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Around the Pier: SURF Program Fosters Network of Support for Students to Continue to Graduate School

Q&A with several 2019 SURF participants, including two alumni mentors who are currently pursuing PhDs at Scripps Oceanography

Scripps Student Spotlight: Jessica Sportelli

Marine biology master’s student is studying whale acoustics to identify why killer whales are migrating to new places

Photo of the Week: Getting to the Bottom of Things

Research Highlight: Internal Tsunamis Can Alter Bodies of Water Profoundly

Scripps Oceanography Researchers Adopting Global Approach to Studying Microplastics and Microfibers

Research Highlight: Scientists Bring the Ocean into the Lab to Study Human Impacts on the Ocean and Climate

Interdisciplinary SeaSCAPE project utilizes large wave tank to look at how human pollution is affecting the ability of ocean biology to control clouds and climate

Climate Change Likely to Increase Human Exposure to Toxic Mercury

Scripps Institution of Oceanography Welcomes New Assistant Vice Chancellor for Finance and Operations

Three Scripps Oceanography Panels in the Running for SXSW 2020

Photo of the Week: Miracle on Ice

Research Highlight: Study Bolsters Case that Climate Change is Driving California Wildfires

Scripps Student Spotlight: Drake Singleton

Geophysics graduate student conducts research to understand earthquakes and active faults in Southern California

Photo of the Week: Ridgecrest Rupture

Ross Sea Floats Show Why Antarctica's Largest Ice Shelf Melts Rapidly in Summer

Warming of adjacent ocean surface waters main cause of melt in austral summer

Research Highlight: Loss of Arctic's Reflective Sea Ice Will Advance Global Warming by 25 Years

Fast mitigation may still avoid complete loss of sea ice

Photo of the Week: Surveying into the Sunset

A Toxic Chemical in Marine Ecosystems Turns Out to Play a Beneficial Role

Study Bolsters Case that Climate Change Is Driving Many California Wildfires

Connection seen to fivefold jump in area burned

Photo of the Week: Shark Tagging

A Scientist's Life: Art Miller

Climate scientist Art Miller works to understand linkages between oceans and the atmosphere – and to inspire the next generation of scientists

Atmospheric Rivers to Become Even More Dominant Source of California Water Resources and Flooding

Research projects that, as other storms decline, atmospheric rivers will strengthen, bringing greater proportion of annual precipitation

Photo of the Week: Weight Training

Scripps Student Spotlight: Daria Sheik

Marine Biodiversity and Conservation graduate student is working to develop an app to connect conservation organizations and researchers with people across the world

Scientists Identify New Species of Damselfish

New study co-authored by Scripps Oceanography identifies Corazon’s Damsel, a previously unknown species of damselfish found off Madagascar

A Climate Change Warning from Microbiologists