Fernanda Urrutia is a PhD candidate studying marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Born and ...

Today marks a new era in the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography as Meenakshi Wadhwa takes the reins as the 12th ...

Margaret Leinen inherited a research center facing severe budget problems, a perception that it was not doing enough to ...

From new hires to rising stars who have changed their positions, four scientists and educators have recently joined or ...

Daniel Wangpraseurt, a marine biologist at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, is one of five ...

In 2020, haunting images of corroded metal barrels in the deep ocean off Los Angeles leapt into the public consciousness. Initially linked to the toxic pesticide DDT, some barrels were encircled by ...

For decades, the Tijuana River has carried millions of gallons of untreated sewage and industrial waste across the U.S.-Mexico border. The river passes through San Diego’s South Bay region before ...

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography present a new tool the public can use to understand sewage contamination levels at beaches from Coronado to Playas de Tijuana as well ...

For the first time, the seasonal peak of carbon dioxide concentrations in the atmosphere exceeded 430 parts per million (ppm) at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory on Hawaii, scientists from NOAA and ...

The substance, applied to surfaces as a coating, improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and ...

Researchers from several University of California campuses have collaborated to create a report on dust in California, a characteristic that defines the desert climate zone that encompasses most of ...

The devastating fires in Los Angeles have numerous secondary effects as scientists are finding out now off the coast of Southern California. Researchers from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...