News Archives 2000

• HUGE NEW HYDROTHERMAL VENT SYSTEM FOUND ON SEAFLOOR - December 11, 2000
  Surprise discovery dubbed "Lost City"
  


• University of California Science Delegation to Participate in Major International Climate Change Meeting - October 30, 2000
  


• Leading Scripps Scientists to Bring the 'Frontiers of Oceanography' to the Public - September 29, 2000
  Public is invited to this special event, which will cover a variety of topics, from global warming to earthquakes to El Niño.
  


• SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHER AWARDED MILLENNIUM MEDAL - August 29, 2000
  


• ATOC Source Recovery Operation Update - August 9, 2000
  ATOC Source Recovery Operation Update
  


• Scripps Scientists Honored with Prestigious Cooper Ecology Award - August 1, 2000
  2000 award is a first for research in an oceanic system
  


• SCRIPPS GRADUATE STUDENT HONORED WITH DIRECTOR'S PRIZE - August 1, 2000
  


• Scripps Professor Receives Honorary Degree - July 1, 2000
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California, San Diego
  


• Scientists Find Active Underwater Volcano East of Samoa - May 15, 2000
  


• INDIAN OCEAN POLLUTION SUBSTANTIALLY CUTS SUNLIGHT REACHING EARTH'S SURFACE - May 3, 2000
  MEDIA ADVISORY
  


• New Book by UCSD-Scripps Scientists Plunges Into the World of Darwin, the Primeval Soup and the Origins of Life - April 24, 2000
  


• New Research on Long-Term Ocean Cycles Reveals Rapid Global Warming in Near Future - March 20, 2000
  Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, report evidence of pronounced changes in the earth's climate that can be tracked in cycles of ocean conditions over thousands of years. These cycles reveal that Earth is currently in a period in which a natural rise in global temperatures-combined with warming from the greenhouse effect-will push the planet through an era of rapid global warming.
  


• Scientists Fill Antarctic Plate Gap Linking Pacific to the Rest of the World - March 8, 2000
  


• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Community Awards - February 5, 2000
  E.W. Scripps Associates Honor Scientist and Local Philanthropists
  


• Scripps Scientists Pinpoint New, Major Source of Atmospheric Methyl Bromide - January 19, 2000