Grant to Scripps and Oregon State Supports Seagoing Research Technicians for Arctic Science Missions
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 8 September 2011
A $2.1M NSF grant supports Scripps and OSU in providing expert technicians on USCG icebreakers, boosting polar research accuracy and efficiency while enhancing San Diego's economy and advancing student training.
Keywords: polar research, NSF grant, marine technicians, icebreakers, Scripps, Oregon State, Arctic science
Researchers Identify Mysterious Life Forms in the Extreme Deep Sea
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 21 October 2011
Scripps scientists discovered giant xenophyophores—single-celled organisms—at 10,641m in the Mariana Trench using “Dropcams.” These deep-sea giants offer new insights into extreme life, biodiversity, and potential biotech.
Keywords: deep sea, Scripps, biodiversity, Dropcams, single-celled organisms
Scripps Researchers Part of Team that Completes Mollusk Evolutionary Tree
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Published: 27 October 2011
Scripps and Brown researchers built the most complete evolutionary tree of mollusks, linking rare deep-sea monoplacophorans to cephalopods and revealing a single origin for shelled mollusks using genome-level data.
Keywords: mollusks, phylogeny, monoplacophora, cephalopods, Scripps, evolution, genomics
