Deep beneath the eastern Pacific Ocean about 1,000 miles off the coast of Ecuador, a fault line on the seafloor has been ...

Maira Mendez recently completed her bachelor’s degree in geosciences at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.

Innovators from UC San Diego are prepared to present their commercially-promising, environmentally-focused technologies at the 14th annual Triton Sustainability Challenge, the university’s ...

Using radioactive isotope systems to determine the age and origins of minerals and rocks, primarily as tracers of magmatic processes and the evolution of the earth. Organic molecules in natural waters ...

Fernando Gonzalez is an early professional with a strong determination to explore the various avenues for structural change within higher education. As a UC San Diego alum and San Diego native, ...

The study of the oceans and ecology of marine organisms in the geologic past, largely through the marine sedimentary record. The Human Ecology Laboratory groups together students and researchers to ...

Cryosphere and polar science study the frozen water part of the Earth system, ranging from the glaciers of Greenland to the ice sheets of the Antarctic. Antarctica photo by Jack Pan. Investigating ...

Collecting and processing data on the earth, oceans, and atmosphere using cameras, lasers, and a variety of electromagnetic sensors.

The study of earthquakes, the propagation of seismic waves, and Earth's internal structure.

The study of the origin and history of the solar system, planets and natural satellites, interplanetary dust and interstellar medium, lunar samples, meteors, and meteorites, asteroids, comets, craters ...