Scripps scientists explore Earth's final frontier

Jay Alameda discusses "Linked Environments for Atmospheric Discovery (LEAD)" at the Minority-Serving Institutions Cyberinfrastructure Institute (MSICI2) Planning and Learning Meeting held at SDSC January 30-31 2006

Habit and habitat of Chaptalia tomentosa. Characters demonstrated include the taxon's glabrous adaxial leaf surfaces, tomentose abaxial leaf surfaces, peduncles, and the involucral bracts surrounding the head as seen at the end of the video. At anthesis its heads are ascending on sunny days but nodding downward when in bud and in fruit. Flowering period for this plant is usually from December through May. This plant grows in sandy soils of the coastal plain, pineland savannas of the...

Emperor penguins can flourish in locales where few other animals roam. But scientists now wonder if they can adapt to a new threat: climate change.

A network devoted to recording the state of the oceans is nearing its full complement. Will it remain intact as its decades-long mission begins?

A journey to a coral reef chain hidden in the Central Pacific forces scientists to revisit the definition of a pristine environment