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Scripps Oceanography News

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• Silver Lining to Coral Reef Climate Cloud
  Scripps researcher leads field expertise in groundbreaking study

• NOAA, California, Scripps Partner to Improve Forecasts of Powerful "Atmospheric River" Winter Storms
  

• Scripps Scientists Explore the Mysteries and Challenges of the Deep Sea
  Special AGU presentations include a journey to the deepest point in the world and threats to the world's largest ecosystem

• Exploring Coral Reef Threats from Changing Ocean Chemistry
  Remote island chain offers testing ground to probe inner workings and potential damage caused by ocean acidification

• Climate Model Projections Agree: Flooding to Increase in Sierras by Century's End
  Climate projections suggest flood magnitude will increase 50 to 100 percent in southern Sierra Nevada

Birch Aquarium at Scripps

Research Focus

• Expedition Blog: Mixing at the Margins
  Follow along through Dec. 3 as Scripps researchers and students aboard R/V Melville study ocean mixing and how internal waves are generated and propagate in coastal waters off California.
• Local Marine Bass Assessment Project
  Scripps scientist Brice Semmens is leading a collaborative research project off La Jolla to assess the movements, abundance, and mortality of local marine bass

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Breathtaking Secrets of Super Divers
Groundbreaking study describes how collapsed lungs aid sea lions during their astoundingly deep dives

Ocean Salinity Trends Show Human Fingerprint
Like ocean temperature, changes in last half-century only explicable in context of human-caused climate change

Announcements

• Winning Ideas in the Lab and the Boardroom
  When it comes to the business of innovative science, Scripps Oceanography is up to the challenge
• World’s Premier Ocean Monitoring Program Led by Scripps and NOAA Honored with International Distinction
  CalCOFI recognized for valuable contributions and advancing marine science
• New Wave of Talent
  Scripps continues to lay the foundation for excellence in research and teaching by expanding its ranks of assistant and associate researchers.
• NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center Surpasses an Educational Milestone
  100 Scripps Students Supported since 1960