Selected Audio

Following are a few items from our extensive audio collection, which is detailed in our Media List.

• "The Position of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the University, the State, and the Nation" conference, March  1951
  • Claude ZoBell: speaking on history and growth of Scripps
  • Norris Rakestraw: speaking on education and training at Scripps
  • Roger Revelle: commenting on ZoBell's and Rakestraw's talks on Scripps research and training
  • Carl Eckart: speaking on physical oceanography at Scripps
  • Roger Revelle: speaking on pursuing research and science at Scripps
  • T. Wayland Vaughan: speaking at dedication of Vaughan Aquarium-Museum => transcription of Vaughan's talk
• Elmer Yale Dawson: USC marine botanist Dawson rockin' the accordion on a shipboard scientific expedition while moored off Socorro Island, Mexico, November 1953
• Warren Wooster: speaking on the Transpac Expedition, December 1953
• Denis L. Fox: speaking on marine pigments and animal coloration, at a high school, November 1959
• Roger Revelle: speaking on research and teaching at UCSD and the purpose of the University, March 1961
• Jacques Piccard : speaking on the submersible Trieste's dive to the Challenger Deep. circa 1960-1963. Audio recordings #1-5. => transcription: Dives of the Bathyscaph Trieste, 1958-1963: Transcriptions of sixty-one dictabelt recordings in the Robert Sinclair Dietz Papers, 1954-1986. La Jolla, CA: UCSD Libraries, 2000
• Sealab II Press Conference: held at SIO, October 12, 1965. SeaLab II was a U.S. Navy undersea habitat deployed offshore Scripps Institution of Oceanography [audio deterioration in middle]
• Carl Hubbs: speaking to a high school class on bioluminescence in fish, and whether fish can distinguish color, July 1966
• "The Oceans 1968, A New World" symposium, February 1968
  • Harold Urey: speaking on "The Primordial Ocean"
  • Jerome Namias: speaking on "The Ocean and Atmosphere"
  • Walter Munk: speaking on "Ocean Tides and Waves"
  • H. William "Bill" Menard: speaking on "The Pacific Basin"
  • Edward D. Goldberg: speaking on "Chemistry of the Ocean"
  • Maurice Yonge: speaking on "Biology of the Ocean"
  • John D. Isaacs: speaking on "Ocean Science and Technology"
• Douglas Inman: speaking on the importance of nearshore processes and environment to mankind, October 1969
• John Isaacs: speaking on his work including the North Pacific Experiment, paleoclimate studies, and deep-sea camera footage, October 1969
• Douglas Inman: speaking on "The Coastal Challenge," December 1970
• William Fenical: speaking on "The Ocean, a Sea of Chemicals," February 1974
• Roger Revelle: speaking on Mid-Pac and Capricorn Expeditions, August 1975
• Flip Favorites: SIO 75th Anniversary musical show, 1978
• Walter Munk: speaking on "Mysteries of Weather Beneath the Ocean Surface," March 1978
• Theodore H. Bullock: speaking on "Insights into Man’s Brain and Behavior from Studies of Life in the Sea," May 1978. Introduced by Andrew Benson.
• Jerome Namias: speaking on "Crazy Weather Patterns," September 1978. Introduced by Charles Merdinger.
• Walter Munk: speaking on Carl Eckart at Scripps Library building dedication, 1978?
• John Faulkner: speaking on "Searches for Drugs from the Sea," November 1978
• Walter Munk: speaking on "Oceanography, a Technology Driven Science," November 1978
• H. William "Bill" Menard: speaking on Edward "Teddy" Crisp Bullard, April 1980
• "Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Hottest Thing in Oceanography" symposium, October 1981
  • Robert Hessler: speaking on animals at the East Pacific Rise Crest hydrothermal vents
  • Harmon Craig: speaking on geochemistry of hydrothermal vents
  • Fred Spiess: speaking on tools used to study hydrothermal vent hot spots on the East Pacific Rise
  • George Somero: speaking on physiology of animals at East Pacific Rise Crest hydrothermal vents
• H. William "Bill" Menard memorial event, February 1986
  • Marcia McNutt: speaking about "Science by the Menard Method"
  • Roger Revelle: speaking about Bill Menard
• Douglas Macdougall: speaking on "The Ocean's Bottom, a Geochemist's View," April 1986
• Robert Hessler: excerpt of audio from Alvin submersible dive #2021 on Galapagos Rift hydrothermal vents at 2,460 meters depth, April 1988
• Charles David Keeling: speaking on "Global Changes in the Carbon Cycle: Evidence from Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Measurements," January 1990
• Tim Barnett: speaking on "Future World: CO2 and Climate," April 1990
• Veerabhadran Ramanathan: speaking on "Clouds, Water Vapor, and the Greenhouse Effect: Recent Observations and Emerging Issues," December 1990
• Walter Munk: speaking on "Heard Island Experiment," March 1991
• Walter Munk: speaking on "Sending Sound Waves Around the World Throughout the Ocean to Measure Global Warming," May 1993
  
• Walter Munk: talks about his life and career with Laurence Armi, September 1994
• Charles David Keeling: talks about starting his carbon dioxide measurements, February 1996
• Bob Dill: tells a story about Walter Munk on the 1952 Capricorn Expedition, September 2000
• Charles David Keeling: speaking on fossil fuels and atmospheric carbon dioxide, undated
• George Shor memorial event, September 2009
  • Robert L. Fisher: speaking about George Shor
  • Bob Knox: speaking about George Shor
• TRIESTE Deep Dive Golden Anniversary Celebration, January 2010
  • each speaker is introduced by Charles MacVean, COMSUBDEVGRU ONE
  • Charles B. Bishop, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, USN, speaking on "TRIESTE comes to America"
  • E. John Michel, Chief of the Boat TRIESTE, speaking on "TRIESTE makes ready for sea"
  • Don Walsh, Pilot of TRIESTE, speaking on "TRIESTE into the Trench: the deep dive"
  • Kevin Hardy, speaking on "TRIESTE changes history"