Marine ecologist studies way to use technology to improve fisheries, considers economic value of flourishing ecosystems. From Scripps Explorations Now: https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/scientists-life-octavio-aburto-oropeza  

  Dr. Greg Rouse was among a group of scientists on a 3 week expedition to survey seamounts near Isla del Coco, Costa Rica.  On this mission they discovered four new species of deep-sea corals and eight other sea creatures.  Read the full story here: https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientists-discover-new-sea-creatures-in-costa-rica  

Ocean Protection Council Awards $1 Million to Scripps Oceanography Researchers Four researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego were awarded a collective $1 million in funding to study topics ranging from saltwater bass populations to coastal cliff erosion. The awards from the Ocean Protection Council (OPC) are part of a larger grant to fund … Read More

January 11, 2019 Title:  Interdisciplinary collaborative ocean economics research with examples from the ‘ocean trenches’. Abstract Dr. Rashid Sumaila is Professor and Director of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries & School for Policy and Global Studies, University of British Columbia. He specializes in bioeconomics, marine ecosystem valuation and the analysis of global issues such … Read More

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego postdoctoral researcher Yassir Eddebbar (center above) speaks at a Dec. 7 panel discussion at the international climate talks known this year as COP24. Eddebbar, a member of the Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation at Scripps, and other panelists spoke on how action on sustainability goals can be scaled to up … Read More

Summer film by students Carly Shabo, Kate Meyer, Thompson Banez, Mark Danielson and Luke Stroth features Dr. Jenni Brandon and the problem of micro and macro plastics in the sea.  

Working with CMBC’s Gulf of California research group, graduate student Alfredo Giron is studying fishery sustainability. Learn more

The San Diego Union Tribune documents the thrill of descending into the deep blue sea.   Read more about the adventure.  

Students Justin Cruz Le Duc, Cynthia Hsai, Keighley Lane, Joengim Mok and Jarrod Ver Steeg created a 3 minute film to feature the benthic invertebrate collections and Name a Species Program

How can we use the ocean without using it up? This is the primary question that Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is addressing through her work in the realm of ocean science and policy. Johnson is a woman of many talents: she’s a marine biologist, policy expert, conservation strategist, and graduate of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego (MS ’09, … Read More