News Archives 2003

• Scripps Biodiversity Center Awarded Grant for New Interdisciplinary Marine Program - December 8, 2003
  Award initiates program on understanding ocean threats, providing solutions Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  


• Scripps Graduate Student Wins Desert Research Institute's Wagner Memorial Award - November 25, 2003
  Winning paper asks: Will watershed managers be ready when spring comes to the Sierra Nevada?
  


• Stepping Way Out: Scripps Scientists Watch Clam Feet Elongate Far from the Shell - November 6, 2003
  


• Major Ocean Exploration Effort Would Reveal Secrets of the Deep - November 6, 2003
  


• Warming Waters Identified as Cause of Marine Life Depletions off California - November 4, 2003
  CalCOFI data used to pinpoint mechanism underlying decline
  


• Scripps Institution of Oceanography Presents 'Oceans of Fun' During UCSD Open House - October 13, 2003
  Open House theme honors Scripps's centennial
  


• Scripps to Host Public Lecture on the History of Climate, Science, and Technology - October 9, 2003
  


• Hollywood Celebrities Make Off-key "Music" Public Service Announcement for the Oceans - October 1, 2003
  Bad symphony to bring attention to declining state of ocean ecosystems
  


• California Explores the Ocean Goes Online - September 18, 2003
  Landmark textbook about the oceans also now available online Coincides with Scripps Institution of Oceanography's 100th anniversary
  


• Researchers Launch New Coastal Science Study - September 17, 2003
  Nearshore Canyon Experiment based at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  


• Scripps Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Renowned Marine Ecologist Jane Lubchenco - September 5, 2003
  Scripps is awarding prize during its centennial celebration week
  


• Scripps Oceanography Celebrates Centennial with Public Events - September 2, 2003
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, turned 100 on September 26, 2003.
  


• Valuable Coastal Observation Programs Threatened by Federal Budget Cuts - August 15, 2003
  Media Alert: U.S. Senate 2004 funding bill for U.S Army Corps of Engineers may result in 50\% cut for Southern California Beach Processes Study and more than 80\% cut for Coastal Data Information Program
  


• Scripps Team Part of Collaboration that Reveals First Ecological Genomic 'Blueprints' - August 13, 2003
  Genomes uncovered for microbes important in photosynthesis, global carbon cycle
  


• Scripps Physicist Elected to Prestigious Astronautics Academy - August 11, 2003
  Francisco P. J. Valero recognized for scientific achievements and leadership
  


• Director's Prize Awarded to Geophysics Graduate Student - August 7, 2003
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography/UCSD
  


• Scientists with Hawaii Ocean Mixing Experiment Closing in on Puzzle of Ocean Energy - July 17, 2003
  Wide range of instruments, equipment document giant 1,000-foot undersea waves
  


• New Pacific Ocean Record Gives Fresh Insight Into Recent Climate Warming, El Niño Patterns - July 17, 2003
  Scripps researchers use coral fossils to track climate change over the last millennium Images available upon request.
  


• Marine Organizations Join in Research Project to Reduce Manatee-Boat Collisions - June 24, 2003
  Sonar technology, bioacoustics science to be used to detect manatees, alert boaters
  


• Scripps Scientist Leads Antarctic Research Vessel Heading North to Map Arctic Waters - June 18, 2003
  Research cruise will use a variety of instruments to map waters off Alaska
  


• New Study by Scripps Researchers Shows Western Wildfires Are Linked to Variations in Climate - June 9, 2003
  California Applications Program at Scripps forecasts wildfire season for 2003
  


• Independent Oceans Commission Calls for Immediate Reforms - June 4, 2003
  Scientists, fishermen, conservationists, elected leaders, and business officials unveil recommendations to avert decline of ocean wildlife and collapse of ocean ecosystems
  


• Are we forgetting how the oceans used to look? - June 2, 2003
  Public Forum at Birch Aquarium at Scripps Addresses Shifting Baselines and the Declining State of the Oceans Event set to coincide with the national release of the Pew Oceans Commission landmark report.
  


• Scripps Oceanography and the Birch Aquarium Create a Splash at the San Diego County Fair - June 2, 2003
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography Presents a Century of Scientific Discovery
  


• Scripps Director Elected to the American Philosophical Society - May 29, 2003
  


• Scripps Oceanographer Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences - May 29, 2003
  


• Seaweed Surprise: Marine Plant Uses Chemical Warfare to Fight Microbes - May 29, 2003
  Scientists have discovered that seaweeds defend themselves from specific pathogens with naturally occurring antibiotics.
  


• Scripps Professor Reveals Impacts of Global Warming on Coastline - May 22, 2003
  


• One of the World's Foremost El Niño Scientists to Receive Cody Award from Scripps Institution of Oceanography - May 8, 2003
  Public lecture by Mark Cane of Columbia University scheduled for May 20
  


• Recooking the Recipe for Prebiotic Soup: Scripps Professor Revisits the Miller Experiment and the Origin of Life - May 1, 2003
  Fiftieth anniversary of famous experiment commemorated with June 10 public symposium
  


• Scripps and Orange County Announce Landmark Real-Time GPS Project - May 1, 2003
  Surveying project lays the groundwork for future public safety benefits
  


• Scientists Break Down Patterns in Nature - April 14, 2003
  


• Obituary Notice Pioneer of Geochemistry: Harmon Craig - March 18, 2003
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
  


• Hollywood Enters the Sea with "SHIFTING BASELINES" - February 25, 2003
  A New Partnership Puts the Ocean Crisis in the Spotlight with the Truth about Ocean Decline
  


• Global Leaders Focus on Environmental Benefits of International Space-based Earth Science Programs - February 25, 2003
  International leaders in science, government, academia, and industry meet to plan for the future
  


• Scripps Launches New Master's Degree in Marine Biodiversity and Conservation - February 24, 2003
  UCSD-Scripps master of advanced studies program offers short-term training for practical users
  


• Scripps Oceanography Student Selected as a Canon National Parks Scholar - February 11, 2003
  Program's objective is to develop the next generation of scientists
  


• Scripps Scientists Discover Rich Medical Drug Resource in Deep Ocean Sediments - January 17, 2003
  Promising cancer-fighting candidates emerge from tropical ocean 'mud'