About Scripps Oceanography Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego is one of the world’s most important centers for global earth science research and education.

Scripps Institution of Oceanography joins the rest of UC San Diego in celebrating Women’s History Month 2025, including International Women’s Day on March 8. The campus is celebrating the women in our ...

Theodora Mautz is a second-year PhD student studying marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Mautz grew up in Portland, Ore. and received her undergraduate degree in ...

We use sequence-based approaches, flow cytometry, modeling, and other techniques to explore the structure and function of microbial communities. CalCOFI is a long-term, interdisciplinary, ...

Biochemical and physiological mechanisms of adaptation of organisms to the marine environment. Special emphasis is on biological responses to temperature, salinity, carbon dioxide, pH and bicarbonate ...

The multidisciplinary study of the transmission of light through the ocean, including the development and use of novel imaging technologies. Research interests are broadly concerned with the use of ...

The group focuses on observing and modeling coastal processes including beach evolution, cliff erosion, and nearshore waves. CW3E provides water cycle science, technology and outreach to support ...

A global network of robotic floats that measure the changing state of the ocean. Develops and implements coastal observatories, serves as a science and technical interface with local, state, and ...

The interface between marine chemistry and marine biology, ranging from natural products chemistry and biotechnology to biogeochemistry and biochemistry relating to marine systems. Many of our ...

The study of the interactions of the chemistry of the atmosphere and oceans with ecosystems, weather, and climate.

The study of the ecology of marine communities that live on or near the rocks and sediments of the ocean floor. (Crab photo courtesy biological oceanographer Lisa Levin.) CMBC promotes ...

Researching how earth's climate changed in past eras by studying ocean sediment cores, ice cores, and other scientific evidence.