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FROM THE PORTHOLE: Scripps announcements and news, including events, awards, opportunities, and updates about the exciting research at Scripps.

	Revisiting SEAPLEX Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition: Seeking the Science of the Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
	Scripps Conference Addresses Ocean Threats to Human Health National meeting gathered experts across varied fields
	Device Could Expand Oceanographic Studies with Unmanned Sensors A winch that could make a range of oceanographic measurements affordable and access areas hard to reach with conventional methods passes initial field trials
	UC Ship Funds Program Makes 2014 Awards to Young Scientists Undergraduate education, instrument testing among the objectives of upcoming cruises

	Scripps’s Cheryl Peach a UC San Diego Diversity Award Winner Bringing ocean science education to the underserved is a passion
	Triton Innovation Network Challenge 2014 Promoting commercialization of ideas that impact the environment
	POGO Visiting Fellowship for Early Career Scientists from Developing Countries Application Deadline: April 16, 2014
	Drought Forum to Take Place in Sacramento Members of Scripps-based California-Nevada Applications Program to lead discussion of drought forecasts and preparedness efforts