Recent News

Munk Laboratory nominated for Historic Designation

On July 30th, Scripps Institution of Oceanography petitioned the California State Office of Preservation that IGPP's Munk Laboratory be added to the National Register of Historical Places.

Kilb, Mellors, colleague share new techniques in seismic sensing


Adusumilli awarded 2021 Frieman Prize


Congratulations to Susheel Adusumilli, recipient of the 2021 Edward A. Frieman Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research for his work on a Nature Geosciences study that examined the melting of Antarctica’s floating ice shelves.

Salton Sea swarm currently underway

Debi Kilb and Frank Vernon are monitoring an evolving earthquake swarm that started today south of the Salton Sea. The largest EQ in the swarm, so far, was Mw5.2.  Within an hour of the Mw5.2 EQ, an additional ~175 earthquakes occurred. Swarms are common in this region. This 2021 swarm is spatially nestled between the events from 2005 and 2012 —tending more toward the 2005 locations.

Sandwell, Xu, Rockwell (SDSU) discover retrograde slip in Ridgecrest

IGPP Annual Report now online

IGPP Virtual Seminar Series 2021: Zhongwen Zhan

IGPP is pleased to invite you to join its Winter 2021 Virtual Seminar Series presentation featuring Caltech's Zhongwen Zhan. Dr. Zhan's talk, "Geophysical Sensing on Submarine Cables: A Cocktail for Two Communities" will be available via Zoom on Tuesday, February 2, 2021, starting at 12:00pm.  The seminar will be hosted on Zoom link here (password = cable).

IGPP Virtual Seminar Series 2021: Ryan Hardy

IGPP is pleased to invite you to join its Winter 2021 Virtual Seminar Series presentation featuring NOAA's Ryan Hardy. Dr. Hardy's talk, "In Pursuit of Geoid Change in Alaska" will be available via Zoom on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, starting at 12:00pm.  The seminar will be hosted on Zoom link here (password = alaska). 

Fricker featured on Name Drop San Diego podcast


Listen to Helen Fricker, co-director of Scripps Polar Center, speak with Name Drop San Diego about the newly named Fricker Ice Piedmont, her experiences in the quiet of Antarctica,  the role of satellite altimetry in polar research, and more...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/name-drop-san-diego/id1509798709?i=1000472441170

Pommier, Pirotte experimental research environment shared in "High Pressure Research"

Professor Anne Pommier, PhD student Hadrien Pirotte, and collaborators have developed a new experimental setup to explore the physical properties of planetary interiors