Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Before NASA’s first endeavor into space with a private rocket has even launched, the crew for its second joint NASA/SpaceX mission has been selected — and it includes an astronaut with San Diego ties. NASA astronaut Megan McArthur, a UC San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography alumna, will pilot SpaceX’s second Dragon flight to the International Space Station alongside...

As waves crashed against the shoreline in Encinitas on Monday, a bright blue hue overtook the ocean thanks to the return of an unpredictable natural phenomenon.

Bioluminescence created a brilliant, neon blue glow in Encinitas.

It’s no secret that NASA astronaut Jessica Meir is currently in space! Meir, who is active on social media, gives us a peek into her journey.  In her recent Twitter posts, Meir gazes down at the site where she worked on her Scripps Institution of Oceanography studies of elephant seals in collaboration with the University of California Santa Cruz...

Straight out of a horror movie – a frenzy of sharks swarms the shores of San Diego? Not quite. But dozens of usually-harmless leopard sharks returned to La Jolla’s coast just in time for Halloween.

It’s being called one giant leap for womankind. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch performed the first all-female spacewalk Friday roughly 250 miles up at the International Space Station.

NASA astronauts Jessica Mei and Christina Koch became the first all-female team to spacewalk at ISS.

Two San Diego men are thanking their lucky kayaks for taking the brunt of a great white shark bite near Catalina Island over the weekend.

Everton Simpson squints at the Caribbean from his motorboat, scanning the dazzling bands of color for hints of what lies beneath. Emerald green indicates sandy bottoms. Sapphire blue lies above seagrass meadows. And deep indigo marks coral reefs. That’s where he’s headed. He steers the boat to an unmarked spot that he knows as the “coral nursery.” ”It’s like a...

San Diego’s commercial fishing industry is making a comeback, with renewed interest in emerging fisheries, and local ocean-to-table food.

Local fishermen are working with Sea Grant on the apprenticeship program for the next generation of fishermen. NBC 7’s May Tjoa has more.

From years of drought to intense storms dumping buckets of rain in a short amount of time: New research revealed Tuesday says changes in California’s weather are about to make it the Wild West.

NBC 7’s reporter Steven Luke talked to Alexander Gershunov from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography about “atmospheric rivers” and the effects of the changing climate in California.

Seismologists at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography are studying the Ridgecrest earthquakes and the damage left behind. As scientists analyze data, they’re also keeping a close eye on other faults around Southern California.

Seismologists at the Scripps Institute of Oceanography are studying the Ridgecrest earthquakes and the damage left behind. As scientists analyze data, they’re also keeping a close eye on other faults around Southern California, including in San Diego. NBC 7’s Erika Cervantes has more.

Researchers are taking a closer look at the Del Mar bluffs after a wet winter, in part, brought a string of collapses in the well-traversed area.

Recent rainfall and water runoff are part of the reason why the Del Mar bluffs are collapsing. NBC 7’s Audra Stafford has more.

San Diego oceans turned an electric shade of blue this week thanks to the return of an unpredictable red tide, and the Scripps Institution of Oceanography said there may be more chances to catch a glimpse of the phenomenon.

Picture a world where one eighth of the species that live on this planet are gone: Scientists say it’s a closer reality than we may think.