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As 2025 comes to a close, we celebrate a major milestone: the 20th anniversary of the Master of Advanced Studies Program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps! Here’s to 2 decades of educating & empowering the next generation of ocean leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sgwn9JKGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sgwn9JKGY
20 Years of MBC
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December 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
As 2025 comes to a close, we celebrate a major milestone: the 20th anniversary of the Master of Advanced Studies Program in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at Scripps! Here’s to 2 decades of educating & empowering the next generation of ocean leaders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sgwn9JKGY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sgwn9JKGY
🌎 What's it like being on the cutting-edge of discovery? From coral reef experts to geochemists to climate scientists, this video series shares a glimpse into the lives of Scripps Oceanography researchers who are shaping the future of science.
A Scientist's Life (in 99 Seconds) - YouTube
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December 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🌎 What's it like being on the cutting-edge of discovery? From coral reef experts to geochemists to climate scientists, this video series shares a glimpse into the lives of Scripps Oceanography researchers who are shaping the future of science.
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like Scrippsmas 🎶
Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
📸: @ucsandiego.bsky.social photographer Erik Jepsen
Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
📸: @ucsandiego.bsky.social photographer Erik Jepsen
December 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🎶 It's beginning to look a lot like Scrippsmas 🎶
Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
📸: @ucsandiego.bsky.social photographer Erik Jepsen
Season's Greetings, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to you and yours!
📸: @ucsandiego.bsky.social photographer Erik Jepsen
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A pair of #AtmosphericRivers are forecast to bring heavy precipitation and snowfall to California with the risk for flooding in southern California in the next five days.
See more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
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December 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A pair of #AtmosphericRivers are forecast to bring heavy precipitation and snowfall to California with the risk for flooding in southern California in the next five days.
See more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
See more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
🚀 This Scripps Oceanography and @ucsandiego.bsky.social alum is heading back into space! Congratulations to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir for being tapped as spacecraft commander as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Learn more. ⬇️
NASA Shares SpaceX Crew-12 Assignments for Space Station Mission - NASA
As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International
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December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
🚀 This Scripps Oceanography and @ucsandiego.bsky.social alum is heading back into space! Congratulations to NASA astronaut Jessica Meir for being tapped as spacecraft commander as part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station. Learn more. ⬇️
💤 'Rest, but make it productive' must be the motto for seals, because research led by Scripps postdoctoral scholar @jkendallbar.bsky.social finds that they get ~2 hours of sleep at sea, often during their deepest dives for food and avoiding predators! @apnews.com shares more. ⬇️ 🦭
What tiny brain monitors are teaching us about extreme animal sleep habits
Thanks to miniaturized sleep labs, scientists are able to track the extreme ways animals snooze in risky environments.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
💤 'Rest, but make it productive' must be the motto for seals, because research led by Scripps postdoctoral scholar @jkendallbar.bsky.social finds that they get ~2 hours of sleep at sea, often during their deepest dives for food and avoiding predators! @apnews.com shares more. ⬇️ 🦭
⚠️ A series of #AtmosphericRivers and low-pressure systems will bring heavy precipitation to much of California this week.
🌧️ View the latest outlook from @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more info: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
🌧️ View the latest outlook from @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more info: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
Multiple #AtmosphericRivers and low-pressure systems will bring heavy precipitation to much of California this week. A high risk of excessive rainfall has been issued for the Transverse Ranges Wed into early Thu.
See our latest AR outlook for more details: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
See our latest AR outlook for more details: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda....
December 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
⚠️ A series of #AtmosphericRivers and low-pressure systems will bring heavy precipitation to much of California this week.
🌧️ View the latest outlook from @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more info: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
🌧️ View the latest outlook from @cw3escripps.bsky.social for more info: cw3e.ucsd.edu/cw3e-ar-upda...
🌧️ 🛩️ The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program is going global! The program, led by @cw3escripps.bsky.social and @noaa.gov, will be joining forces & taking flight with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events. Learn more. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/atmosph...
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Atmospheric River Research Flights Go Global
Inside the cockpit of a NOAA Gulfstream IV during an atmospheric river mission in February 2025. Image credit: Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
🌧️ 🛩️ The Atmospheric River Reconnaissance program is going global! The program, led by @cw3escripps.bsky.social and @noaa.gov, will be joining forces & taking flight with research programs across the world to improve forecasts of extreme weather events. Learn more. ⬇️
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/atmosph...
scripps.ucsd.edu/news/atmosph...
🎉 Congratulations to Scripps Oceanography master’s student Rhowan Ho who has been selected for the 2026 Museum of Science, Boston Digital Science Communication Fellowship that supports emerging scientific leaders in mastering digital storytelling, strategic communication and public engagement!
December 17, 2025 at 5:08 PM
🎉 Congratulations to Scripps Oceanography master’s student Rhowan Ho who has been selected for the 2026 Museum of Science, Boston Digital Science Communication Fellowship that supports emerging scientific leaders in mastering digital storytelling, strategic communication and public engagement!
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The famous yellow buoys of the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) are celebrating their 50th anniversary. They power the most accurate surf forecasts in the United States.
#cdip #oceanbuoy #scripps #surfforecast #surf #surfing
Cc: @scrippsocean.bsky.social
#cdip #oceanbuoy #scripps #surfforecast #surf #surfing
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The story behind the yellow wave buoys powering surf forecasts in the US
In 1975, the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) developed a system that collected wave data and transmitted it to Scripps Institution of Oceanography via regular telephone lines.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The famous yellow buoys of the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) are celebrating their 50th anniversary. They power the most accurate surf forecasts in the United States.
#cdip #oceanbuoy #scripps #surfforecast #surf #surfing
Cc: @scrippsocean.bsky.social
#cdip #oceanbuoy #scripps #surfforecast #surf #surfing
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🌊 Happy 50th birthday, Coastal Data Information Program! What began in 1975 as a single wave measurement has grown into one of the world’s most enduring & trusted coastal observing programs. For 50 years, CDIP has powered science, engineering, safety & resilience with accurate, real-time wave data.
December 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
🌊 Happy 50th birthday, Coastal Data Information Program! What began in 1975 as a single wave measurement has grown into one of the world’s most enduring & trusted coastal observing programs. For 50 years, CDIP has powered science, engineering, safety & resilience with accurate, real-time wave data.
🧴 A sustainable sunscreen is one of the many potential uses for this pigment innovation created by Scripps Oceanography scientists! Learn how a @ucsandiego.bsky.social-led team developed a technique that makes this nature-based pigment cheaper & easier to produce. ⬇️
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
This octopus pigment could lead to a more sustainable sunscreen
A new metabolic engineering technique makes xanthommatin cheaper and easy to produce
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December 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
🧴 A sustainable sunscreen is one of the many potential uses for this pigment innovation created by Scripps Oceanography scientists! Learn how a @ucsandiego.bsky.social-led team developed a technique that makes this nature-based pigment cheaper & easier to produce. ⬇️
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
✍️ @theoceanwriter.bsky.social
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Building inexpensive indoor air filters with Mar Vista High School students in Imperial Beach...filter efficiency is higher than ones that cost $800+. You spend 90% of your time indoors...we all deserve clean air!! @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social Airborne Institute.
December 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Building inexpensive indoor air filters with Mar Vista High School students in Imperial Beach...filter efficiency is higher than ones that cost $800+. You spend 90% of your time indoors...we all deserve clean air!! @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social Airborne Institute.
🏅Congratulations to the 3️⃣ scientists at Scripps Oceanography who will be honored by @agu.org at this week's AGU Annual Meeting through its Honors and Recognition program, which acknowledges section awardees, named lecturers & elected fellows! Learn more: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/three-s...
December 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🏅Congratulations to the 3️⃣ scientists at Scripps Oceanography who will be honored by @agu.org at this week's AGU Annual Meeting through its Honors and Recognition program, which acknowledges section awardees, named lecturers & elected fellows! Learn more: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/three-s...
Hundreds gathered at the National Academy of Sciences in D.C. for a powerful screening of "Out of Plain Sight," a documentary exploring the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off the coast of California. The event was emceed by Scripps alum and National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt.
December 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Hundreds gathered at the National Academy of Sciences in D.C. for a powerful screening of "Out of Plain Sight," a documentary exploring the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off the coast of California. The event was emceed by Scripps alum and National Academy of Sciences President Marcia McNutt.
🌊 🎥 Trust us: Check out the Scripps Pier underwater camera right now!
The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
December 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
🌊 🎥 Trust us: Check out the Scripps Pier underwater camera right now!
The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
The current ocean visibility at Scripps Pier is high, so you'll likely encounter some cool critters. Tune in here: coollab.ucsd.edu/pierviz/
🌱 Big solutions are growing from the ground up!
Meet @ucsandiego.bsky.social's Soil Health Center, an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, farmers and community partners working together to grow a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Learn more: bit.ly/48HyXSw
Meet @ucsandiego.bsky.social's Soil Health Center, an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, farmers and community partners working together to grow a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Learn more: bit.ly/48HyXSw
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🌱 Big solutions are growing from the ground up!
Meet @ucsandiego.bsky.social's Soil Health Center, an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, farmers and community partners working together to grow a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Learn more: bit.ly/48HyXSw
Meet @ucsandiego.bsky.social's Soil Health Center, an interdisciplinary collaboration of researchers, farmers and community partners working together to grow a more sustainable and climate-resilient future.
Learn more: bit.ly/48HyXSw
🌧️ How do we study #AtmosphericRivers? 🛫 By flying planes into them, obviously! @cw3escripps.bsky.social's Alex Tardy caught up with Fox Weather to share why flights are critical for understanding ARs ahead of a powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest. U.S. ⬇️
Powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest U.S. | Latest Weather Clips | FOX Weather
Project Policy Analyst and Meteorologist with the Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Alex Tar
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December 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
🌧️ How do we study #AtmosphericRivers? 🛫 By flying planes into them, obviously! @cw3escripps.bsky.social's Alex Tardy caught up with Fox Weather to share why flights are critical for understanding ARs ahead of a powerful atmospheric river headed for the Northwest. U.S. ⬇️
🔬🦠Ria Bhabu, a first-year PhD student at Scripps, is researching an Antarctic sea squirt that has expressed a chemical compound with promising anti-melanoma properties, providing insight into host-microbe relationships. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48FJei5
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🔬🦠Ria Bhabu, a first-year PhD student at Scripps, is researching an Antarctic sea squirt that has expressed a chemical compound with promising anti-melanoma properties, providing insight into host-microbe relationships. Learn more: https://bit.ly/48FJei5
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We posted a quick summary of the #AtmosphericRiver the brought precipitation to the Pacific Northwest on Dec 3-6 ahead of the system presently impacting the region. Read more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
We posted a quick summary of the #AtmosphericRiver the brought precipitation to the Pacific Northwest on Dec 3-6 ahead of the system presently impacting the region. Read more here: cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/u...
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Sure, you’ve heard of the Cambrian explosion, but what about the mists of Avalon that preceded it? 🧪
New #AGU25 research by Jack Schneider & John Tarduno @urochester.bsky.social, comments from Shuhai Xiao @virginiatech.bsky.social & Cathy Constable @scrippsocean.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/the...
New #AGU25 research by Jack Schneider & John Tarduno @urochester.bsky.social, comments from Shuhai Xiao @virginiatech.bsky.social & Cathy Constable @scrippsocean.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/the...
The Long and the Weak of It—The Ediacaran Magnetic Field - Eos
A roughly 70-million-year interval of anomalously weak magnetic field during the Ediacaran period could have triggered atmospheric changes that supported the rise of macroscopic life.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Sure, you’ve heard of the Cambrian explosion, but what about the mists of Avalon that preceded it? 🧪
New #AGU25 research by Jack Schneider & John Tarduno @urochester.bsky.social, comments from Shuhai Xiao @virginiatech.bsky.social & Cathy Constable @scrippsocean.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/the...
New #AGU25 research by Jack Schneider & John Tarduno @urochester.bsky.social, comments from Shuhai Xiao @virginiatech.bsky.social & Cathy Constable @scrippsocean.bsky.social. eos.org/articles/the...
🌎 Later this week: Tune in virtually on Dec. 10 at 12 p.m. to hear students from Scripps Oceanography share about their experience at @cop30brazil.bsky.social!
Join the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Alumni Triton Table Talk event here: bit.ly/44aSJ7A
Join the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Alumni Triton Table Talk event here: bit.ly/44aSJ7A
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
🌎 Later this week: Tune in virtually on Dec. 10 at 12 p.m. to hear students from Scripps Oceanography share about their experience at @cop30brazil.bsky.social!
Join the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Alumni Triton Table Talk event here: bit.ly/44aSJ7A
Join the @ucsandiego.bsky.social Alumni Triton Table Talk event here: bit.ly/44aSJ7A
🌎 The GAIA Initiative unites @ucsandiego.bsky.social iego’s world-class oceanographic and Earth science expertise with cutting-edge AI. 🤖 💻 Bringing together 28+ faculty across campus, GAIA is pioneering new ways to understand and predict our planet’s complex systems. ⬇️
UC San Diego Launches New AI Initiative for Earth and Ocean Science
On Monday, Duncan Watson-Parris closed his welcoming remarks on the first meeting of the GAIA Initiative with an inviting flyover video of the Scripps campus.But even some among the artificial intelli...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
🌎 The GAIA Initiative unites @ucsandiego.bsky.social iego’s world-class oceanographic and Earth science expertise with cutting-edge AI. 🤖 💻 Bringing together 28+ faculty across campus, GAIA is pioneering new ways to understand and predict our planet’s complex systems. ⬇️
⚠️Good news alert: A new study led by Scripps Oceanography and @salkinstitute.bsky.social reveals the potential of a new hybrid seagrass to advance ocean restoration efforts in California and beyond! ⬇️🧵
December 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
⚠️Good news alert: A new study led by Scripps Oceanography and @salkinstitute.bsky.social reveals the potential of a new hybrid seagrass to advance ocean restoration efforts in California and beyond! ⬇️🧵
📍Washington D.C. friends: 🎥 @nationalacademies.org is screening "Out of Plain Sight," a documentary exploring the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off the coast of California. Dive into the story & see how Scripps is helping us face what was left beneath the waves.
📅 Dec. 11
🔗 bit.ly/4ryuaeL
📅 Dec. 11
🔗 bit.ly/4ryuaeL
December 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
📍Washington D.C. friends: 🎥 @nationalacademies.org is screening "Out of Plain Sight," a documentary exploring the origin and impacts of toxic dumping off the coast of California. Dive into the story & see how Scripps is helping us face what was left beneath the waves.
📅 Dec. 11
🔗 bit.ly/4ryuaeL
📅 Dec. 11
🔗 bit.ly/4ryuaeL