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NOAA Selects UC San Diego to Host New Cooperative Institute to Study Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Systems
Selection awards $220 million over five years

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New Course Aims to Bring Climate Change Solutions to Global Audience
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Sea skater dodges water downpour. Reproduced under Creative Commons Attribution License​ 4.0 @ Mafadik et al. 2020​.

“It is Practically Hovering on Air”
High-speed footage provides never-before-seen look at tiny insect that can survive life on high seas

Health of People, Health of Planet and Our Responsibility is now available as an open-access book

New Open-Access Book Casts Climate Change as a Public Health Crisis
Contributors to text co-edited by UC San Diego researchers range from Nobel Prize laureates to Pope Francis

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Scripps Student Spotlight: Maya Becker
Geophysics PhD student fascinated by ice-shelf mass change pursues research in glaciology

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MAS MBC alumna harnesses her science communication skills and passion for sharing Earth’s stories as a video producer for NASA

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Scripps Student Spotlight: Sawyer Brand
Scripps undergraduate student fascinated by the dynamic wonders of the ocean and atmosphere delves into research with Argo floats

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Dolphins, Waves Sparkle in Bioluminescent Glow off California Coast
Smithsonian Magazine
May 04, 2020
Nasa space lasers track melting of Earth's ice sheets
BBC
Apr 30, 2020
"Every bird counts": Saving oiled birds is a science in itself
National Geographic (Denmark)
Apr 22, 2020
Ten years later, BP oil spill continues to harm wildlife-especially dolphins
National Geographic
Apr 17, 2020
A joyous Jessica Meir returns to Earth after six months aboard the International Space Station
San Diego Union-Tribune
Apr 16, 2020
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Pass-back chain extension expands multimodular assembly line biosynthesis
Nature Chemical Biology
Oct 21, 2019
Evolution and regulation of nitrogen flux through compartmentalized metabolic networks in a marine diatom
Nature Communications
Oct 07, 2019
Multidecadal increase in plastic particles in coastal ocean sediments
Science Advances
Sep 04, 2019
Nourishment evolution and impacts at four southern California beaches: A sand volume analysis
Science Direct
Jun 01, 2018
The Race Is on to Mine and Protect the Deep Seafloor
Scientific American
May 01, 2018

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