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The Antarctic Peninsula. Photo Sinéad Farrell/Univ. of Maryland

From the Field: Oceanographers Find Clues behind Arctic's Fourth-Lowest Sea-Ice Minimum

Arctic Ocean melt ponds. Photo: Karen Frey/Clark University

Oceanographers Find Clues behind Arctic's Fourth-Lowest Sea-Ice Minimum

A clump of tubeworms and a juvenile crab were found in the Del Mar Seep.

Video: Inside the Del Mar Seep

Bow of US Coast Guard Cutter Healy at the North Pole. Photo: Cory Mendenhall, US Coast Guard.

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Students walking on Scripps Pier

Triton Summer STEM Academy Prepares High School Students for Success at UC San Diego

Summer recruitment and outreach program gives underrepresented seniors a glimpse of college life at UC San Diego and Scripps Oceanography

Del Mar Seep tubeworms and crab.

Scripps Video News Release: Researchers Release Details of Recently Discovered 'Del Mar Seep'

A historic first: Three Pacific Ocean hurricanes at once, Aug. 30, 2015. Photo: NASA Earth Observatory

For Accurate Regional Climate Forecasts, Atmospheric Circulation is Key

Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg at an announcement of their $5 million gift to UC San Diego, Aug. 24, 2015

Scripps Oceanography Supporters Give $5 Million to Create Climate Center

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From the Field: What is Making Arctic Ice Melt Faster than Expected?

Students conduct a science experiment near the ocean.

Around the Pier: Up, Up, and Away-to College

DNA Sequencing Used to Identify Thousands of Fish Eggs

Scripps Oceanography Supporters Give $5 Million to Create Climate Center

Leafy Sand Dragon

Voyager: How Long Can a Seadragon Live and are Seadragons Seahorses?

International GPS Project Provides Details of Nepal Earthquake

Two young students built robots using legos.

Around the Pier: Scripps-led Robotics and Video Game Programming Courses Inspire Local Youth

Research Highlight: Agriculture and Fishing Cause Coral Reef Decline

From left, ocean scientists Walter Munk, Chip Cox, Michael Gregg, Jennifer Mackinnon and Caitlin Whalen

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New Scripps commercial describes institution's mission of understanding and protecting planet

Video: New Scripps Public Service Announcement Describes Institution's Mission

Photo of mackerel

Climate Change Causes Timing Shifts in Fish Reproduction

Flatworms Flout Global Biodiversity Patterns

Department of Defense Awards Funds to Eight Scripps Researchers to Develop Instrumentation

The science team's field site at Ross Island.

Scientists Provide a New View of the Microbial Drama at Play in Southern Ocean Phytoplankton Blooms

Images showing the back-projected power and path of the Nepal earthquake.

Scripps Researchers Map Out Trajectory of April 2015 Earthquake in Nepal

Team DuraFET Awarded $250,000 in Wendy Schmidt Ocean Health XPRIZE

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