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, ...

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 ...

Growing up in the small town of Shelton, Wash., Professor Bruce C. Monger, earth and atmospheric sciences, always enjoyed the outdoors. Monger did not think about becoming an oceanographer or ...

Phytoplankton are key players in the ocean carbon cycle. Comprised of a variety of microscopic photosynthesizing bacteria, algae, and other single-cell organisms, phytoplankton form the base of marine ...

Image caption: Scripps Oceanography graduate student Shannon Dolan recovers a mooring with camera component. These moorings are used by the lab of Simone Baumann-Pickering to better document and ...