Mars as seen by a Viking orbiter. Photo courtesy NASA Scripps Institution of Oceanography is doing work that is out of this world — specifically work relating to the unique geology of Mars, which ...

David T. Sandwell, professor of geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, has been selected as the winner of the George P. Woollard Award from the ...

Dive in and discover our world! If you want to understand life on Earth, you have to understand the ocean. Not only are most living creatures actually in the ocean that covers two-thirds of the ...

Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego Emeritus Professor of Geology Edward Litton (Jerry) Winterer, died Aug. 30 at his home in Del Mar, Calif. He was 91. Winterer was a renowned expert ...

Marine Geology: The forces that shape our Earth and its global ocean; Physical Oceanography: The forces that move our oceans; Marine Biology: The flora and fauna that inhabit our oceans; Global ...

Geological investigations in the Himalayas have revealed evidence that when India and Asia collided some 90 million years ago, the continental crust of the Indian tectonic plate was forced down under ...

'Science with spirituality' was the flavour of the day.Lectures on unconventional academic pursuits and laboratory and farm visits for practical demonstration proved fruitful for the young minds.