Lead author Sunyoung Park (second from left) and Scripps co-authors (l-r) Jooil Kim, Jens Mühle, Ray Weiss. Photo: Erik Jepsen

Scientists Discover Source of New CFC emissions

Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates

The seaweed Digenea simplex on the beach. Photo credit: Dr. Toshiaki Teruya from the University of Ryukyus, Japan

Scientists Develop New Production Method for Seaweed Chemical Used in Brain Research

Scripps marine ecologist Jennifer Smith

Around the Pier: Usurp the Burp

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Scientists Identify Almost 2 Million Previously "Hidden" Earthquakes

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Lead author Sunyoung Park (second from left) and Scripps co-authors (l-r) Jooil Kim, Jens Mühle, Ray Weiss. Photo: Erik Jepsen

Scientists Discover Source of New CFC emissions
Mapping sources of ozone layer-damaging compound demonstrates improved ability to monitor emissions of environmentally important gases

Photo of the Week: A Fine Specimen
Atomic-era octopus among 'Treasures from the Scripps Collections'

Two spot octopus larvae. PC: Lilly McCormick

Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates
First study to demonstrate vision in marine invertebrates is highly sensitive to the amount of oxygen in water
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Photo of the Week: Nighttime Operations
Moorings off California coast have gathered ecosystem observations for more than a decade

Two spot octopus larva. Photo: Lilly McCormick

Research Highlight: Low Oxygen Levels Could Temporarily Blind Marine Invertebrates
First study to demonstrate vision in marine invertebrates is highly sensitive to the amount of oxygen in water

Yellow buoy carried on deck of motor vessel with Golden Gate Bridge in the background

Photo of the Week: Golden Voyage
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assists with buoy deployment

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Daniel Conley and other Scripps students conduct field work aboard R/V Robert Gordon Sproul. Photo: Cody Gallo

Scripps Student Spotlight: Daniel Conley
Marine biology graduate student is studying how corals react to different environmental conditions

Scripps graduate student Ariel Pezner

Scripps Student Spotlight: Ariel Pezner
Biological oceanography graduate student is studying the effects of human-induced stressors on reef-building corals

Scripps graduate student Matthew Costa. Photo: Octavio Aburto-Oropeza

Scripps Student Spotlight: Matthew Costa
Biological oceanography graduate student is studying wetlands inhabited by productive and salt-tolerant trees called mangroves

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Scripps in the News | Coverage of Scripps

Scripps Institution Scientists Study Imperial Beach As Sea Level Rises
KPBS
Jan 29, 2019
Love Snow? Here’s How It’s Changing
Scientific American
Jan 28, 2019
Bizarre deep-sea fish found living with ‘virtually no oxygen’
New York Post
Jan 22, 2019
Bizarre deep-sea fish living in Gulf of California with 'virtually no oxygen' puzzles biologists
Fox News
Jan 21, 2019
Scripps' new program forecast Imperial Beach flooding, helped city brace for impact
The San Diego Union-Tribune
Jan 18, 2019
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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
Translucent soft robots driven by frameless fluid electrode dielectric elastomer actuators
Science Robotics
Apr 25, 2018
Unexplained interannual oscillations of cyanobacterial blooms in the Baltic Sea
Scientific Reports
Apr 23, 2018

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