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UNESCO Recognizes International Team for Sustainable Underwater Archaeology Efforts

August 8, 2023

UNESCO has awarded a team of researchers from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History and UC San Diego’s Qualcomm Institute and Scripps Institution of Oceanography for their efforts protecting underwater cultural heritage sites.

Lava Formations in Western U.S. Linked to Rip in Giant Slab of Earth

February 15, 2012

…at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say lava formations in eastern Oregon are the result of an outpouring of magma forced out of a breach in a massive slab of Earth. Their new mechanism explaining how such a large volume of magma was generated is published in…

$1 Million Endowment to Help Establish Center for Social Innovation and Impact at Rady School

April 17, 2014

…the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Project Surya. Project Surya was started in 2006 to show how helping women in rural villages switch from polluting mud stoves and kerosene lamps to cleaner ways of cooking and lighting would save two to four million lives lost every year to pollution inhalation.…

UC San Diego Launches Chancellor’s Endowed Chair and Faculty Fellowship Challenge

February 11, 2016

…and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. During the challenge, which began this month and will continue through December 2017, new chairs and fellowships will be augmented by the Chancellor. For chairs—which require a philanthropic investment of $1 million for the general campus and $2 million for Health Sciences and Scripps Oceanography—the…

Getting Ready for Sea-Level Rise

November 15, 2018

…Network Developed by Scripps Oceanography Launches in Imperial Beach Flooding at Palm Plaza on February 28, 2010 (Coastal Data Information Program) In December 2015, a large swell enhanced by El Niño conditions resulted in major flooding in the City of Imperial Beach, a low-lying coastal community south of San Diego…

Scripps Scientist Receives Prestigious Award from Oceanographic Institute of Monaco

October 22, 2019

Lisa Levin, a biological oceanographer at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, will receive the Prince Albert I Grand Medal, the highest international distinction dedicated to ocean sciences presented by the Oceanographic Institute, Prince Albert I of Monaco.

Students, Faculty and Staff Assemble Do-It-Yourself Air Filtration Boxes that Fight COVID-19 Spread

September 27, 2021

Last week, as students returned to in-person classes, dozens of UC San Diego students, faculty and staff gathered on campus in one of the outdoor classrooms to build 250 do-it-yourself air filters to support our Return to Learn program.

Highest-Ever Seawater Temperature Recorded at Scripps Pier

August 2, 2018

…at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego logged the warmest sea-surface temperature at Scripps Pier since records began in August 1916. The record of 25.9℃ (78.6℉) followed a string of days in which individual daily records of sea surface and seafloor temperatures had been set…

New Species, the ‘Ruby Seadragon,’ Discovered by Scripps Researchers

February 17, 2015

Mysterious red fish emerges from museum collections

30 Years of Critical Funding for Junior Faculty

June 25, 2024

Over three decades, the Hellman family has given over $18 million to support more than 400 UC San Diego junior faculty in their research and progress toward tenure.

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