September 5, 2023
September 5, 2023 —
For the second year, the Bridge Builders Foundation visited Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as part of the foundation’s marine science program for high school students.
May 1, 2014
May 1, 2014 —
Scripps Oceanography Laboratory Building Awarded LEED Platinum First laboratory building at UC San Diego to achieve status The Marine Ecosystem Sensing, Observation and Modeling (MESOM) Laboratory at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum rating by the United States…
February 28, 2023
February 28, 2023 —
Scientists find that offshore wind tends to encourage development of the tubular barrel waves favored by advanced surfers. “This is common surfing wisdom, but it has not been something that has been scientifically studied,” said Scripps Oceanography’s Falk Feddersen, who led a new study.
October 23, 2014
October 23, 2014 —
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, has named Scripps alumna Deborah Zmarzly, Ph.D., as interim director. Zmarzly has been with Birch Aquarium since 1993, devoting more than 20 years to making science accessible and interpreting Scripps research for the public.
February 1, 2024
February 1, 2024 —
For the first time, a Little Blue Penguin has hatched at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. The chick made its debut on New Year’s Day in the aquarium’s Penguin Care and Conservation Center in Beyster Family Little Blue Penguins.
December 13, 2011
December 13, 2011 —
…San Diego Bay—and Scripps Oceanography Makes It ‘More Than a Sport’ Press Conference Panel Howling winds and pouring rain didn’t deter the crews of sailors and crowds of sailing fans who lined San Diego Bay for the start of the America’s Cup World Series during an unseasonably cool Saturday in…
February 28, 2012
February 28, 2012 —
Scripps Oceanography Receives nearly $5.5 Million in Recent Gifts Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego received a string of major private donations in early 2012 that exceeded $5.2 million. $3.5 million from the David Delacour estate $1 million from the W.M. Keck Foundation $680,000 from the Waitt Foundation…
March 23, 2023
March 23, 2023 —
A team of marine scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego described a new acorn worm species, Yoda demiankoopi, in a paper published in 2022. Now the deep-sea worm is among the top 10 new marine species acknowledged by the World Register of Marine Species.
January 19, 2023
January 19, 2023 —
A team of researchers led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography has discovered a new species of fish—a member of the eelpout family—that lives in the eastern Pacific Ocean off Costa Rica.
November 25, 2015
November 25, 2015 —
The Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO) has recognized three Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego professors as 2015 Sustaining Fellows in honor of their sustained excellence in contribution to ASLO and the aquatic sciences.