News Archives 2004

• Special Presentation and Book Signing with New York Times Reporter - December 22, 2004
  Lecture and Book Signing January 11 at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps
  


• Cloned Gene from Sea Animal May Prove Key in Cancer Drug Development - December 9, 2004
  


• Argo Robotic Instrument Network Now Covers Most of the Globe - November 30, 2004
  International network reaches 1,500th float deployment-halfway to full array
  


• Researchers Probe Marine Mysteries off the Alaskan Coast - November 23, 2004
  Research cruise provides new information on tsunami during survey of remote area
  


• New Earthquake Exhibit Rumbles into the Birch Aquarium at Scripps - November 19, 2004
  


• Scripps Oceanography and BP Announce Research Partnership in Deep Ocean Technology - November 10, 2004
  Collaboration will focus on new technologies for studying the marine environment
  


• Scripps Oceanographer Walter Munk Selected as
  Honorary Fellow of Acoustical Society of America - November 8, 2004
  Legendary inventor Thomas Edison among past honorees
  


• Underwater Robot Makes History Crossing Gulf Stream - November 5, 2004
  


• Scripps Oceanography Geophysicist to Receive Award from Geological Society of America - November 1, 2004
  


• Scripps Atmospheric Scientist Appointed to Pontifical Academy of Sciences - October 25, 2004
  


• Scripps Public Lecture on Importance of World War II Era to American Oceanography - October 20, 2004
  Presentation Will Focus on Roger Revelle and Other Scripps Oceanographers
  


• Scripps Oceanography's Oldest Living Alumnus Receives UCSD Alumni Award - October 18, 2004
  100-year-old Ancel Keys to Receive Professional Achievement Award; Scripps Graduate Marcia McNutt Will Receive Outstanding Alumna Award
  


• Obituary Notice: Esteemed Expert on Behavioral Physiology James Enright - October 7, 2004
  


• West Coast Scientists Lead NSF Effort to Prototype Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education Access to Ocean Observatories - September 30, 2004
  


• JOIDES Resolution Retrieves Data from Underwater Observatories Key to Understanding the Deep Biosphere, Gas Hydrate Formation, and Earthquakes - September 22, 2004
  


• Scripps Oceanography Microbiologist Receives Inaugural Tiedje Award - September 14, 2004
  Newly established award presented by the International Society for Microbial Ecology
  


• New Scripps-based Research Program to Analyze Ecosystems of the California Current - August 24, 2004
  $5 million granted for program to understand processes important for California's ocean ecosystems, climate and resource management
  


• Scientists Studying Desert Air to Understand Weather and Climate - August 18, 2004
  


• Director's Prize Awarded to Marine Biology Graduate Student - July 28, 2004
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  


• Shifting Baselines Releases - July 26, 2004
  Tiny fish public service announcement
  


• Legendary Scripps Geologist Receives Drake Medal - July 26, 2004
  Inaugural medal is replica of that given to Sir Francis Drake by Queen Elizabeth I
  


• Scripps Researchers Document Significant Changes in the Deep Sea - July 22, 2004
  Climate and food supply fluctuations may hold major consequences for life in the abyss
  


• Scientists Describe the World's Smallest, Lightest Fish - July 20, 2004
  Rare, tiny specimen in Scripps fish collection is the smallest animal with a backbone on the planet
  


• Scripps Oceanography Marine Ecologist Receives E. O. Wilson Naturalist Award - June 21, 2004
  


• Chemists Retrieve Clues to Ancient Ocean Chemistry and Global Greenhouse From Cretaceous Sediments - June 10, 2004
  


• Press Conference Media Alert
  California's Response to U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Report to Be Unveiled at Scripps Institution of Oceanography - June 3, 2004
  


• Scripps Oceanography Microbiologist Receives Honors - June 2, 2004
  Elected fellow of American Academy of Microbiology and receives honorary degree
  


• Scripps Oceanography Scientist Awarded Medal from Seismological Society of America - May 25, 2004
  


• Scripps Scientists Look Deep Inside Sharks and Their High-Performance Swimming System - May 5, 2004
  Authors of study published in Nature say similarities between shark and tuna 'more than skin deep'
  


• Populations of Peruvian Seabirds Plummeted Due to Increased Fishing Activity, Study Says - April 30, 2004
  Authors show guano birds declined because food source was depleted by 85 percent
  
  


• Multinational Team of Scientists Finds Early Life in Volcanic Lava - April 22, 2004
  Science paper describes geological setting favorable for origin of life
  
  


• Scripps Professor to Speak on 'What Is Really Important To Us' in a Faculty Research Lecture - April 19, 2004
  


• Scripps Researcher Teams with UC Berkeley, JPL Scientists to Develop Organic Analyzer to Find Life on Mars - April 15, 2004
  


• Scripps Researchers Identify Neurotoxin in San Diego Seawater for the First Time - April 9, 2004
  Domoic acid, known to poison certain animal species, found in seawater samples
  


• Scripps Nierenberg Prize Awarded to Renowned Primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall - April 6, 2004
  Annual award recognizes science in the public interest
  


• New Ocean Monitoring Laboratory Dedicated to the Late Mia Tegner of Scripps - March 25, 2004
  


• Scripps Oceanography Scientist Elected to National Academy of Engineering - March 17, 2004
  


• Study Reveals Impacts of Fisheries on Gulf of California Coastal Marine Ecosystems - March 3, 2004
  Authors contend that new management approach is needed to protect region
  


• Laser-Sharp Eyes Watching Earth's Polar Regions Change - February 26, 2004
  ICESat laser validated to five-inch accuracy
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  


• Researchers Discover New Family of Atlantic Corals in Groundbreaking Study - February 25, 2004
  Analysis vital for planning conservation of threatened coral species
  


• Scripps Institution's Lynn Russell Honored for Research Achievements - February 23, 2004
  Scripps scientist lauded by aerosol research organization
  Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  
  


• Symposium Examines the Growing Influence of Aerosols on Climate - February 14, 2004
  Aerosols now believed to be as important as greenhouse gases, particularly through impacts on localized regions Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD
  


• Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist Joins Scripps/UCSD Faculty - February 5, 2004
  


• New Ocean Observatories Usher in Unprecedented Investigations - January 27, 2004
  Press conference probes novel methods vital for studying phenomena from climate to volcanoes
  


• Cosmic Rays are Not the Cause of Climate Change, Scientists Say - January 26, 2004