So #OSM26 in Glasgow is off to a great start with a fantastic plenary talk by Britney Schmidt— Icefin is so cool! Makes me wish for the day we will have such a robotic oceanographer in the ocean on Europa.
22.02.2026 19:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So #OSM26 in Glasgow is off to a great start with a fantastic plenary talk by Britney Schmidt— Icefin is so cool! Makes me wish for the day we will have such a robotic oceanographer in the ocean on Europa.
22.02.2026 19:51 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
We are looking for innovative and broad-thinking faculty colleagues to join us in understanding and protecting our planet! (And stay tuned for more faculty opportunities to come in the near future…)
apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF04460
Congratulations to @helen-amanda.bsky.social and her team for the selection of the EDGE mission as @ucsandiego.bsky.social’s first PI-led NASA mission! today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san...
06.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Congratulations to Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Prof. Veerabhadran Ramanathan! I got to know Ram after arriving at Scripps (unfortunately do not overlap with him at U Chicago), and just love how he is still so energized and motivated by his science.
30.01.2026 03:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Is that lumpfish the cutest thing you ever saw?! Got to shake hands with an octopus (I know I’ll be visiting him frequently!) and see some incredible things at our experimental aquarium facilities — just another day here @scrippsocean.bsky.social
29.01.2026 05:34 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Heading home after a few days in Davos. Grateful for the opportunity to talk about the ocean, climate and sustainability, space and exploration with leaders from so many different sectors.
23.01.2026 11:00 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today marks exactly 100 days since I joined @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social. It felt like a bit of a celebration to walk on Scripps’ campus today and feel moved by all the incredible science-inspired art works that are like little gems tucked in unexpected places!
09.01.2026 07:49 — 👍 12 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Sunset view of a beach in La Jolla, California, with orange hues reflected in the water and a row of clouds near the horizon.
First sunset from my office @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social at the start of Winter Quarter. Here’s to a year of chasing new and amazing discoveries just beyond the horizon and finding magic in everyday moments. Happy New Year!
06.01.2026 07:08 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
This week’s absolute highlight was a tour of @scrippsocean.bsky.social’s RV Sally Ride - with @astrodocscott.bsky.social who operated Sally Ride’s KidSat payload on STS-86. This research vessel is a scientific & technological marvel, enabling tremendous ocean & seafloor measurements and sampling!
14.12.2025 17:24 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
View of the Scripps Pier at dusk, with festive lights along the length of the pier.
Me and my husband standing on either side of seated Santa in front of an image of Scripps Pier at the Birch Aquarium.
Santa diving in a tank with kelp at the Birch Aquarium.
Spotted Santa delivering presents underwater @birchaquarium.bsky.social yesterday. Happy holidays from @scrippsocean.bsky.social!
07.12.2025 01:51 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Halloween celebrations @scrippsocean.bsky.social — ghosts, cool canines and a new variety of dogfish!
02.11.2025 21:07 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My first 3 weeks on the job at @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social have flown by - learning about the amazing people who work here (including those pictured here from our world-class scientific diving program and ship operations) and the amazing things that we do here.
20.10.2025 01:56 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
I think I met my first native San Diegan today @birchaquarium.bsky.social … a gorgeous rosy boa! Also met Rusty, a handsome bearded dragon. Birch is a truly magical place.
09.10.2025 03:40 — 👍 23 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
#ICYMI, we shared some big news this week! 🎉 Scripps Institution of Oceanography at @ucsandiego.bsky.social is proud to welcome esteemed Earth and planetary scientist Meenakshi Wadhwa as the 12th director of our institution. 🪐 Hear directly from Dr. Wadhwa in this video: youtu.be/lbFLXM6BBbI?...
03.10.2025 20:43 — 👍 63 🔁 16 💬 1 📌 2So excited to be here to serve the @scrippsocean.bsky.social community, and advance our mission to understand and protect our planet!
02.10.2025 06:24 — 👍 15 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
The neo-Gothic facade of the church of Sagrada Família in Barcelona
Ceiling of church of Sagrada Família
Inside the main entrance of Gaudi’s La Pedrera (Casa Milà)
On the rooftop of Gaudi’s La Pedrera (Casa Mila)
Amazed by Gaudi’s city…
13.09.2025 09:45 — 👍 10 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tantalizing— but needs confirmation through careful analyses in laboratories in Earth. This is why we must bring back the samples that Perseverance has so carefully documented and collected!
11.09.2025 08:18 — 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0YES!!
09.09.2025 10:32 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
View looking up from the base of Burj Khalifa
View from the top of Burj Khalifa of Dubai at night, tall buildings and city lights
View of the very futuristic oval-shaped Museum of the Future at night.
View of the “human waterfall” in the Dubai Mall.
Dubai at night… including amazing views of and from the top of Burj Khalifa!
09.09.2025 06:22 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A monstrously huge dust storm behind a building, with a pool in the foreground.
Picture of me (on left) and my husband (on right), with Pinnacle Peak (North Scottsdale) in the background on left side.
Beautiful flower arrangement (orange roses, pink tulips, eucalyptus leaves…) on desk in my office. Windows in the background look towards the Superstition Mountains.
A large rectangular sheet cake depicting a sunset view (yellow-orange skies) on a beach — ocean and waves on the right, sand & a plan tree & orange flowers on left.
Snapshots from a memorable penultimate week in AZ… (picture of the Haboob courtesy of @astrodocscott.bsky.social & that of the gorgeous cake thanks to Kim Baptista)!
30.08.2025 21:34 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Me cutting a beautiful cake decorated with an ocean and sunset, with a party in the backdrop.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to thank my long-time AZ friends and colleagues @seseasu.bsky.social for the many wonderful years of camaraderie, collaborations, and friendship I’ve enjoyed here. Definitely one of my best career and life decisions to come here 19+ years ago!
28.08.2025 23:59 — 👍 69 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
SPHEREx discovered a bright CO2 coma (the extended gaseous atmosphere of a comet) surrounding 3I/ATLAS. It extends out to at least 348,000 km. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.
SPHEREx Discovers Extended Carbon Dioxide Coma in Interstellar Object 3I-ATLAS
spherex.caltech.edu/news/3i-atla... #SPHEREx #3IATLAS 🧪🔭
Three views of a work of art called “Fallen Star” on the campus of UCSD by artist Do Ho Suh: a cottage perched on top of a building, with over half its base hanging off the building.
Surprised and delighted to come across this earlier this week… art transforms the mundane into magic and proves that delight can often hide in plain sight. #FallenStar
23.08.2025 21:08 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Two views of the Sun setting over Tempe Town Lake - brilliant orange colors and some clouds.
Soaking in another AZ sunset.
15.08.2025 02:36 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
05.08.2025 22:54 — 👍 18085 🔁 6743 💬 547 📌 283
Group photo with staff in SESE at ASU.
Group photo with faculty in SESE at ASU.
Group photo with my research group that I’ve worked with over my 19 years at SESE.
Image of the SESE booth at the AGU conference, showing the school banner.
Yesterday was my last day as Director @seseasu.bsky.social. I’m proud of what our school community has achieved over the last 6 yrs, building on a trajectory set in motion 19 yrs ago when SESE was founded. I know SESE will achieve greater heights in the coming years — I will be cheering them on!
01.08.2025 18:37 — 👍 19 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A series of 4 photos showing the progression of a sunset over the Pacific Ocean, with silhouettes of palm trees in foreground.
OK, so La Jolla sunsets are not so bad… and I can almost trick myself into seeing a green flash in the last image!
24.07.2025 03:08 — 👍 90 🔁 4 💬 5 📌 0
Me and my husband with a brilliant sunset behind us.
View of a beautiful sunset (orange clouds in a blue sky) looking out on Tempe Town Lake from the balcony of a building next to the lake.
One of the many things I will miss about living in Arizona is the sunsets… and this view from our balcony of said sunsets!
23.07.2025 02:53 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
More than 280 NASA employees past and present, including at least 4 astronauts, have signed a declaration of opposition to the many drastic changes that the US administration is working to enact
go.nature.com/44UJqbk
