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Red Tide Brings Bioluminescence to San Diego Beaches

Bradley Moore Natural Product Chemistry Award

Marine Chemical Biologist Honored by Royal Society of Chemistry

Photo of the Week: Crushed Ice

Collecting glacial ice to study fjord ecosystems in the Southern Ocean

A robot inspired by eels in a Birch Aquarium at Scripps tank. It is meant to be as non-invasive to natural habitats as possible.

Research Highlight: Transparent Eel-like Soft Robot Can Swim Silently Underwater

Research Highlight: See You in Three Years

Photo of the Week: Beach Teach

A woman on a small boat holds a marine animal

Scripps Student Spotlight: Leticia Cavole

Marine biology graduate student is studying the effects of climate change on fish growth

Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Scripps Alumnus Highlight: Q&A with Rear Admiral Brian Brown

Rear Admiral Brian Brown, MS ‘87, recently appointed to serve as commander of Naval Information Forces

Kate Furby

Scripps Alumna Selected as AAAS Mass Media Science and Engineering Fellow

Scripps CO2 Group Director Ralph Keeling in the lab

Video: How Scientists Measure Carbon Dioxide in the Air

Photo of the Week: Twice as Nice

Undergraduate students at Scripps Oceanography aboard a cruise on R/V Robert Gordon Sproul.

Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Among New Majors Offered at UC San Diego

Collaborative Scientific Research Is Needed to Inform the Future of Seabed Mining

Photo of the Week: Gateway to Science

Beach surveys via ATV. Photo: Daron Case

Just Add Sand

Brice Semmens (right) participates in a Google Hangout at a grouper spawning aggregation site.

Research Highlight: Grouper Moon Project Uses Scripps Science to Revive a Caribbean Fish

The Nassau Grouper is in the midst of a comeback thanks to conservation and technology

The marine worm Trilobodrilus ellenscrippsae is named for Scripps' founding benefactor

Around the Pier: Species Named for Scripps Founding Benefactor

Around the Pier: Scripps Oceanography Leads Coral Tech Panel at SXSW

Interactive SXSW panel highlighted innovative technology used to study coral reefs

Photo of the Week: Nearby Nudibranch

Scripps alumnae Tegan Blaine, Cody Hooven, Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, and Jill Weinberger

Around the Pier: Q&A with Four Scripps Alumnae in STEM Careers

Photo of the Week: Knee-deep in the Data

Rendering for the proposed reconstruction and modernization of the Charles and Beano Scripps Center for Coastal Studies

Scripps Family Contributes $4.6 Million Towards Two Crucial Scripps Oceanography Projects

Compilation image of four women

Women's History Month: Four Scripps Alumnae in STEM Careers

Q&A with four alumnae who are continuing the mission of Scripps Oceanography in their professional endeavors

William Easterling

Q&A with William Easterling, Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation

Easterling, head of the Directorate for Geosciences, discussed his vision for NSF and funding priorities during a recent visit to Scripps Oceanography

Photo of the Week: Science on Sleds

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