Center Director Mark Merrifield participated in a panel discussion during a UC San Diego climate event, “Getting Our Climate Act Together: Addressing Climate Change at All Levels” last Thursday, April …
Wetland Carbon Sink Research Sees Media Attention
Spectrum News 1 joined Matthew Costa in the field at Famosa Slough in San Diego, one of many local sites Matthew has visited this spring as part of his field …
Center Hosts 150+ Researchers at West Coast Flood Workshop
In late March 2021, the Center co-sponsored and organized a workshop on Coastal Flood Modeling, Prediction, and Observations for the U.S. West Coast, as part of the Ocean Visions Equitable …
Ocean Visions Summit: Abstracts Open
From May 18-21, 2021, Scripps Institution of Oceanography will be hosting the virtual Ocean Visions Summit. The Summit will bring together a multi-sector community of researchers, innovators, decision-makers, funders, and more …
Three Years of Field Surveys Identify Relationship between Waves and Coastal Cliff Erosion
Study shows that waves and rainfall are important parts of the erosion process, providing a new opportunity to improve forecasts Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego researchers have …
Scripps Oceanography Signs MOU with San Diego Gas and Electric
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with California utility company, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) to examine …
Matt Costa Carbon Sink Research Featured in Media
Carbon storage research by postdoctoral scholar Matt Costa will give conservationists a better idea of how efficient the San Diego salt marsh terrain is at storing carbon. “With an understanding …
Geography 2050: the Future of the World Ocean
In this blog post, center postdoc Matthew Costa explains his recent special plenary talk at Geography 2050: the Future of the World Ocean. When you think of geography, you probably …
Researcher Q&A: Morgan Levy
This week we’re highlighting affiliated researcher Morgan Levy. Morgan recently joined Scripps Institution of Oceanography as an assistant professor with a joint appointment at the School of Global Policy and …
Science communication and finding my “why”
In this blog post, Science Communication Fellow Sky Smith shares her journey to science communication and her current work at the Center. Sky joined the Center in February of 2020 …