Data from Ulong Island, Koror Republic of Palau shows that seabirds are returning, nutrients are moving from land to sea, and ...

Physical oceanography examines the motions, structure and energy exchanges that govern the ocean’s role in Earth’s climate and marine ecosystems. At its core are the wind-driven surface currents that ...

Chemical oceanography examines the distributions, sources, transformations and cycling of chemical species in the marine environment. It encompasses the study of major ions that determine salinity, ...

Scripps Oceanography graduate student Alex Rubenstein sees the information his team is gathering on species counts, nests, ...

The program leading to a Bachelor of Science (BS) and a Master of Science (MS) is offered to current UC San Diego students enrolled in undergraduate majors within the Scripps Institution of ...

Oceanography in the mid-20th century was "one of the greatest periods of exploration of the earth ... Every time you went to sea, you made unexpected discoveries. It was revolutionary. Nothing that we ...

What will you learn on this voyage? This introductory course in oceanography surveys four broad topics: marine geology (what forces shape Earth and its ocean?), physical oceanography (what moves the ...

With issues such as climate change, declining fisheries, eroding coastlines and the development of new drugs from marine resources being at the forefront, there is an enormous demand for professionals ...

Description: Introduces descriptive and dynamical physical oceanography, focusing on the nature and dynamics of ocean currents and their role in the distribution of heat and other aspects of ocean ...

Marine biologists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have released a new database of size parameters for 1,308 species of Pacific coral reef fishes, advancing scientists' ...