RESEARCH OVERVIEW
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RESEARCH OVERVIEW
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As the coming millennium approaches, we face daunting questions about the earth's future. What impact will global warming have on the planet's climate? Will overfishing and pollution destroy the sea's productivity, on which millions of people depend? Can the oceans provide new drugs to treat the diseases that continue to plague us? These are only some of the issues that scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography are now addressing.
As the new director of Scripps, my challenge is to ensure that we continue to ask the right questions about our global environment so we can continue to provide the public and policymakers with the right answers. With the many challenges facing us, being good stewards of the environment will be as important to our survival in the next century as guarding the nation's security has been in the last.
Please join us in our quest.
CHARLES F. KENNEL
Director
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
There are more than 300 active research projects at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Scripps scientists can be found on every continent and every ocean as they collaborate on research with colleagues throughout the United States and in 51 nations. This overview briefly describes some of the research projects that most directly benefit society.
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Written by Janet Howard and
Lawrance Bailey
All photos by Susan R. Green, SIO Photo Lab, unless otherwise credited
Page prepared by Lawrance Bailey Last
update:
03/09/98
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California, San Diego
