Scripps Polar Center in the News
- Deep-ocean heat has been marching closer to Antarctica, reveals new long-term study
Data from Scripps Oceanography-developed Argo network helps reveal movement
- Fund for Science and Technology Awards $15 Million to Scripps Oceanography
The grant will support environmental DNA surveys, expanded deep ocean monitoring and glacier research
- Ask a Scientist: How Do the Polar Regions Impact You?
Scripps Polar Center Director Helen Amanda Fricker shares how satellites are transforming our understanding of polar regions
- UC San Diego-Led Satellite Mission Selected by NASA
Satellite measuring land, polar and coastal regions could launch as soon as 2030
- Scripps Scientists in Antarctica Studying Retreating Glaciers, Cancer-Fighting Microbes and More
Research continues during the 2025-2026 Antarctic field season despite reduced federal support
- Undersea "Storms" Are Melting Antarctic Glaciers from Below
New research suggests this process is responsible for significant melting of the massive Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers
- Experts Warn Against Five Polar Geoengineering Ideas
Proposals will not help and could harm, according to new assessment
- Study Reveals how Deep Ocean Currents Shape Microbial Life across South Pacific
Diversity explodes beyond 1,000 feet deep
- Scripps Student Spotlight: Trevor Layman
MAS Climate Science and Policy student explores polar programs in Argentina
- The Ocean Pavilion Returns to International Climate Conference for a Third Year
Leading science institutions and partners will make the case for greater inclusion of the ocean at COP29