Research Focus Archives: 2011

An in-depth look at current Scripps research in action.

December

• Exploratorium Video: Scripps Studies Ocean Pollution in the North Pacific
  Exploratorium Science at America's Cup interviews Scripps graduate student Miriam Goldstein about marine debris in the North Pacific Gyre, an area commonly called the 'Garbage Patch'
  
• Floods, Drought, Heat Waves: Climate Change Gives State Legislators Something to Plan For
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography hosts workshop on latest research on California’s extreme weather future
  
• Report: Geoengineering Plans Must Account for Ecosystem Impacts
  As geoengineering planning becomes widespread, researchers note that little thought has been given to its potential effects on ecosystems
  

November

• Scripps at America's Cup San Diego
  Scripps is proud to be a collaborating organization for the exciting America’s Cup World Series San Diego event Nov. 12-20 on San Diego Bay.
  
• Discovery Video: Red tide's bioluminescent waves
  Scripps Research Biologist Mike Latz explains the recent red tide bloom and bioluminescent light show off San Diego.
  

October

• Discovery Video: New Imaging System Tested off R/V Sproul
  Join Scripps Research Oceanographer Jules Jaffe and his team as they test the OmniCam underwater imaging system in an effort to capture rare images of marine life.
  

September

• Atmospheric River Research Gathers Steam
  Phenomenon that carries atmospheric water vapor comparable to the amount of water in major terrestrial rivers to the West Coast raises its profile in scientific community
  
• Video From the Field: Voyage to the Mariana Trench
  Scripps development engineer Kevin Hardy explains how an instrument he created will collect water from one of the deepest places on Earth.
  

August

• Video: Journeying to the “Rock-Bottom” of the Food Web
  A Scripps geologist explains his science team’s quest to understand microbes that can live off of volcanic rock in Antarctica.
  

May

• Video of Newborn Sharks at Scripps
  Graduate student using genetics to find out: Who’s the daddy (or daddies)?
  

March

• Earthquake Hits Near Japan
  Massive quake followed by a huge tsunami hit near northern Japan
  

February

• California Climate Change Center
  Scripps hosts the first major state-sponsored research institution in the U.S. devoted to climate change research.