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 Features
The Promise and Perils of Seafloor Mining
Can minerals be extracted from the seafloor without environmental impacts?
Companies have launched plans to mine precious metals from the seafloor. How can scientists help locate mineral-rich sites? How can they help protect the unique oases of deep-sea life near these sites? |
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| Quote of the Week |
“It's really exciting to see the broad range of things being worked on here.”
—Gar Secrist, WHOI Summer Student Fellow
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 Having Their Phosphorus and Eating It Too
Planktons unusual ability may give it an ecological edge —November 4, 2009 |
 Voyage to the Remote Phoenix Islands
Eight atolls in the Pacific represent the world's largest marine protected area —October 16, 2009 |
 Floats Reveal Unknown Ocean Pathways
The North Atlantic's circulation is more complex than previously thought—October 9, 2009 |
 To Free a Tangled Whale
... and other recent findings by WHOI researchers—September 11, 2009 |
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 Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem —October 28, 2009 |
 The Hunt for Microbial 'Trojan Horses'
Should we beware of protists bearing pathogens?—October 2, 2009 |
 In Praise of Postdoctoral Scientists
Sept. 24 is declared the first annual 'National Postdoc Appreciation Day'—September 23, 2009 |
 Farming Shellfish in Zanzibar
Aquaculture project aims to produce food and reduce poverty —July 31, 2009 |
 Buoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions
Specially engineered mooring system detects whales and warns ships—July 22, 2009 |
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Interviews & Quotes |
 Floating Without Imploding
A conversation with WHOI engineer Don Peters—July 1, 2009 |
 Let There Be Light in the Dark Depths
A conversation with WHOI engineer Jonathan Howland—June 15, 2009 |
 Armed and Dexterous
A conversation with WHOI engineer Matt Heintz—June 11, 2009 |
 Miles Under the Sea, Hanging on by Hair-Thin Fiber
A conversation with WHOI engineer Andy Bowen—June 4, 2009 |
 2,000 Batteries Under the Sea
A conversation with WHOI engineer Daniel Gomez-Ibaņez—June 5, 2009 |
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Around WHOI |
 A Summer of Science on the Sea
WHOI Summer Student Fellowships offer a taste of research life—November 13, 2009 |
 The WHOI Marine Mammal Center Is Born ...
... and other stories from around WHOI—September 18, 2009 |
 A Diversity of Geoscientists
New Woods Hole program encourages underrepresented groups —August 21, 2009 |
 The Airplane That Studied the Ocean
Former oceanographic 'flyguy' reunites with his old plane—July 8, 2009 |
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Students at Work |
 Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock
Audio Slideshow: An MIT/WHOI student examines a fascinating natural process in Oman —October 22, 2009 |
 Hurricane Hunter
Graduate student uncovers long-buried record of past storms —February 13, 2009 |
 What Makes the Great Ocean Currents Flow?
A graduate student explores the Gulf Stream and the Kuroshio—December 23, 2008 |
 The Turtle and the Robot
An old sea turtle teaches a young engineer about swimming—December 19, 2008 |
