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New study shows ability of plankton like these diatoms to acquire iron is sensitive to ocean acidification

Research Highlight: Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification

New study shows ability of plankton like these diatoms to acquire iron is sensitive to ocean acidification

Key Biological Mechanism is Disrupted by Ocean Acidification

Inability of phytoplankton to acquire iron imperils marine ecosystems

A woman in a red jacket conducts research in Antarctica

A Scientist's Life: Jane Willenbring

Geologist Jane Willenbring studies "the science of scenery," how the landscape changes over time

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

Research Highlight: Acid Ocean Poses Increased Reef Loss Risk

An amphipod collected by DOV Audacia from more than 8,000 meters (26,200 feet) deep off Chile

Photo of the Week: Deep Dive Find

Scripps Joins Mission to Understand a Major Southern Ocean Climate Influence

The world’s most pristine clouds happen to be in the place with the world’s roughest weather

Antenna installation on a microwave tower to connect a nearby fire station to HPWREN. Courtesy of HPWREN/SDSC

CENIC Recognizes Technology Projects to Combat California Wildfires

Scripps oceanographer Dean Roemmich at 2007 ceremony commemorating deployment of 3,000th Argo float

National Academy of Engineering Adds Scripps Oceanographer to Its Ranks

Scripps-Led Research Team to Study Sediment Plumes at Sea

Meinrat Andreae

Pioneering Scripps Earth Scientist Awarded by the European Geosciences Union

Meinrat Andreae to receive Alfred Wegener Medal & Honorary Membership for groundbreaking research in geosciences

Students learn about circuits in a classroom.

Sally Ride Science Junior Academy Offers Summer STEAM Adventures

Film screening

Salty Cinema Series Brings Global Discussion on Plastics to the Big Screen

A blue whale surfaces off the coast of Southern California.

Recordings Spout Secrets Behind Blue Whale Behavior

Scripps biological oceanographer Lisa Levin

Scripps Biological Oceanographer Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

Magnetic loops gyrate above the sun, March 23-24, 2017. Photo: NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory

Reduced Energy from the Sun Might Occur by Mid-century; Now Scientists Know by How Much

Magnetic loops gyrate above the sun, March 23-24, 2017. Photo: NASA/GSFC/Solar Dynamics Observatory

Research Highlight: Reduced Energy from the Sun Might Occur by Mid-Century. Now Scientists Know by How Much.

Photo of the Week: Super Blue Blood Moon

Around the Pier: Top Ocean Research Organizations Develop Unified Voice at Scripps Meeting

Attendees of POGO-19

Top Ocean Research Organizations Develop Unified Voice at Scripps Meeting

Research Highlight: Tasty and Pink, Sea Urchin Species May Be a Climate-Tolerant Food Source

Tasty and Pink, Sea Urchin Species May Be a Climate-Tolerant Food Source

Marlene Zuk at TEDWomen 2015 presentation

Scripps Lecture: What Evolution Really Tells Us About Sex, Diet and How We Live

CW3E Director Marty Ralph with WC-130J aircraft at San Diego's Brown Field. Photo: Erik Jepsen

Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Air Force, NOAA Poised to Probe Atmospheric Rivers

Weather reconnaissance flights to be made during peak of storm season

Photo of the Week: Plankton Ahoy

Student helps citizen scientists gather data in Antarctic fjords

Low oxygen caused the death of corals and crabs in Bocas del Toro, Panama. Photo: Arcadio Castillo/Smithsonian

Research Highlight: International Team of Researchers Concludes Ocean is Losing Its Breath

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