June 10, 2019
June 10, 2019 —
For the first time oceanographers monitored a polynya – or gap – in Antarctic winter sea ice. It was an opportunity that came about as a result of uncanny timing and a seasoned Scripps oceanographer’s knowledge of the sea.
May 23, 2019
May 23, 2019 —
A research group at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is part of an international team of scientists that has located the geographic origin of emissions of a chemical banned by the Montreal Protocol.
March 6, 2019
March 6, 2019 —
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and NOAA who analyzed data from deep-diving ocean robots and research cruises say deep South Pacific waters originating from Antarctica are warming three times faster than they were in the 1990s.
February 5, 2019
February 5, 2019 —
A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long narrow bands of atmospheric water vapor pushed along by strong winds.
February 5, 2019
February 5, 2019 —
A team of researchers led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long narrow bands of atmospheric water vapor pushed along by strong winds.
January 8, 2019
January 8, 2019 —
An event that occurred nearly 20 years ago led to a profound ecological upheaval in Antarctica. Now researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and colleagues report on what that event and its aftermath can tell society about the ability of marine life to adapt to sudden change.
January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019 —
Oceanographers and engineers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego collaborated to modify a common physical oceanography instrument to be able to image zooplankton as it glides through the ocean.
January 3, 2019
January 3, 2019 —
Oceanographers and engineers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego collaborated to modify a common physical oceanography instrument to be able to image zooplankton as it glides through the ocean.
December 6, 2018
December 6, 2018 —
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) have discovered that two species of fish are capable of living in ocean waters almost completely devoid of oxygen.
November 2, 2018
November 2, 2018 —
An alliance of researchers including scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego will accelerate the quest to find life on other planets. The team received a $7 million NASA Astrobiology grant to aid the long-range goal of extracting secrets from present and past oceans on Mars, Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, and Saturn’s moon Enceladus.
