Scripps scientists deploy new technology to track changes facing inhabitants of the north

Scripps researchers see evidence that melting polar ice could alter climate by slowing ocean circulation…or speeding it up January/February 2011

Imagine the ocean as a giant swimming pool – devoid of topographical features like seamounts and trenches and with smooth walls instead of jutting continental shelves or jagged coastlines.

If you’re in the [...]

America’s biggest oil leak exposed a glaring need to proactively protect and monitor coastlines, researchers say November/December 2010

By Mario C. Aguilera and Robert Monroe

In the 24-hour news cycle era, the Deepwater Horizon oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico already feels like an event from yesteryear, an event that had its [...]

A marine biomedicine pioneer leads explorations of the oceans to battle drug resistance and disease September/October 2010

By Mario C. Aguilera

Put simply, NPI-2358 sucks the life out of tumors. The drug hinders the functioning of blood vessels within them, and, deprived of nourishment, they die.

William Fenical of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at [...]

How Fate and Fast-Tracking Secured a Unique Record of One of History’s Biggest Earthquakes July/August 2010

By Robert Monroe

Waves from a tsunami generated by an 8.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Chile’s coast on Feb. 27 hadn’t even reached San Diego and Bruce Appelgate was already getting calls from researchers wanting to study the event.

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A new state-of-the-art global observatory currently under construction is about to launch ocean science light years ahead May/June 2010

By Annie Reisewitz

Imagine an underwater world with flying androids whizzing thousands of feet below and robotic creatures crawling along vast stretches of ocean floor. They hurry themselves into remote docking stations to send back [...]

A groundbreaking Scripps voyage led by students helps define a rising environmental threat March/April 2010

By Mario C. Aguilera

Last summer, minutes before leaving port on a voyage to the North Pacific Ocean Gyre, Chief ScientistMiriam Goldstein was frank about what might and might not be encountered during the expedition toa place that’s become [...]

A Scripps researcher hopes to demonstrate that improving developing world cooking methods could slow global warming and improve public health along the way January/February 2010

By Robert Monroe

Smoke rises from a clay stove and blackens the walls of a poorly ventilated kitchen hut somewhere in south Asia. The smoke eventually escapes and adds [...]

Using DNA, Scripps researchers unlock the evolutionary path of Australia’s seadragons November/December 2009

By Jessica Z. Crawford

Like their terrestrial namesakes, seadragons seem to belong to a mythological world. Their hypnotic, leaf-like limbs suggest they are related somehow to both fish and seaweed.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego marine biologists Greg [...]

A Scripps team captures gases emitted from Iceland’s volcanoes to plumbthe island’s geologic roots and address hot scientific debates September/October 2009

By Annie Reisewitz

From Vikings to volcanoes, Iceland is rich in history.

As one of the most volcanically active places in the world, its landscape is dotted with bubbling mudpots, exploding geysers, and [...]

Scripps researchers hunt for exotic medicine sources in Panama’s diverse richness July/August 2009

By Mario C. Aguilera

William Gerwick is quite happy to tell you about his scientificexpeditions to Fiji. He can expound on the amazing explorations hisgroup has led to Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, and otherdestinations in search of exotic molecules that could [...]

Scripps researchers tackle one of climate change modeling’s toughest challenges June 2009

By Robert Monroe

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens on the way there is a different story. As imaged by Lynn Russell, a professor of atmospheric chemistry at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, and [...]