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Highest-Ever Seawater Temperature Recorded at Scripps Pier

Portrait of a man with U.S Air Force planes behind him

A Scientist's Life: Marty Ralph

Meteorologist pioneered study of atmospheric rivers impacting the western U.S.

March 2017 event in Manzanita Canyon drew nearly 1,000 4th graders to restore habitat. Photo: Ocean Discovery Institute

Around the Pier: San Diego Canyon Restoration Helps a Community Prepare for Climate Risks

School of sardines

Research Highlight: Modeling Technique Could Aid Estimates of Fish Populations

Around the Pier: Scripps Scientists Bring the Science to Science Fiction at Comic-Con

Photo of the Week: Bound for the Bottom

Alyssa Griffin

Scripps Student Spotlight: Alyssa Griffin

Graduate student studies the impact of changing ocean chemistry on coral reefs

Three scientists in front of comic panels.

Scripps Scientists Bringing the Science to Science Fiction at Comic-Con

Photo of the Week: Ladder to the Sea

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Research Highlight: Evidence of Ancient Abrupt Climate Change Found in Arctic

Scripps grad student Chris Leber

Scripps Student Spotlight: Christopher Leber

Graduate student researches marine chemical ecology and marine natural products

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Evidence of Ancient Abrupt Climate Change Found in Arctic

Photo of the Week: A Certain Sensor

Rachel Labbe-Bellas of The Green Stop competing in UC San Diego's Entrepreneur Challenge on May 24, 2018. Photo: Erik Jepsen

Scripps Entrepreneurs: Q&A with Scientists for Sustainable Technology

Photo of the Week: Gearing Up

Scripps PhD student Garfield Kwan

Ocean Science Gets Its Own Comic Book

Photo of the Week: Drift Compatible

A juvenile manta swims at Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary. Photo: G.P. Schmahl / FGBNMS

Research Highlight: Scripps Graduate Student Discovers World's First Known Manta Ray Nursery

A research team led by PhD candidate Joshua Stewart identifies a manta ray nursery in the Gulf of Mexico

juvenile manta ray and diver

Scripps Graduate Student Discovers World's First Known Manta Ray Nursery

A research team led by PhD candidate Joshua Stewart identifies a manta ray nursery in the Gulf of Mexico

Scripps climate and atmospheric scientist Veerabhadran Ramanathan. Photo: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego

Ramanathan Shares $1.33 Million Sustainable Development Prize with Fellow Climate Science Pioneer

Renowned Scripps climate researcher and former NASA scientist James Hansen honored for their work

R/V Roger Revelle seen from the deck of R/V Sally Ride prior to the start of EXPORTS. Photo: Norm Nelson/UC Santa Barbara

NASA, NSF Plunge Into Ocean 'Twilight Zone' Aboard Two Scripps Vessels to Explore Ecosystem Carbon Flow

Scripps Alumna Highlight: Q&A with Jesse C. Traller

With a passion for science and degrees from Scripps Oceanography and UC San Diego, alumna Jesse C. Traller ’08, MS ’16, PhD ’17 is tackling the challenge of improving the world using algae as the fuel for change

A giant clam, Tridacna crocea, burrows into the solid carbonate rock made by tropical reef corals.

Photo of the Week: Caustic Relationship

Researchers discover how giant clams burrow into coral

The Antarctic Peninsula. Photo Sinéad Farrell/Univ. of Maryland

Satellites Track Vanishing Antarctic Ice

Special issue of journal Nature on Antarctica suggests long-term decline of sea ice, posits new scenarios for continent’s future

Photo of the Week: Distinctly Colorful

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