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Rear Adm. Tim Gallaudet, USN (Ret.) (left) sworn in as Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Oct. 25, 2017.

Scripps Alum Tim Gallaudet Named Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

Photo of the Week: A 100 for Walter Munk

City of San Diego Named La Jolla Shores Boardwalk After Legendary Oceanographer Walter Munk

A Napoleon wrasse underwater in Palau.

Scripps Supporters Dive into Adventure in Palau

Immersive diving and learning experience guided by Scripps scientists

A portrait of astronaut Charles Bolden and an image of a shuttle departing Earth

Q&A with Charles Bolden, Former NASA Administrator and Astronaut

Bolden to receive Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest and deliver a presentation at a free public event at Scripps Oceanography October 17

Photo of the Week: Wet Winter

Animation shows how El Niño spurred large surface melt in Antarctica

Around the Pier: A Crowning Event to Celebrate Scripps Oceanographer's 100th Birthday

Group photo of students gathered on a lawn near the ocean.

Around the Pier: SURFing into Science Research

SURF program at Scripps provides stepping-stone for diverse students considering graduate programs in earth and ocean sciences

A significantly drier El Niño visited Southern California in 2015-16

Research Highlight: Why Was the 2015-16 El Niño Event So Dry?

Alloy crystals take varied shapes under pressure analagous to planet core. Image: Scripps, Sabine Faulhaber/UCSD Nanoengineering

Research Highlight: Squeezing Out the Story of Planets

Photo of the Week: Antarctic Melt

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco, Walter Munk and Mary Coakley Munk

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco to Join 100th Birthday Celebration for Renowned Scripps Oceanographer at UC San Diego

Photo: MistikaS/iStock

Research Highlight: Rising CO2 Leading to Changes in Land Plant Photosynthesis

Suggests that plants have achieved an optimum response to rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere

Photo of the Week: Initial Conditions

Estimated surface temperature trend 1967-2017. Data accessed from NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Sept. 18, 2017

Research Highlight: New Climate Risk Classification Created to Account for Potential "Existential" Threats

RV Sally Ride off Point Sal

Photo of the Week: Point of Discovery

New Climate Risk Classification Created to Account for Potential "Existential" Threats

View of an atmospheric river that made landfall in California on Feb. 16, 2017

California's Climate Future Suggests More Volatility and a Key Role for Atmospheric Rivers

Management of water resources could become more challenging

Photo: MistikaS/iStock

Rising CO2 Leading to Changes in Land Plant Photosynthesis

Suggests that plants have achieved an optimum response to rising CO2 levels in the atmosphere

A man with curly ligth brown hair stands in front of a white board in a classroom

A Scientist's Life: Andrew Barton

Marine ecologist considers diversity of plankton and their roles in ecosystems

Photo of the Week: I See Sea Spiders

Mark Merrifield

Around the Pier: Sea-Level Rise Researcher to Lead Climate Center

Bone scan of Yellowfin Fringehead (Neoclinus stephensae)

Around the Pier: Scripps Collection to Participate in Project to Create 3-D Digital Archive of Every Vertebrate Genus

Photo of the Week: Reverberations

scripps aerial

Protect Herbivores, Preserve Coral Reefs

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