The Scripps Institution of Oceanography is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego. Its main campus is in La Jolla, with further facilities in Point Loma. It was founded in 1903 and incorporated into the University of California system in 1912. Since then its research has broadened to cover the physics, chemistry, geology, biology and climate of the Earth. The institution awards the Nierenberg Prize each year to recognize researchers whose contributions to science serve the public interest.
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is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego
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is the school of oceanography and earth science at the University of California, San Diego
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While at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography he observed the nature of the Emperor chain of seamounts
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