Volume 8, Number 4
Spring 2002/Annual Report Fiscal 2001
Cover: Scripps pier at sunset
Photography by Susan Green

Ecological Emergency! [view online]
Centuries of Overfishing Push Ecosystems to the Brink
By Mario C. Aguilera
Scripps marine ecologist and geologist Jeremy Jackson and a team of researchers provide a startling historical account of how vast populations of marine species have been decimated over centuries through overfishing. To arrive at their conclusions, the team analyzed paleoecological, archaeological, historical, and ecological records from coastal areas around the Americas, Australia, and Europe.

Finding Faults [view online]
A Seismic Jigsaw Puzzle Takes Shape
By Robert Monroe
Scripps geophysicists and engineers at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Science have developed ocean-bottom seismographs that record ground movement and changes in acoustic pressure. They recently deployed and retrieved a fleet of seismographs to monitor the Oceanside Fault, 32 kilometers off the southern California coast. It is part of a network of faults that has the potential for creating earthquakes greater than a magnitude of 7.0.

From the Ocean Floor to the Edge of Space
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1970 to 1985
By Joe Hlebica
This feature is the seventh in a continuing series celebrating the100-year history of Scripps. William A. Nierenberg’s tenure as director continues. He brought new research and scientific innovations to Scripps and acquired satellite and computer technology to modernize the century-old science of oceanography.