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Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego has named Mark Gold as the new director of the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, the renowned oceanographic and marine ecosystem monitoring and research program better known as CalCOFI.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNBiologists Discover Surprisingly Cute Deep-Sea Fish Species Off the Coast of California
When you think of deep-sea fish, chances are you imagine sharp-toothed, foreboding-looking monsters. However, researchers have discovered three new deep-sea species in the eastern Pacific Ocean, and one in particular is surprisingly cute.
Federal funding cuts have targeted the network of ocean buoys that make up the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP), which has been run by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution
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Travel + Leisure on MSNIt’s Whale Watching Season in California—This Small Town on the Central Coast Is the Best Place to See Them
As far as Central Coast beach towns go, it's hard to think of one more eye-catching than Morro Bay. Just take a look at 576-foot-tall Morro Rock as it rises above cawing seagulls and the sea mist of the Pacific—it's practically postcard-perfect.
A $2 billion tunnel has been proposed to bypass "Last Chance Grade" — a landslide-plagued portion of Highway 101 in rural Northern California.
SpaceX is conducting the Tranche 1 mission, launching military satellites to orbit on behalf of the Space Development Agency.
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Travel + Leisure on MSNThis All-inclusive Luxury Resort in Big Sur, California, Overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Just Got a Major Refresh
Alila Ventana Big Sur, consistently named one of the top resorts in California in T+L's World's Best Awards, has new restaurants and revamped guest rooms.
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Boing Boing on MSNCalifornia's undersea toxic dumpsites are warping ocean life
Undersea mapping projects uncovered forty years of toxic waste dumping directly into the Pacific off the coast of Southern California. A recent Scripps study shows some of those barrels are altering the chemistry and biological makeup in the areas surrounding leaks.