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A rocket launch at night

Around the Pier: NASA Launches World's Most Advanced Ice-Measuring Satellite into Orbit

Glaciologist Helen Fricker and other Scripps scientists played a role in advising the ICESat-2 mission

Researchers cast a CTD rosette off the coast of Greenland as part of OSNAP field project. Photo: Isabela Le Bras

Photo of the Week: In the Land of Ice

A man in a light blue sweater poses for a portrait in an outdoor setting near the beach

A Scientist's Life: Jeff Bowman

Biological oceanographer studies how microbes, plankton interact with their habitats

Photo of the Week: Mallorca Moorings

Scripps Oceanography student Jack Pan.

Scripps Student Spotlight: Jack Pan

Oceanography graduate student is studying how phytoplankton play a role in Antarctic fjords

Microscopic view of domoic acid producing Pseudo-nitzschia diatom

Domoic Acid Decoded: Scientists Discover Genetic Basis for How Harmful Algal Blooms Become Toxic

Sequencing genes of microscopic algae helps determine how toxins are produced

An image of a modern building and university campus near the ocean.

Long-running Seismic Network Awarded $16.7 Million Extension

Research Highlight: U.S. Among Top Nations to Suffer Economic Damage from Climate Change

New Research Forecasts U.S. Among Top Nations to Suffer Economic Damage from Climate Change

Scripps Institution of Oceanography to Host Plastic Awareness Global Initiative Symposium

Argo floats deployed from R/V Palmer during NSF-funded SOCCOM cruise to Southern Ocean. Photo: Greta Shum

Human Causes Only Plausible Source of Warming in Southern Ocean

Synthesis of observational data and models shows trend not due to natural variability

Photo of the Week: Shoreside in Seattle

Photo of the Week: Particular Process

Research Highlight: NSF Awards $20 Million for Continued Study of Aerosols at UC San Diego

Photo of the Week: Arctic Aloha

Atmospheric Aerosol Research Center Receives Continued NSF Funding to Investigate Human Impacts on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Climate

Joris Gieskes and David Sandwell

Scripps Scientists Recognized by American Geophysical Union

Helen Amanda Fricker and Lynn Russell named AGU Fellows; Richard Somerville to receive AGU Ambassador Award

Scripps graduate student Dara Goldberg.

Scripps Student Spotlight: Dara Goldberg

Geophysics graduate student is studying earthquakes to support early warning efforts

Portrait of a male scientist in a lab; he's wearing a white lab coat and blue gloves

A Scientist's Life: Martín Tresguerres

Marine biologist discovers what organisms have in common and what makes them distinct at cellular level

Research Highlight: Study Finds Waves Trap Pollutants from River Outflows Along Shore

Photo of the Week: Surfacing Selfie

A mans hold a skull

Geneticist Svante Pääbo to Receive 2018 Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest

Evolutionary anthropologist to deliver a free public lecture at Scripps Oceanography on Oct. 3

Downtown Los Angeles. Photo: istock.com/MattGush

California Releases New Climate Science, Planning Tools to Prepare for Climate Change Impacts

A scientific diver ascends a reef wall in Palau.

Scientists Find Corals in Deeper Waters Under Stress Too

Scripps researchers use novel approach to assess temperature stress on deep coral reefs in Palau, combining sea level and temperature data sets from continuous recorders serviced by divers

Landsat image of Cyanobacteria in Lake Okeechobee, July 4, 2018. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory

Voyager: How is climate change affecting harmful algal blooms?

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