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Research Highlight: Local Survey Shows More Than Half of All California Fish Species Can Be Found in La Jolla

Around the Pier: A 'Bittersweet' Send-off for Scripps Research Vessel

Sockeye Salmon

New Technique Improves Forecasts for Canada's Prized Salmon Fishery

Around the Pier: Pioneering Scripps Oceanography Geochemist to Receive Top Field Honor

Pioneering Scripps Oceanography Geochemist to Receive Top Field Honor

Photo of the Week

Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe Research Provides New Insights on Global Change

Ship silhouetted against a golden sunset.

Scripps Oceanography Open House for Retiring Research Ship Melville

Video: When Science and Sea Shanties Meet

New Species, the 'Ruby Seadragon,' Discovered by Scripps Researchers

A stand-up paddleboarder near a pier at sunset.

Around the Pier: Standing Up for Science

Scripps grad student Phil Bresnahan combines love for outdoor recreation and science through outreach program

Video: T-TIDE Internal Wave Study is Shakin' a Leg

Research Highlight: The Most Studied Atmospheric River in History

A “make-or-break” weather phenomenon brings Scripps Oceanography scientists together with several agencies for campaign of unprecedented scope

A North Pacific Right Whale in the Bering Sea

Research Highlight: The Sound of Hope

Rare whale species heard off continental U.S. for the first time in more than 20 years

Photo of the Week

Workers conduct a light test on the solar arrays on DSCOVR. Photo: NASA/Ben Smegelsky

Satellite with Scripps-Designed Earth-Observing Science Payload Set for Launch

Trend in ocean heat content at depths between 0-2,000 meters. Image: Nature Climate Change

Distinct Rise in Global Ocean Temperatures Detected

Andew Benson

Obituary Notice: Andrew Benson: World-Renowned Scripps Plant Biochemist

Scripps Scientists to be Honored with Prestigious International Biology Award

An atmospheric river reaches the San Francisco Bay Area, Dec. 11, 2014. Image: University of Wisconsin

Atmospheric Rivers, Cloud-Creating Aerosol Particles, and California Reservoirs

Aircraft, research vessel, and ground stations will gather data to improve what is known about factors affecting precipitation as California’s drought continues

In Memoriam: Richard Vance Mead (1918-2014)

Planetary boundaries schematic

Earth Has Crossed Several 'Planetary Boundaries,' Thresholds of Human-Induced Environmental Changes

Avoid the Unmanageable, Manage the Unavoidable

Eight Interdisciplinary Lectures on Climate Change

Sierra Joy Stevens-McGeever is featured in a video made by Scripps Oceanography delegates at COP20

From the Field: Scripps Students at COP20

Video: The Tasmanian Tidal Dissipation Experiment

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