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Friends & Supporters Private donations help keep Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the leading edge of ocean and earth sciences. Your gift ensures that Scripps will continue to make important global scientific discoveries in areas such as climate change, conservation, and the environment — all for the benefit of society. Scripps Invites Donors to Name an Ocean Species Scripps Oceanographic Collections offer opportunities to name newly discovered marine life Robert Paine Scripps Forum - Coming Fall 2008 Gathering great minds to tackle some of today's greatest scientific challenges The Keeling Curve Turns 50 Discover more about an iconic image of science Birch Aquarium Meets its Match $750,000 Gift Heats Up Climate Change Exhibit George Sugihara Named McQuown Chair in Natural Science Scripps professor of biological oceanography appointed first holder of chair
Scripps Oceanography News Scripps Scientists Will Assess Beijing Olympics Air Pollution Control Efforts Flying downwind from Chinese mainland, unmanned aerial vehicles will measure emissions of soot and other forms of black carbon during China's 'great shutdown' Oceans on the Precipice: Scripps Scientist Warns of Mass Extinctions and 'Rise of Slime' Threats to marine ecosystems from overfishing, pollution and climate change must be addressed to halt downward trends Fully Updated Climate Change Book by Scripps Researcher Now Available Updated edition of Richard Somerville's The Forgiving Air includes analysis of 2007 IPCC report, latest findings of global warming researchers Scripps Study Sets High Economic Value on Threatened Mexican Mangroves Mangrove destruction not only comes with ecological cost, but monetary as well: $37,500 per hectare each year, researchers say Announcements Generosity from Within Devendra Lal first visited Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego as a post doc in 1958. Now, after nearly 50 years of contributing to basic research at Scripps, he's making a different kind of contribution to the institution a donation of $500,000. Old Friends to the Rescue The foundation that provided the original pledge that made the Birch Aquarium at Scripps a reality and two funds that have supported Scripps Oceanography's aquarium for decades have given new gifts to modernize and restore aquarium components.
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