Jon Woodruff, a recent graduate of the WHOI/MIT Joint Program, looks
for bits of grit and shell in sediment samples that he cores from
lagoons and marshes (including this marsh, on Cape Cod), because they
are evidence of past hurricanes. Lacking historic written records
beyond a few hundred years, Woodruff and his colleagues look deep into
sediments to see past patterns of hurricane intensity and
frequency—information that could prove useful for predicting future
hurricanes.
(Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)[back]
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