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Oceanography
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Drifters designed to provide new knowledge about marine protected areas, harmful algal blooms, oil spillsIn an effort to plug gaps in knowledge about key ocean processes, the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s division of ocean sciences has awarded nearly $1 million to scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. The Scripps marine scientists will develop a new breed of ocean-probing instruments. Jules Jaffe and...
- Oceanographers develop 'swarms' of robotic ocean explorers (rxpgnews.com)
tags: Project Kaisei, Oceanography, North Pacific Gyre, North Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic, pollution, environment, streaming video
Underwater videographer, underwater photographer, and author, Annie Crawley joined Scripps Institute of Oceanography and Project Kaisei aboard the New Horizon on a 3 week long expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. They collected data to help find a solution to the "Plastic Vortex" forming in our Ocean.
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From scienceblogs.com
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Photo by: Kathy Day San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography is pairing with one of the world's largest insurers to pin down the costs of global climate change, it was reported Tuesday.The partnership between Scripps and the Willis Group of London will involve Scripps researchers collecting data on the effect of changes in the weather and sea level so it can be used by Willis to assess its exposure to financial risks from weather...
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From lajollalight.com
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As part of a U.S. initiative to improve science education in public schools, graduate students and teachers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and San Diego Unified School District are partnering on an innovative program to help translate cutting-edge earth science research into new education programs and curriculum for aspiring young scientists. More
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From ucsdnews.ucsd.edu
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Read the full story in Scientific American.
It isn’t the most picturesque of locations, but a number of scientists spent their summer taking in the 25.9-million-square-kilometer oval of the Pacific Ocean known as the North Subtropical Gyre, or “Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch,” located about 1,600 kilometers off California’s coast.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Environmental [...]
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From lib.wmrc.uiuc.edu
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An oxygen-depleted "dead zone" the size of New Jersey (well, figures!) is starving sea life near the coast of Oregon and Washington. The phenomenon will probably recur annually, and is caused by climate change, according to Jack Barth, an oceanography professor at Oregon State University. The news coincides with the release of this National Science Foundation briefing about the increasing occurrences of these "dead zones" around the world...
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From boingboing.net
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On October 23, the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla hosted environmental supporters including one royal guest, His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco. Event sponsor David Copley with guests Stuart Jamieson, Judith Harris, Marc ...
From search.msn.com
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- Prince Of Monaco To Receive Scripps Award (10news.com)
- Monaco's Prince Albert II to receive Scripps prize (search.msn.com)


