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The Dalai Lama accepts a gift from Scripps Oceanography scientists Walter Munk and V. Ramanathan on his 80th birthday

Photo of the Week

A student gives a presentation.

MAS Students Shine at Year-End Symposium

Scripps' V. Ramanathan (left) distributes clean cookstoves in India

Mitigation of Soot, Refrigerants, Other Short-Lived Pollutants Provides Political Opportunity

Scripps Researchers Develop Breakthrough Technology to Characterize Nanoparticles

New start-up company will capitalize on technology to see what can’t be seen using a traditional microscope

Marcia McNutt at Scripps Day 2010

Around the Pier: Scripps/UC San Diego Alumna Nominated to Lead National Academy of Sciences

A woman leans against a campus entrance sign for Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Scripps/UC San Diego Alumna Nominated to Lead National Academy of Sciences

Marcia McNutt offers a wealth of research and leadership experience to distinguished advisory organization

Photo credit: NASA

Research Highlight: Sea Currents and Wind Patterns in the Pacific Ocean Linked to Climate Change

Three men at an award ceremony

Around the Pier: Scripps Graduate Student Honored for Research Excellence

Hao Ye selected as 20th recipient of the annual Frieman Prize, a Scripps-given honor

Paleobiologist Richard Norris with a sediment core from the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K/Pg) boundary

Research Highlight: 'Age of Fishes' Began When Dinosaurs Went Away

Elegant terns cast a maze of shadows at South Bay Salt Works in Chula Vista, Calif. Photo: Octavio Aburto

Photo of the Week

An assortment of Early Cenozoic ichthyoliths. Photo: Elizabeth Sibert with Yale University

Exit Dinosaurs, Enter Fishes

A fin whale surfacing

A Tale of Two Whales: Seven-Year Study Indicates Steady and Upward Trends for Blue and Fin Whales in Southern California

Scripps-led study used acoustic data to provide the first detailed view of calling blue and fin whale distribution in the waters off Southern California

Red Crabs Invade San Diego Shores

Tuna crabs wash ashore by the thousands

Symposium Highlights Undergraduate Research at Scripps

Upward melt graphic

Novel Experiments Give Glimpses of Earth's Interior Dynamics

scripps aerial

Research Highlight: New Study Could Pave Way for an Ocean Acidification Early Warning System for Coral Reefs

A wooden building and an older gentleman.

$10,000 Donation Funds Oceanic Exploration

People sit in front of a docked research vessel

Around the Pier: Voices from the Sea

Alaskan high school students conduct cutting-edge bioacoustics research through partnership with Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego

Lobsters collected on a counting table in Barbuda.

From the Field: Bringing a Blue Halo to Barbuda

Research Highlight: New Study Shows Influence of Fresh Water on Climate During Last Ice Age

Scripps Coastal Meander Trail ribbon cutting

Scripps/UC San Diego Dedicate New Coastal Meander Trail

Peak intensity trend in typhoons. Image courtesy of Science Advances

Research Highlight: Typhoons Could Intensify by as Much as 14 Percent by 2100 under a Moderate Climate Change Scenario

Reef sensor network

New Study Could Pave Way for an Ocean Acidification Early Warning System for Coral Reefs

American Chemical Society to Honor Keeling Curve in June 12 Ceremony

Study Reveals Ocean Acidification's Effects on Shrimp Biology

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