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🎬🦈 For #SharkWeek2026, check out 'Fishes of the Red Carpet' by recent Scripps Oceanography grad and current master's student Claire Miller! Her project ranks shark movies on biology, scientific accuracy, conservation messaging and entertainment. 🍿🔗 https://bit.ly/4pLJyE3
🦈 In this video, Scripps Oceanography PhD student Jessica Zhong shares her experience teaming up with Monterey Bay White Sharks to help develop and improve environmental DNA sampling and analysis techniques. 🎥 Sharks filmed in accordance with MBNMS permit MULTI-2023-005
🪸 Think coral is a plant? Plot twist... It's an animal! 🤯 🍽️Join @birchaquarium.bsky.social at Scripps educator Kim Tigerstrom as she shares what corals like to snack on and the clever ways these cool creatures catch their meals. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3RnzS61
❓What are Scripps Oceanography scientists up to? Excellent question! Take a look at a few recent studies led and/or supported by Scripps Oceanography scientists. 🧵⤵️
🧊🌊 Last week, Scripps Oceanography scientists brought the poles to La Jolla Shores during a Polar Science Pop-Up alongside the International Glaciological Society conference. Watch this video to see what polar science is happening right here in San Diego!
💢 Headed to #ComicCon this week? Check out the panel "More Science in Your Fiction with The League of Extraordinary Scientists and Engineers," featuring Scripps Oceanography scientists Ben Frable and Lisa Zeigler! 📆 Friday, July 24 🕐 1-2 PM 📍 Omni Grand Ballroom DE 🔗 https://bit.ly/3Tc5cFu
🌊 🏆 Congratulations to Clarissa Anderson, a Scripps biological oceanographer & SCCOOS director, for being nominated for the San Diego Magazine STEM - Pioneer Award! Vote for Clarissa, who works to predict ocean hazards and create a more informed public: https://bit.ly/40pTYxQ
📹🌊The Scripps Pier Underwater Camera is back online! The camera's return is made possible thanks to a generous gift from Santa Cruz Paleo, a new sponsor, and due to the hard work of Deep Sea Power and Light and Ocean Innovations. https://coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
The team found that a network of in-ground sensors can provide a reliable warning of impending landslides with hours to days notice, which can be used by emergency response authorities to create an actionable warning system to protect the public from hazardous cliff failures.
⚠️Can coastal cliff collapses be predicted? A new 4-year study led by Scripps Oceanography scientists found that in-ground sensors detected movement hours to days before five cliff failures—an important step toward a future early warning system for California's coast.🧵⤵️
✅ What is an "atmospheric river!" If you tuned into Jeopardy on June 25 and are an avid Scripps Oceanography news follower, you may have answered this question correctly! More information about the categorization of #AtmosphericRivers: https://bit.ly/4viHmFh
🌊🌏 Join us at #COP31! For the fifth year in a row, Scripps Oceanography and @whoi.edu are bringing the ocean to the largest global event for discussions and negotiations on climate change. Looking to get involved? Here's more information: https://oceanpavilion-cop.org/
☁️🌊 How do aerosols shape the clouds above our ocean? Scripps Oceanography scientist Lynn Russell helped lead a yearlong campaign that turned the La Jolla coastline into an atmospheric laboratory. Here’s what scientists uncovered: https://www.arm.gov/news/features/post/108441
🐟 Inspired by her love for marine science and Pokémon, Leea Caddell—who recently earned her bachelor’s degree in marine biology—developed an interactive field guide featuring species from the California Current System. Explore the PokéFish Dex: https://leea-cadd.github.io/pokefish-dex/#science
🔬 ✍🏽 #NowHiring: We're looking for a skilled science writer who will be tasked with translating discoveries from the Scripps Oceanography research community into compelling stories. Head to the link below to learn more, and apply by 7/7. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/3R0WDwf
🐾 Cory Lee is studying environmental systems at Scripps. He is focusing on animal abundance in the face of climate change, with an emphasis on the human effects on the frequency of coyote sightings in San Diego County natural preserves. Read more: https://bit.ly/4eyW0D7
🚢 The UC Ship Funds Program is soliciting proposals from @uofcalifornia.bsky.social students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty and staff for ship time aboard research vessels operated by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Learn more about eligibility: https://bit.ly/4e3BQ43
🌊 The UN's World Ocean Assessment offers the most comprehensive scientific evaluation of ocean health to date. Scripps Oceanography's Lisa Levin contributed her expertise as a lead author on hydrothermal vents and seeps, highlighting the importance of these deep-sea ecosystems. https://woa.un.org/
TOMORROW: Here's your chance to see the award-winning @latimes.com documentary Out of Plain Sight, which features Scripps Oceanography researchers and explores the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off California's coast. 🕖 7 PM 📍 San Diego Natural History Museum 🔗 https://bit.ly/42PanwF
🎓 You're looking at a few of the incredible Scripps Oceanography students who earned their undergraduate degrees this morning! We are so proud of the #ClassOf2026, and we can't wait to see how you all change the world for the better!
🎓 As a Scripps Oceanography undergrad, Edgar Ramirez Manriquez worked to understand how communities and the environment are connected. Today, he’s an environmental planner with the City of San Diego, helping guide decisions on infrastructure, land use and more! https://bit.ly/4vAysmV
🌫️May Gray, June Gloom, No Sky July, Fogust ... regardless of what month it is, here's the science behind the gray skies.
🚫☀️Why do California coasts look like this during the summer? ⬇️
🌊 Beneath the ocean’s surface, thousands of robotic floats are actively helping scientists understand our changing planet. This #WorldOceanDay, we're celebrating the Argo Program, a global network of autonomous floats that measure temperature, salinity & ocean conditions. 🧵⬇️
🌋 Maira Mendez recently earned her bachelor’s degree in geoscience at Scripps. From analyzing sediment core geochemistry to testing methods to sample volcanic particulates using drones, Maira has done it all! ▶️ Read more: https://bit.ly/4dYIGX7
Here's your chance to see the award-winning @latimes.com documentary Out of Plain Sight, which features Scripps Oceanography researchers and explores the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off the coast of California. 📆 June 16 🕖 7 PM 📍 San Diego Natural History Museum 🔗 https://bit.ly/42PanwF
Congratulations to two Scripps Oceanography teams recognized at this year's Triton Sustainability Challenge at UC San Diego! 🌎 In the Advanced/Research Stage track, Hybrid Reefs earned both the first place award and audience award, while Ocean Analytical Engineering earned the third place award! 🏅
📈 For nearly 70 years, Scripps Oceanography scientists have maintained a daily record of global atmospheric CO² concentration known as the Keeling Curve. Watch this video to learn more, and head to the @keelingcurve.bsky.social website to see the latest reading: https://keelingcurve.ucsd.edu/
🌟🎥 We are thrilled to return to the #HollywoodClimateSummit, an event highlighting the power of storytelling to drive public action on climate. Scripps will have several scientists onsite to share more about the climate research and solutions-focused science underway at @ucsandiego.bsky.social. 💡
⭐ Want to see your name in lights? Or, at least attached to a newly-described marine species? 🪱 Here's your chance to support the Benthic Invertebrate Collection at Scripps Oceanography while also leaving your legacy in the field forever! Learn more: https://bit.ly/4u79B9C