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From the Field: David and Goliath – The Science behind the Shot

On December 19, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The behavior captured in an amazing (and authentic) photo by Scripps’s Octavio Aburto

From the Field: HARP #62, Where are You?

On September 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

How a whale call travelled from Southern California to Japan

From the Field: Follow the Tonga Trench Expedition

On August 29, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Dive in to a journey of discovery at one of the deepest places on Earth

From the Field: Going Off the Map

On August 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Seeps, sediments, special microbes awaited students in SDCoastEx

From the Field: Thar She Blows!

On July 9, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Scripps graduate student Valerie Sahakian tells a whale tale of sunken treasure from aboard R/V Melville

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From the Field: Follow the San Diego Coastal Expedition

On June 28, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Tune in to a journey of discovery off the San Diego coast

Video: Seeded With Pollution

On March 21, 2012 · 2 Comments

Explore an exciting near-term solution to climate change being advanced by Scripps scientists

From the Field: A Key Player in Evolutionary Biology has a New Family in the Deep Sea

On January 26, 2012 · 19 Comments

Sediment sucking acorn worms ride the currents between meals on the ocean floor

From the Field: ScrippsSoundBoard

On August 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Scripps geophysicists map the seafloor off Mexico’s coast to find the signature of tectonic forces.

From the Field: Voyage to the Mariana Trench

On August 10, 2011 · 2 Comments

In this explorations now video, Scripps development engineer Kevin Hardy explains how an instrument he created will collect water from one of the deepest places on Earth.

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From the Field: ICESCAPE Returns to the Arctic

On July 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

From June 23 to July 29, 2011, a group of scientists took part in ICESCAPE, a multi-year study of the effects of climate change on Arctic ecosystems. From aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, Jim Swift, a research oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, kept a log of the cruise.