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  2. Scripps Institution of Oceanography - Wikipedia

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    On October 25, 1973, California Sea Grant became a college (National Sea Grant College Program) administered by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. [40] [41] From March to May of 1979, SIO directed the RISE project and oversaw the 1979 discovery of black smoker hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific ...

  3. List of oceanographic institutions and programs - Wikipedia

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    San Diego State University operates the Coastal Waters Laboratory in San Diego, California. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, associated with the University of California San Diego, in La Jolla, California. Scripps; Southern California Marine Institute, a multi-campus research station on Terminal Island in the Los Angeles area.

  4. Birch Aquarium - Wikipedia

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    The original Scripps marine biological laboratory, 1910. The aquarium was established in 1903 after the Marine Biological Association of San Diego was created to conduct marine research in the local waters of the Pacific Ocean (its name was later changed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography to honor supporters Ellen Browning Scripps and E.W. Scripps, part of the Scripps family of newspaper ...

  5. Old Scripps Building - Wikipedia

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    The Old Scripps Building overlooks the Pacific coast near the Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Pier on the campus of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.It is set on a terrace about 15 feet (4.6 m) above the shore, and is a relatively nondescript concrete structure, two stories in height, measuring about 50 by 75 feet (15 m × 23 m), with the long axis oriented roughly east–west.

  6. Scripps Institute - Wikipedia

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    Several facilities in La Jolla, California, are named after the Scripps family. Scripps Institute may refer to: TSRI is The Scripps Research Institute, established in 1991 for medical and biological research; Scripps Institution of Oceanography, a division of UC San Diego

  7. Parts of California are crumbling toward the ocean — here's why

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    A 2019 study published in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, found that landslides coincided with atmospheric river storms about 76% of the time in the San Francisco Bay area.

  8. Scripps Research - Wikipedia

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    Scripps Research is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences.Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institute has over 170 laboratories employing 2,100 scientists, [1] technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff.

  9. Southern California Marine Institute - Wikipedia

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    It was until 1971, when the university system decided to purchase the naval vessel R/V Nautilus for that specific purpose. In 1972, the creation of the Southern California Ocean Studies Consortium (SCOSC) was approved by the Trustees and the Presidents of the founding campuses and the operation of the R/V Nautilus floating marine laboratory began.