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Head section of the lancelet, showing its natural fluorescence when exposed to blue light. Image: Dimitri Deheyn

Research Highlight: Nature's Green Fluorescent Glow

Photo: istockphoto.com/blackred

Researchers Create Means to Monitor Anthropogenic Global Warming in Real Time

Gavin Newsom at Birch Aquarium

Photo of the Week

Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Research Highlight: Analysis of Satellite Data Confirms Simulated Cloud Trends

Researchers Develop Novel Microscope to Study the Underwater World

Seafloor imagining system captures a microscopic view of a coral’s life

Image: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Clouds Are Moving Higher, Subtropical Dry Zones Expanding, According to Satellite Analysis

Video: "Climate Change: Strong Science, Forceful Actions, Positive Outcomes"

Scripps Oceanography formally took control of R/V Sally Ride, the newest ship in the American research fleet, on July 1

Photo of the Week

Photo of the Week: Situation Normal

Two women and two men visit a research lab

Cutting-Edge Scripps Research Facility Dedicated to Dickinson Foundation

Donors funded purchase of new instrument to be used for research in marine drug discovery

Governor Approves Funding for New Research Program Aimed at Saving State Water

san andreas fault

New Analysis Reveals Large-Scale Motion Around San Andreas Fault System

California Maritime Academy cadet Morgan Murry during small boat operations from R/V Roger Revelle. Photo: Matthew Alford

From the Field: Training Oceanographic Mariners of Tomorrow aboard R/V Roger Revelle

Research Highlight: Study Highlights Hidden Values of Open Ocean

New Study Highlights Hidden Values of Open Ocean

Torrey Pines State Beach experienced some of the most extensive erosion in San Diego County during El Niño

Beach Replenishment Helps Protect Against Storm Erosion during El Niño

BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge honorees

Photo of the Week: Ramanathan and the Frontiers of Knowledge

Study Finds Manta Rays Are Local Commuters; Not Long-Distance Travelers

Photo of the Week: Bermuda Blue

Scripps Oceanography graduate student and Frieman Prize winner Nastassia Patin

Around the Pier: Scripps Student's Work Distinguishing Bacterial Species Honored

Scripps Oceanography researchers identified three main periods of distinct marine life composition in the oceans

Research Highlight: Ocean Ecosystem Structure Stable for Tens of Millions of Years, with Occasional Rapid Changes

A research vessel near the coast

Around the Pier: A Noble Experiment

Scripps research vessel Robert Gordon Sproul runs on renewable biofuel for one year

Wreckage of a U.S. Navy TBM-1C Avenger located by Project RECOVER off Palau. Photo: Eric Terrill, Mark Moline

Around the Pier: Downed World War II Aircraft Missing for 72 Years Located in Pacific Islands by Project RECOVER

Two men looking across ashy terrain at smoldering volcano.

Photo of the Week: Smoldering Chaitén

Photo of the Week: Dogs of the Antarctic Sun

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