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Can't Bring Deep-sea Samples Up? Send a Lab Down. Can't Bring Deep-sea Samples Up? Send a Lab Down.
Engineers develop instruments to analyze materials that only exist in the depths
To study deep-sea phenomena that can't be analyzed in the lab or at the surface, WHOI engineers Sheri White and Chip Breier are working on ways to modify a useful laboratory device known as a laser Raman spectrometer for work in difficult undersea conditions.
New Whale Detection Buoys Will Help Ships Take the Right Way through Marine Habitat News Release
New Whale Detection Buoys Will Help Ships Take the Right Way through Marine Habitat
Collaboration between researchers, regulators, and industry will aid in the protection of an endangered species.

In Computer Models and Seafloor Observations, Researchers See Potential for Significant 2008 Red Tide Season News Release
In Computer Models and Seafloor Observations, Researchers See Potential for Significant 2008 "Red Tide" Season
Conditions are ripe for another large bloom in New England waters; weather and ocean conditions will determine outcome.

Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland’s Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice Sheet Flow News Release
Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland’s Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice Sheet Flow
Researchers make first observations of surface meltwater cutting through the ice sheet to lubricate the bottom.

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