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Breakfast With the Curators

TriNet Challenge

TriNet Challenge 2015

Coral's Delayed Reaction to Devastating Effects of an Oil Spill

From left, Russ Davis, Sarah Gille, Robert Pinkel, and Richard Somerville

Scripps Scientists Take Top Honors from American Geophysical Union

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

Wave Vibrations Shaking Antarctic Ice Shelves

Map of pink dye release

International Project Tracks Beach Pollution Dynamics

Group photo of college students standing in front of a wood-paneled building.

SURF Program 2015: Student Profiles

The 2015 SURF fellows dedicated ten weeks in the summer to earth and ocean science research

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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