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Walter Munk by Erik Jepsen

Tributes to Walter Munk

Walter Munk by Erik Jepsen

Obituary Notice: Walter Munk, World-Renowned Oceanographer, Revered Scientist

Legendary Scripps oceanographer defined a field of science, transformed understanding of nature

UC San Diego scientist and newly elected NAE member Kimberly Prather. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego

Scripps Oceanography Scientist Honored by the National Academy of Engineering

Prestigious academy awards membership to atmospheric chemist Kimberly Prather for her contributions to engineering

Hand holding sample tube in front of creek

Photo of the Week: Soggy Science

Hitting the field to measure the impact of atmospheric rivers

Shauna Oh appointed director of California Sea Grant

Portrait of a smiling man who is wearing a pink shirt

A Scientist's Life: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

Marine ecologist and photographer studies ways to use technology to improve fisheries, considers economic value of flourishing ecosystems

Atmospheric river hits California. Photo: Jesse Allen, NASA Earth Observatory/ VIIRS satellite.

New Scale to Characterize Strength and Impacts of Atmospheric River Storms

Similar to scales gauging hurricane, wind, or tornado intensity, could aid flood response and water management, especially in the West

Photo of the Week: Have Floats, Will Travel

Ngederrak Reef, a marine protected area adjacent to the main harbor of Palau. Photo: Travis Schramek

Research Highlight: New Tool to Forecast Fishing Activity in Palau's Waters

Waters West of Europe Drive Ocean Overturning, Key for Regulating Climate

The Thomas Fire races toward Southern California cities of Ojai and Santa Paula, Dec. 7, 2017. Photo: istockphoto/JPhilipson

Climate Change May Suppress Santa Ana Winds, Particularly in Fall

Around the Pier: Bringing Science to Global Climate Talks

Large delegation of students and researchers from Scripps Oceanography and University of California participate in COP24 climate conference in Poland

Scripps graduate student Matthew Costa. Photo: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

Scripps Student Spotlight: Matthew Costa

Biological oceanography graduate student is studying wetlands inhabited by productive and salt-tolerant trees called mangroves

View of internal waves off northern coast of Trinidad seen from International Space Station. Photo: NASA

Research Highlight: New Research Sheds Light on Hidden Ocean Waves Close to Shore

Photo of Jack Pan, Scripps PhD Candidate and founder of Ocean Motion Technologies

Triton Innovation Challenge: Scripps Entrepreneurs Venture Beyond Barriers

Red, yellow, and bluish coral and animals in the deep ocean.

Photo of the Week: 925 Meters Down

Zooglider (top) with a selection of zooplankton imagery the robot has captured. Top photo: Benjamin Whitmore

New Robot Can Sense Plankton Optically and Acoustically

A surfer on the beach at sunset

Photo of the Week: Scripps Sunset

A dazzling winter sky accompanies a lone surfer

At a depth of 58 meters (190 feet), Paul Dayton with a camera flash unit in McMurdo Sound, 1968

How Marine Life Responds to Upheaval

Recent episode in Antarctica set off a chain of ecological events and offered a study in resilience

Photo of the Week: Sally Ride Sunrise

The amount of data readings, or profiles, made by Argo is nearly four times the number made before Argo's start 20 years ago

Argo Program Achieves Milestone with Two Million Ocean Measurements

Research Highlight: Monitoring Ocean Health Using Fish Sounds

Winters Becoming Shorter in Mountainous Western U.S.

Scripps graduate student Margaret Lindeman. Photo: Alex Hager

Scripps Student Spotlight: Margaret Lindeman

Oceanography graduate student is studying ice-ocean interactions in Greenland’s fjords

SCMA co-director Tom Levy surveys the wreckage of a 4th Century BC shipwreck off Cyprus at more than 43 meters (140 feet) deep.

Research Highlight: New Scripps Center for Marine Archaeology Seeks Answers to the End of Civilizations

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