Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, a fault line on the seafloor has been ...

Maira Mendez recently completed her bachelor’s degree in geosciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Innovators from UC San Diego are prepared to present their commercially-promising, environmentally-focused technologies at the 14th annual Triton Sustainability Challenge, the university’s ...

Scripps Oceanography researchers work in a variety of fields in biology, earth science, and oceans and atmospheric science. Select any of the topics below for a sampling of researchers in that field, ...

The study of the radiation, transmission, and scattering of sound, with particular emphasis on low-frequency sounds related to earth processes.

Fernando Gonzalez is an early professional with a strong determination to explore the various avenues for structural change within higher education. As a UC San Diego alum and San Diego native, ...

Cryosphere and polar science study the frozen water part of the Earth system, ranging from the glaciers of Greenland to the ice sheets of the Antarctic. Antarctica photo by Jack Pan. Investigating ...

Using radioactive isotope systems to determine the age and origins of minerals and rocks, primarily as tracers of magmatic processes and the evolution of the earth. Organic molecules in natural waters ...

The study of the earth's changing magnetic field at geological and societal timescales, especially through the analysis of remanent magnetism in rocks and human artifacts. The main function of the ...

The study of the oceans and ecology of marine organisms in the geologic past, largely through the marine sedimentary record. The Human Ecology Laboratory groups together students and researchers to ...