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![Sawyer Brand](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/brand_sawyer800x500.jpg?itok=TiSZcAqH)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Sawyer Brand
Scripps undergraduate student fascinated by the dynamic wonders of the ocean and atmosphere delves into research with Argo floats
![Thwaits Glacier](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/thwaits-glacier800x500.jpg?itok=FSj2C9OV)
First Results from NASA’s ICESat-2 Mission Map 16 Years of Melting Ice Sheets
Team of scientists finds massive ice loss in West Antarctica
![Five National Academy of Sciences Members](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/five-nas_members_800x500.jpg?itok=3Pp9L6vy)
Five UC San Diego Professors Elected to National Academy of Sciences
CAICE founding director among new members
![Red Tide Phillip Arndt](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/red-tide-arndt.jpg?itok=qA13dpJY)
Everything You Wanted to Know About Red Tides
Bioluminescent waves spotted along the coastline, from Baja California to Los Angeles
![Tube Worm Glow](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/tube-worm-demeulenaere800x500.jpg?itok=rwjPAk4K)
Tube Worm Slime Displays Long-Lasting, Self-Powered Glow
Marine organism’s bioluminescence could inspire new eco-friendly, long-lasting light sources
![Scripps Oceanography Director Margaret Leinen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/leinen800x500.jpg?itok=EBAmM3Vt)
Four from UC San Diego Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Scripps Oceanography Director Margaret Leinen among the 2020 class
![Karen Gutierrez](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/gutierrez_karen_800x500.jpg?itok=7_AjJZ79)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Karen Gutierrez
Scripps graduate student inspired by geosciences, history, and anthropology to pursue research in paleoclimatology
![Blob 2.0](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/the-blob-800x500_0.jpg?itok=4jgu_k0C)
New Study Looks at How the “Blob” Came Back
Scripps Oceanography and CIRES scientists find that weak winds in the Pacific drove record-breaking 2019 summertime marine heat wave
![Researcher Sarah Giddings in an estuary.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/giddings_coastal.jpg?itok=iuUWYZE9)
El Niño Impacts on Southern California Estuaries Reveal Potential for More Frequent Closures
Winter storms in 2015-2016 emphasized vulnerability of estuaries that have natural, intermittent mouth closures, compared to those which stay open throughout the year
![A biogeochemical Argo float deployed in the Southern Ocean. Photo: Channing Prend](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-05/channingprend-bgcargofloat_800x500.jpg?itok=uwMGCP7V)
Scientific Resilience During a Pandemic
An aborted research cruise makes the most of the return journey home
![A compilation imaage of marine research](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2024-04/covid-19-research.png?itok=1jRBqwMN)
Research in the Time of COVID-19
Despite a deserted campus, some essential Scripps research programs carry on
![Portrait of a smiling woman with short brown hair, a beach is visible in the background](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-11/SarahAarons_headshot_dnm-20200226-NZ6_3043.jpg?itok=RHxIiE9w)
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Deep Sea Anti-Cancer Drug Discovered by Scripps Scientists Enters Final Phase of Clinical Trials
Microbe from the ocean floor is a promising new treatment for glioblastoma, the cancer that killed Sen. John McCain
![Arc-eye hawkfish on a reef in the South Pacific. PC: Brian Zgliczynski](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/hawkfish_800x500.jpg?itok=RurZPSKc)
Diet Diversity: Hawkfish Species Thrive on Remote Reefs Thanks to Food Preferences
Scientists discover that species diversity of hawkfish is explained by differences in what they eat
![Surface waves produced by iceberg calving are visible near the terminus of the Hansbreen glacier in Svalbard, Norway.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/iceberg-calving_800x500.jpg?itok=ex2L9vMI)
Listen Up: Scripps Scientists Use Underwater Microphones to Study Calving Arctic Glacier
Researchers develop new method for measuring glacial retreat by analyzing underwater acoustic recordings of icebergs falling into the ocean
![Photo by Rawpixel](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-06/heatwaves_istock_800x500.jpg?itok=p8J6-NpG)
Coastal Heat Waves Can Tax Public Health - Even Outside of Summer
Study of Southern California hospitalizations shows upticks attributable to heat driven by Santa Ana winds in fall, winter, and spring
![Weiguang (Roger) Wu](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2020-08/rogerwu_header.jpg?itok=MbZFSj2f)
Scripps Student Spotlight: Weiguang (Roger) Wu
Scripps undergraduate student pursues studying ocean science in the name of art
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Esteemed Scripps Climate Scientist Appointed as the Edward A. Frieman Presidential Chair in Climate Sustainability
Veerabhadran Ramanthan selected as inaugural holder of faculty chair that honors legacy of late Scripps director
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New Research is the First to Relate Antarctic Sea Ice Melt to Weather Change in the Tropics
Diminishing sea ice translates to warmer ocean, more rain, and stronger trade winds
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