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![Geisel Library at UC San Diego, with orange flowers in the foreground.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/geisel-library-forbes-2018.png?itok=l4UpmNq7)
UC San Diego Receives $15M Cryptocurrency Donation, Largest for Research on Airborne Pathogens
Vitalik Buterin directs gift to research on aerosols, establishing the UC San Diego Meta-Institute for Airborne Disease in a Changing Climate
![MOD engineers and scientists working on deploying a drifting Wirewalker buoy in collaboration with researchers from WHOI. Photo by San Nguyen](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/800-norse_1.jpg?itok=mAlLnFCT)
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Scripps Oceanography Leads Sessions on Climate Change, Space, and Blue Tech at SXSW 2023
Expanded climate change programming at Conference focuses on impacts and solutions
![Elephant in Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana, Africa](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/p1010094.jpg?itok=CEShDUVR)
After Devastating Wildlife Loss, Scripps Chemical Oceanographer Searches for Connection Between Water Resources and Wildlife
A photo essay from Botswana, Africa
![Polluted waters off Imperial Beach. Photo: WILDCOAST](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/wildcoast_tj_slough800.jpg?itok=-DnJqUBp)
Coastal Water Pollution Transfers to the Air in Sea Spray Aerosol and Reaches People on Land
Scientists find bacteria, chemical compounds from coastal water pollution in sea spray aerosol along Imperial Beach
![CDIP buoy near the Port of Los Angeles](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-03/800-cdip-buoy.jpg?itok=QNAFcCEM)
An Explanation for Complex Tide and Wave Interplay
Marine traffic, coastal planning to benefit from improved forecasts in wave variation
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Noel Gutierrez-Brizuela
Physical oceanography student researches extreme tropical weather and how swings in weather leave a persistent mark on the ocean
![Mechanically generated wave bears down on research sensors at Kelly Slater Surf Ranch in Lemoore, Calif.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/hero-feddersen-surfranch_0.jpg?itok=bNbbr306)
Scientists and Surf Organizations Confirm What Surfers Already Know
Study at Kelly Slater Wave Company Surf Ranch demonstrates that wind effects on breaking waves can significantly influence nearshore processes
![Jeramy Dedrick](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/img_7052.jpg?itok=3zMv2mc_)
UC San Diego Graduate Students Honored for Their Commitment to Equity and Diversity
Scripps Oceanography climate sciences student Jeramy Dedrick inducted to this year’s Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
![StartBlue Accelerator Booth at OiA Conference 2023](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/img_3466.jpg?itok=RoZ-CLSw)
Blue Technology Gets a Major Showcase at Oceanology International Americas Conference
Scripps Oceanography scientists and leaders to feature ocean technology and startBlue accelerator throughout conference and exhibit
![This ARM Mobile Facility—a series of containers outfitted with sophisticated atmospheric and meteorological sampling equipment—will operate from February 2023 to February 2024 in La Jolla, California, as part of the Eastern Pacific Cloud Aerosol Precipitation Experiment (EPCAPE). The EPCAPE campaign will explore aerosol indirect effects on stratocumulus clouds to help improve their representation in earth system models. Researchers will also investigate how pollution from the nearby Los Angeles metropolitan](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/epcapevansonpier.jpg?itok=07aZ_HoS)
Scripps Pier, UC San Diego Mount Soledad Facility to Host Coastal Marine Cloud Study
Year-long field campaign launches Feb. 15 to study the marine clouds that shade and cool the earth
![Solitary zooid of Salpa thompsoni releases a chain of buds (blastozooids). Photo: Mike Stukel, Florida State University](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/800-sthompsoni-chain1.jpg?itok=Oh2_80sc)
SalpPOOP Study Highlights Biogeochemical Importance of Zooplankton Fecal Pellets
Blooms of marine organisms transfer loads of atmospheric carbon into the deep ocean
![Austin Barnes measuring sand levels on Fort Hase Beach at the Kāne‘ohe Marine Corps Base. We will compare this data to previous surveys to determine seasonal and long-term erosion patterns and their impacts on flood vulnerability.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/800-barnes-img_9617.jpg?itok=9KM11kNb)
Improving Flood Forecasts on Reefy Shorelines
Scripps Coastal Processes Group extends reach across Pacific
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Tricia Light
PhD student researches how ocean life affects global climate
![A visualization from space of the “Godzilla” dust storm on June 18, 2020, when desert dust traveled from the Sahara to North America. A UCLA-led study finds that an increase in microscopic dust in the atmosphere has concealed the full extent of greenhouse gases’ potential for warming the planet. Image: NASA Scientific Visualization Studio](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/800-godzilla-dust-storm-june-2020-courtesty-nasas-scientific-visualization-studio.jpg?itok=jPG7nHKR)
Increased Atmospheric Dust has Masked Power of Greenhouse Gases to Warm Planet
Study finds increasing levels of dust likely had cooling effect that slowed global warming, which could speed up if dust stops increasing
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Pink Dye Experiment to Reveal Mysteries of Coastal Ocean Dynamics
Scripps Oceanography-led PiNC experiment uses non-toxic pink dye and a suite of instruments to study the coastal zone where a river meets the ocean
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New Species of Deep-Sea Fish Discovered off Costa Rica
Scripps Oceanography researchers describe Pyrolycus jaco, a newly identified species of eelpout living in a hydrothermal seep in the deep ocean
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Margaret Leinen Awarded Scientist of the Year by ARCS San Diego
Distinguished Scripps Oceanography leader selected by the ARCS Foundation as 2023 Scientist of the Year
![Standing in front of his tent, Austin Carter endures a windstorm in the Allan Hills in 2019.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/austin-carter-800.jpg?itok=0TK-3T__)
Probing Antarctica by Land, Sea, Air, and from Earth Orbit
Scripps Oceanography research agenda ranges from microscopic organisms to ancient ice and studying ice sheet mass loss
![Map highlighting countries surveyed by researchers studying links between climate change and childhood illness](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-02/800-map_dhs_surveys.jpg?itok=NrgPz6Xc)
Climate Change Exacerbating Gastrointestinal Problems in Children
Extreme weather events associated with diarrhea-related illness, death
![California aqueduct next to almond farms](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2023-01/istock-californiaaqueduct_873857734_800x500.jpg?itok=B-TC0ybY)
Scripps Climate Program Renewed with New Focus on Adaptation
$5 million in NOAA funding will support California Nevada Adaptation Program
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Scripps Student Spotlight: Anela Akiona
PhD student and COP27 delegate from Waimānalo, Hawaiʻi focuses on coral reef ecology and how human intervention can help reefs be more resilient to climate change
![From left, UNAM researchers Miche Martini and Jose Duque examine dredged rocks with Scripps' Peter Lonsdale during 2012 cruise](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-12/800-siocomm_a_lonsdale_mexico_rov_10-14-2012_070.jpg?itok=oFj6CFBO)
Scientists Propose New Theory for How Continents Form
Rocks dredged from seafloor tell story of a dynamic Earth process
![A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron sits on the flightline prior to an atmospheric river mission Jan. 28, 2020 at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. The Hurricane Hunters performed “AR recon” from January through March 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/200px/public/2022-11/hurricanehunter-2020arflight.jpg?itok=P0QQWFb4)
Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Flight Season Gets an Early Start this Winter
Air Force and NOAA aircraft collecting data over the Pacific from November to March
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