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Nearly a dozen scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego are joining other leaders of the global ocean science community to make the case for ...

Domoic acid is a potent neurotoxin produced by several species within the diatom genus Pseudo‐nitzschia. Its occurrence in marine food webs poses significant risks to both wildlife and human health, ...

For more than two decades, Birch Aquarium in La Jolla has hosted a lecture series aiming to shed light on worldwide research conducted by scientists at its home, UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of ...

A tiny, exquisite group of sea creatures rarely seen by humans has made a brief return to San Diego. One of the few people deeply familiar with the species found them while walking her dog at La Jolla ...

A new article over at Red Orbit tackles the age old question. The article rightly presents the case but glosses over the fact that sometimes the marine biologist and biological oceanographer are not ...

Microorganisms in the Black Sea can produce large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide (N2O). However, this gas ...

This is no watered-down phenomenon. Bright, neon-blue ocean currents are being seen off the California coast in a stunning display of bioluminescence. Gorgeous streaks of neon blue water, called ...

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