Around the Pier

April 2008

around the pier

La Jolla High surfs to victory at ocean competition hosted by Scripps Oceanography

Students now heading to Nationals in Alaska

This one-day regional ocean science competition, part of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB), tested students' knowledge of marine sciences during mind-bending challenges.

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Birch Aquarium Teams up with Sally Ride Science to Educate Teachers About Climate Change

Teachers Britt Fullerton and Cecilia Schreyer, from the Irvine Unified School District, blow bubbles into a glass to increase CO2 contents and acidity.

A group of teachers huddled Saturday in the Birch Aquarium's climate change exhibit, trying to decide what they would do to curb global warming. Should they build more nuclear power plants? Should they require higher fuel efficiency standards for cars? Should they increase the use of solar power?

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Scripps Loses an Ocean Science Legend

Geochemist Ed Goldberg was a "scientific humanitarian"

Some of the world's brightest minds in ocean and earth science walk the halls and inhabit the labs at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego. Every now and then an extraordinary researcher with a spark in his eye - and a lusty sense of humor - comes along and brightens the world just a little bit more. Scripps marine chemist Ed Goldberg was one such soul.

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