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  Scripps Institution of Oceanography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sometimes referred to as SIO or just Scripps) in La Jolla, California is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world.
Scripps Institution was founded in 1903 as an independent biological research laboratory that became part of the University of California in 1912.
The Scripps Institution is widely considered to be the West Coast counterpart of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts.
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 Scripps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Founded in 1903, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the world's oldest, largest, and most important centers for global science research, graduate training, and public service.
Scripps Beach Views Recent as well as archived beach images taken from a building overlooking the beach at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Home Page Scripps Institution of Oceanography today is world renowned for its preeminence in scientific disciplines relating to biology, physics, chemistry, climatology, earth science, environment, geosciences, and geophysics.
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 Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The pier at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
During the 1960s, led by SIO director Roger Revelle, it formed the nucleus for the creation of the University of California, San Diego on a bluff overlooking the Scripps Institution.
Scripps also studies the interaction of the oceans with both the atmospheric climate and environmental concerns on terra firma.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography   (309 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (sometimes referred to as SIO or just Scripps) in La Jolla California is one of the oldest largest most important centers for marine science research training and public service in the world.
Scripps Institution was founded in 1903 as independent biological research laboratory that became part the University of California in 1912.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography: Probing the oceans, 1936 to 1976
www.freeglossary.com /Scripps_Institution_of_Oceanography   (456 words)

  
 Moving Image Collection, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography/Edward Fager 16mm, color, silent, 1000 feet Audience: SIO 81-98 This is one of hundreds of reels of film made between 1964 and 1966 when the Scripps Institution of Oceanography leased a Westinghouse diving saucer and used it for dives off the coast of La Jolla, California.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 16mm, color, silent, 17 minutes Audience: scientists/general public MC 1 This film was produced by Scripps Institution of Oceanography Professor John D. Isaacs and his assistants Richard Schwartzlose and Richard L. Shutts of the SIO Marine Life Research Group.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 1 1/2 inch video cassette tape, color, sound, 60 minutes Audience: public 95-12 This is a video recording of a session entitled, "Scripps at 90" presented at the Fifth International Congress on the History of Oceanography which was held at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography on July 14, 1993.
scilib.ucsd.edu /sio/archives/guides/film.html   (13484 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Article, ScrippsInstitutionOceanography Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SIO also studies the interaction of the oceans with both the atmospheric climate and environmental concerns on terrafirma.
However, the analogy is notexact: Scripps is a division of UCSD, while Woods Hole is an independent non-profit group that collaborates with MIT.
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 :: SCRIPPSNEWS : SCRIPPS RESEARCHERS FIND CLEAR EVIDENCE OF HUMAN-PRODUCED WARMING IN WORLD'S OCEANS
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and their colleagues have produced the first clear evidence of human-produced warming in the world's oceans, a finding they say removes much of the uncertainty associated with debates about global warming.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the University of California, San Diego, is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for global science research and graduate training in the world.
Scripps operates one of the largest U.S. academic fleets with four oceanographic research ships and one research platform for worldwide exploration.
scrippsnews.ucsd.edu /article_detail.cfm?article_num=666   (900 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography (overview)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is one of the oldest, largest, and most important centers for marine science research, graduate training, and public service in the world.
Scripps Institution was founded in 1903 as an independent biological research laboratory, which became an integral part of the University of California in 1912.
The student-faculty ratio at Scripps is about two to one; consequently, classes are small, and the student has the opportunity to work closely with his or her thesis adviser.
www.ucsd.edu /catalog/front/SIO.html   (997 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Scientist Elected to National Academy of Sciences; UCSD Alumnus and SIO Council Member Also Elected.
California Institutions Unveil First Optical Network Linking High-Resolution Visualization Centers for Earth, Ocean Sciences; New Visualization Center Dedicated at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
University of New Mexico and Scripps Institution of Oceanography Researchers Find Central American Volcanoes Yield New Clues About Earth Processes; 'Surprise' Finding Shows Nitrogen Is Quickly Recycled Through...
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-S1crippsI1.asp   (262 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography in Fiction
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a fictitious setting in several novels.
SIO appears under its own name or other names like Scripps Institute, University of San Geronimo Department of Oceanography, Oceanography Institute, Pacific Institute, Seaside Laboratory, Marine Research Institute, Brayton Institute of Oceanography, Dawson Oceanographic Institute, and Torrey Institution of Oceanography.
Excluded are works where SIO is mentioned very briefly, typically to establish a character's credentials in a single sentence or two.
repositories.cdlib.org /sio/techreport/11   (111 words)

  
 Guide, Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Raitt's lectures on the early history of Scripps were well received, and she decided to prepare a history of Scripps, which was published in 1967.
The correspondence is arranged chronologically and consists of carbon copies of letters from Scripps scientists, mainly Walter Heinrich Munk, and letters received by Scripps scientists concerning theories and research on the dynamics of waves and currents and the optical properties of the sea surface.
S.I.O. The S.I.O. Staff Council was formed with the adoption of by- laws on January 12, 1960 to constitute a forum for its members, advise administration on the opinions of its members, and to aid the administration.
orpheus.ucsd.edu /speccoll/testing/html/ac6.html   (10260 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Centennial Site - Throughout the 20th century, Scripps played a key role in ...
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Centennial Site - Throughout the 20th century, Scripps played a key role in defining the new science of oceanography in the United States.
A leader and innovator in oceanography and marine technology for 100 years, Scripps Institution of Oceanography is dedicating its centennial celebration to communicating the importance of ocean science to the global community and to reaching out to friends and colleagues around the world.
The past 100 years have been exciting and eventful for Scripps, from development of the La Jolla campus to innovative ocean exploration to visits from presidents and royalty.
scripps100.ucsd.edu   (143 words)

  
 Managing Future Growth of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The mission of Scripps is to seek, teach, and communicate scientific understanding of the oceans, atmosphere, Earth, and other planets for the benefit of society and the environment.
Scripps is a graduate research institution, and its growth is determined by scientific opportunity and funding.
All of these plans will help Scripps continue to be an international leader in originating basic research and developing scientists, and begin to advance the science needed for a sustainable balance between the natural environment and human activity.
adminrecords.ucsd.edu /Notices/2001/2001-08-10-3.html   (790 words)

  
 :: SCRIPPSNEWS : ARCHIVES ::
Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), and BP America Inc. announce the signing of a three-year, $3 million-dollar partnership, marking the beginning of a long-term research collaboration.
Ramanathan, an internationally renowned atmospheric scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been appointed by Pope John Paul II to be an academician of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
Scripps Institution's Henry Ruhl and Ken Smith show in the new issue of the journal Science that changes in climate at the surface of the ocean may be impacting communities of larger animals more than 13,400 feet below the ocean surface.
scrippsnews.ucsd.edu /archives.cfm?year=2004   (2349 words)

  
 Scripps Institution Of Oceanography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Scientist had believed in this mechanism for years, but didn’t have evidence until Robert Shadwick of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography caught several...
This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The grant awarded to Helly, and his inter-disciplinary colleagues is headed by Principal Investigator, Ken Smith, at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
www.wikiverse.org /scripps-institution-of-oceanography   (392 words)

  
 :: RESOURCES ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Birch Aquarium at Scripps is the interpretive center for Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California.
The Scripps ECPC is developing an integrated regional climate prediction capability by undertaking basic research to identify coupled land-atmosphere-ocean linkages on seasonal to interannual time scales and then developing appropriate climate prediction methodologies focused on coupled numerical global and regional atmospheric models, single column models, ocean models, hydrologic, water-resource models, and fire danger models.
Scripps Institution of Oceanography today is world renowned for its preeminence in scientific disciplines relating to biology, physics, chemistry, climatology, geosciences, and geophysics.
www-sio.ucsd.edu /research/index_az.cfm   (2305 words)

  
 Grant Summary: University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Institution of Oceanography was founded in 1903 as an independent biological research laboratory, which became part of the University of California in 1912.
Research at Scripps encompasses physical, chemical, biological, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans.
This three-year, $1.4 million grant funds the purchase of instruments and equipment by Scripps for research and monitoring of the California Current ecosystem off the southern California coast.
www.moore.org /grantees/grant_summaries_content.asp?Grantee=ucsd_scripps   (146 words)

  
 californiadigitallibrary.org: Search Results
A collection of reports, letters, clippings, ships' logs, published research, and photos of four expeditions of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography "to study the seas, marine life and the geology of the sea floor." Covers the Mid-Pacific Expedition (1950), the Capricorn Expedition (1952), the Lusiad Expedition (1962), and the Nova Expedition (1967).
Essays, biographies, and administrative histories by staff of the Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
A timeline of key events concerning the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, beginning with the birth of philanthropist Ellen Browning Scripps in 1836.
www.californiadigitallibrary.org /cgi/generic-search?sort=title;mode=publicdl;subject=Oceanography   (216 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
collects manuscripts & archival materials that document the history of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and its founders, faculty, staff, students, & friends.
Archival collections include the records of the Marine Biological Association of San Diego, forerunner of Scripps Institution, & records of the directors of Scripps Institution.
The photograph collections include images of the development of the Scripps campus, images taken on oceanographic expeditions, photographs of ships, oceanographic instrumentation, marine life, & portraits of oceanographers.
scilib.ucsd.edu /sio/archives   (448 words)

  
 Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The investigations that led to the founding of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) began as summer marine biological studies conducted by UC Professor William E. Ritter beginning in 1892.
In 1903, Ritter and a group of San Diegans established SIO.
The scientific scope of SIO's research has grown to encompass physical, chemical, geological, and geophysical studies of the oceans, earth and atmosphere as well as biological research.
repositories.cdlib.org /sio   (67 words)

  
 Guide, Archives of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography
He was affiliated with Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1937, and he spent his summers at Scripps until 1942 while still on the faculty of the University of Illinois.
The American Petroleum Institute, representing most of the oil industry, decided to fund a general research program to be conducted by a suitable public organization.
American Petroleum Institute (API) correspondence was moved from the subject series files headed API and arranged in the correspondence series chronologically by year and alphabetically by name of correspondent.
orpheus.ucsd.edu /speccoll/testing/html/mc7.html   (2186 words)

  
 The Visualization Center at the Cecil and Ida Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution ...
The Visualization Center at the Cecil and Ida Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Insitution of Oceanography will participate in the iGrid 2005 conference to be held at Calit2.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography Visualization Center at the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics is a state-of-the-art visualization facility for presenting and manipulating very large datasets.
siovizcenter.ucsd.edu   (300 words)

  
 Penguins - Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography travel to Antarctica to observe emperor penguins.
Penguins - Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography travel to Antarctica to observe emperor penguins.
For more than 30 years, Scripps research physiologist Gerald Kooyman has studied the behavioral, physiological, and anatomical adaptations of antarctic marine animals.
His work, both at Scripps and in remote field locations, has broadened scientific understanding of the specialized adaptations of these aquatic mammals and birds and how they live and survive on the coldest, driest, and windiest continent.
sio.ucsd.edu /explorations/penguins   (272 words)

  
 :: SCRIPPSNEWS ::
Scripps Institution of Oceanography enhances its academic and research efforts
New Scripps Oceanography Project to Study Sediments and Ecosystem Restoration in Venice Lagoon
Scripps Oceanography Microbiologist Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
scrippsnews.ucsd.edu   (256 words)

  
 :: MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION : Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego ::
The Marine Biology Research Division at Scripps Institution of Oceanography consists of specialist marine research laboratories in the fields of cell and developmental biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, microbiology and physiology.
There are opportunities for Visiting Scholars, postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students within the more than 20 laboratories housed at Hubbs Hall, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, at the University of California, San Diego campus.
The Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation (CMBC) is collocated with the Marine Biology Research Division (MBRD) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO).
mbrd.ucsd.edu   (340 words)

  
 NGDC/WDC MGG, Boulder-Scripps Inst of Oceanography Ferromanganese Nodule Analysis File
Jane Frazer and Mary Fisk, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography compiled data on the geochemistry of marine ferromanganese nodules as part of the International Decade of Ocean Exploration, funded by the National Science Foundation.
The SIO data are also included in the NGDC marine minerals data base.
www.ngdc.noaa.gov /mgg/geology/sionar.html   (267 words)

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