DgEO4IR5)
“It is Practically Hovering on Air”
High-speed footage provides never-before-seen look at tiny insect that can survive life on high seas
![A woman stands in front of a plane on a tarmack.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/Ward_NASA-crop.jpg?itok=7sOBTtCA)
Scripps Alumni Spotlight: Lauren Ward
MAS MBC alumna harnesses her science communication skills and passion for sharing Earth’s stories as a video producer for NASA
![Iridescent P. orphanae scale worm by Greg Rouse](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/porphanae_800x500.jpg?itok=-xCoU_LD)
Hungry Hungry Scale Worms: Scientists Discover Four New Species of Deep-Sea Dwellers
A team of researchers describes new species of unique scale worms in the East Pacific
![Ospreys on platform at end of Scripps Pier.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-05/osprey-main_800x500.jpg?itok=Bx2kS_Zt)
Osprey Nest Perched Above Scripps Pier Brings Hope to Local Environmentalists
Nesting platform made possible thanks to a gift by a family foundation
![Open Access Book](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/new-open-access-book800x500.jpg?itok=zgoHQS4i)
New Open-Access Book Casts Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis
Contributors to text co-edited by UC San Diego researchers range from Nobel Prize laureates to Pope Francis
![Coral Research Birch](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/birchaqm_coralresearch_800x500.jpg?itok=VXROiklQ)
Birch Aquarium Staff Keeping 6,000 Fish, Invertebrates Healthy During Closure to Public
Shy fishes emerge, sociable octopus given more games to play
![Blue Streak John Moore](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/blue_streak_john_moore800x500.jpg?itok=95S8yItH)
![Research Highlight Salmon Hatchery](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/20200423_160555_870x350_0.jpg?itok=vJSP55f0)
Research Highlight: Understanding Microbiomes in Salmon Hatcheries
Scripps PhD student finds connection between hatchery and fish microbiome which may promote fish growth
![Coronavirus Global Shutdown](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/coronavirus_global_slowdown800x500.jpg?itok=c2fSSGRQ)
Coronavirus Global Slowdown Is Cleaning the Skies. How Long Will It Last?
Scripps Oceanography climate scientists ponder what episode tells us about global warming
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