General Information About Ocean Chemistry
Elemental Journeys
Oct. 19, 2012 - Humans have changed how chemicals move on our planet
Every Chromatogram Tells a Story
Oct. 12, 2011 - Technique detects the multitude of chemical compounds in oil
Will More Acidic Oceans Be Noisier?
Oct. 8, 2010 - Acousticians quiet warnings that sounds will travel farther
While Oil Gently Seeps from the Seafloor
May. 14, 2009 - Oil naturally leaking into the ocean offers a 'laboratory' to study accidential spills
A Deep-sea Chemical-Sniffing Bloodhound
Dec. 30, 2008 - WHOI engineer develops a small, tough mass spectrometer to work in the ocean
Another Greenhouse Gas to Watch: Nitrous Oxide
Dec. 12, 2008 - Where are steadily rising levels of the gas coming from?
Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
Dec. 12, 2008 - The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes
Listening In As Bacteria 'Talk' to Each Other
Nov. 3, 2008 - A graduate student explores the microbial mysteries of quorum sensing
Researchers Band Together to Create a Band
Oct. 27, 2008 - An audio slideshow on the music (and science) of the band, Willis
How Does Nature Deal with Persistent Pollutants?
Oct. 22, 2008 - Graduate student explores biomagnification of chemicals up the food chain
For Graduate Student, Research Is a Gas
Jul. 24, 2008 - Well, two gases actually, and both have key impacts on climate
Seabirds Use Their Sense of Smell to Find Food
Jul. 17, 2008 - The not-so-sweet smell of a good meal in the ocean is a gas called dimethylsulfide
DMS: The Climate Gas You've Never Heard Of
Jul. 17, 2008 - Made by tiny plants in the ocean, dimethylsulfide helps make clouds in the sky
Can't Bring Deep-sea Samples Up? Send a Lab Down.
May. 9, 2008 - Engineers develop instruments to analyze materials that only exist in the depths
To Fertilize, or Not to Fertilize
Feb. 6, 2008
Lost City Pumps Life-essential Chemicals at Rates Unseen at Typical Black Smokers
Jan. 31, 2008 - Chemistry at Atlantic hydrothermal vent site may be analog for origins of life
Growing Marine Plants Need Their Vitamins
Jun. 7, 2007 - Vitamin B12 has impacts on the ocean food web and Earth's climate
Deep Ocean Waters Don't Run Still
May. 4, 2007 - Can “sticky” isotopes help us measure how water flows deep in the ocean?
Cell-sized Thermometers
Apr. 5, 2007 - Can the shells of microscopic organisms be used to measure past deep-ocean temperatures?
How Long Can the Ocean Slow Global Warming?
Nov. 29, 2006 - How much excess carbon dioxide can the ocean hold and how will it affect marine life?
Swimming in the Rain
Aug. 16, 2006 - Novel untethered vehicle catches 'marine snow' falling through the sea
A Journey to the Ocean's Twilight Zone
Aug. 16, 2006 - A conversation with marine biogeochemist Ken Buesseler
Into the 'Mouth of Hell'
Jun. 9, 2006 - A journey into the crater of an active volcano
When Seafloor Meets Ocean, the Chemistry Is Amazing
Feb. 13, 2004 - In more and more places, scientists are finding large amounts of natural gas on the ocean bottom
The Remarkable Diversity of Seafloor Vents
Feb. 13, 2004 - Explorations reveal an increasing variety of hydrothermal vents
Carbon Cycle
River Quest
Nov. 9, 2012 - Scientists sample the world's rivers to assess the planet's health
Elemental Journeys
Oct. 19, 2012 - Humans have changed how chemicals move on our planet
Deep-sea Detectives
Sep. 20, 2012 - Follow the trail to unravel a seafloor mystery
The Ocean's Tiny Chemists
Nov. 23, 2011 - A new tool helps sort out a hubbub of microbial activity in the sea
A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life
Oct. 20, 2011 - Scientists reveal hidden relationships among marine microbes
Salps Catch the Ocean's Tiniest Organisms
Aug. 13, 2010 - Oh, what remarkably built internal mucus nets they weave
Bacterial 'Conversations' Have Impact on Climate
Mar. 5, 2010 - 'Quorum sensing' helps control how carbon moves in the sea
The Socioeconomic Costs of Ocean Acidification
Jan. 8, 2010 - Seawater's lower pH will affect food supplies, pocketbooks, and lifestyles
Should We Inject Carbon Dioxide into the Deep Ocean?
Dec. 22, 2009 - Study finds that some seafloor life may be harmed by high CO2 levels
Ocean Acidification: A Risky Shell Game
Dec. 4, 2009 - How will climate change affect the shells and skeletons of sea life?
Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Oct. 28, 2009 - Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem
Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock
Oct. 22, 2009 - Audio Slideshow: An MIT/WHOI student examines a fascinating natural process in Oman
To Free a Tangled Whale
Sep. 11, 2009 - ... and other recent findings by WHOI researchers
Ocean Conveyor's 'Pump' Switches Back On
Jan. 9, 2009 - How will climate warming affect ocean circulation? The answer isn't so simple.
A Most Ingenious Paradoxical Plankton
Nov. 25, 2008 - How do similar organisms co-exist in the same ecological niche?
Listening In As Bacteria 'Talk' to Each Other
Nov. 3, 2008 - A graduate student explores the microbial mysteries of quorum sensing
To Fertilize, or Not to Fertilize
Feb. 6, 2008
Proposals Emerge to Transfer Excess Carbon into the Ocean
Jan. 11, 2008 - Increasing urgency about climate change has spurred schemes that may seem radical
Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon
Jan. 10, 2008 - Profits, pollution, and politics all will play roles in ocean iron fertilization
Lessons from Nature, Models, and the Past
Jan. 9, 2008 - Other lines of evidence inform the debate on ocean iron fertilization
What Are the Possible Side Effects?
Jan. 8, 2008 - The uncertainties and unintended consequences of manipulating ecosystems
Will Ocean Iron Fertilization Work?
Jan. 7, 2008 - Getting carbon into the ocean is one thing. Keeping it there is another.
Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron
Nov. 13, 2007 - Should we add iron to the sea to help reduce greenhouse gases in the air?
Growing Marine Plants Need Their Vitamins
Jun. 7, 2007 - Vitamin B12 has impacts on the ocean food web and Earth's climate
Follow the Carbon Trail
Mar. 2, 2007 - The movement and transformation of carbon in the ocean have large climate implications
Sunspots, Sea Changes, and Climate Shifts
Jan. 5, 2007 - Does solar activity or ocean circulation—or both—drive changes in the atmosphere?
How Long Can the Ocean Slow Global Warming?
Nov. 29, 2006 - How much excess carbon dioxide can the ocean hold and how will it affect marine life?
A Journey to the Ocean's Twilight Zone
Aug. 16, 2006 - A conversation with marine biogeochemist Ken Buesseler
Swimming in the Rain
Aug. 16, 2006 - Novel untethered vehicle catches 'marine snow' falling through the sea
Transparent Animal May Play Overlooked Role in the Ocean
Jun. 30, 2006 - Swarming by the billions, gelatinous salps transport tons of carbon to the depths
Earth Can't Soak Up Excess Fossil Fuel Emissions Indefinitely
Oct. 5, 2005 - By the end of the century, the land and ocean may reach their capacity to absorb greenhouse gas from the atmosphere
Little Things Matter A Lot
Mar. 11, 2005 - Overlooked in the ocean until the 1970s, cyanobacteria are among Earth's most important organisms
Mistaken Identity
Feb. 10, 2005 - Two bromine compounds found in whale blubber are natural products, not industrial pollutants
Mixing Oil and Water
Jun. 23, 2004 - Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment
Chemistry of Groundwater
Groundwater: The River No One Sees
Jan. 16, 2013 - Corals help measure hidden flow
Underneath and Overlooked: Groundwater
Aug. 10, 2012 - A conversation with WHOI marine chemist Matt Charette
'Seasonal Pump' Moves Water Between Ocean and Aquifers
Nov. 10, 2005 - Seawater is drawn underground in winter and flows into ocean in summer
Water Flowing Underground
Dec. 10, 2004 - New techniques reveal the importance of groundwater seeping into the sea
Chemistry of Pollution
Japan's Triple Disaster
Apr. 25, 2013 - Earthquake and tsunami led to release of radioisotopes
River Quest
Nov. 9, 2012 - Scientists sample the world's rivers to assess the planet's health
Elemental Journeys
Oct. 19, 2012 - Humans have changed how chemicals move on our planet
Underneath and Overlooked: Groundwater
Aug. 10, 2012 - A conversation with WHOI marine chemist Matt Charette
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
Mar. 9, 2012 - What have scientists learned about its cause and consequences?
Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
Feb. 6, 2012 - Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish?
On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean
Feb. 1, 2012 - Between smokestack and fish, mercury becomes more toxic
Tracking an Elusive Chemical: Estrogens
Dec. 2, 2011 - What impacts might these hormones have in the coastal ocean?
After the Oil Spill, Finding a Drop in the Ocean
Jan. 26, 2011 - New, highly sensitive method can track dispersant in Gulf of Mexico
Tracking a Trail of Oil Droplets
Sep. 17, 2010 - WHOI devices create ways to see tiny things in a big ocean
Undersea Asphalt Volcanoes Discovered
Apr. 25, 2010 - Erupting oil paved the seafloor with mysterious mounds
To Free a Tangled Whale
Sep. 11, 2009 - ... and other recent findings by WHOI researchers
While Oil Gently Seeps from the Seafloor
May. 14, 2009 - Oil naturally leaking into the ocean offers a 'laboratory' to study accidential spills
Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
Dec. 12, 2008 - The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes
Researchers Band Together to Create a Band
Oct. 27, 2008 - An audio slideshow on the music (and science) of the band, Willis
How Does Nature Deal with Persistent Pollutants?
Oct. 22, 2008 - Graduate student explores biomagnification of chemicals up the food chain
Knorr Skirts Ice to Search for 'Arctic Haze'
Jun. 11, 2008 - WHOI research ship helps track pollutants and their impacts near the Pole
The Oceans Feel Impacts from Acid Rain
Apr. 15, 2008 - Chemicals from power plants and farming especially affect coastal waters
Protecting Public Health by Preventing Pollution
Apr. 3, 2008 - A graduate student seeks ways to curtail contaminants in the environment
Making Nanotubes Without Harming the Environment
Apr. 3, 2008 - Scientists seek to help industry manufacture new 'wonder material' safely
Are Pollutants Disrupting Marine Ecosystems?
Oct. 18, 2007 - A WHOI researcher stands up for the spineless invertebrates in coastal waters
Still Toxic After All These Years
Apr. 23, 2007 - Does oil spilled in 1969 still have impacts on wildlife? Ask a fiddler crab.
Mistaken Identity
Feb. 10, 2005 - Two bromine compounds found in whale blubber are natural products, not industrial pollutants
Water Flowing Underground
Dec. 10, 2004 - New techniques reveal the importance of groundwater seeping into the sea
Oil in Our Coastal Back Yard
Oct. 13, 2004 - Spills on WHOI's shores set the stage for advances in mitigating and remediating oil spills
Mixing Oil and Water
Jun. 23, 2004 - Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment
Nutrients
The Glacial Chronicles
Nov. 16, 2012 - A student documents life and research in Greenland
River Quest
Nov. 9, 2012 - Scientists sample the world's rivers to assess the planet's health
Underneath and Overlooked: Groundwater
Aug. 10, 2012 - A conversation with WHOI marine chemist Matt Charette
Scientists Discover the "Vitamin B12 Claw"
May. 31, 2012 - Newfound protein is key for algae growth in the ocean
The Ocean's Tiny Chemists
Nov. 23, 2011 - A new tool helps sort out a hubbub of microbial activity in the sea
A Drop in the Ocean is Teeming with Life
Oct. 20, 2011 - Scientists reveal hidden relationships among marine microbes
Psychotherapy for Plankton
Sep. 9, 2011 - Life can be stressful out there in the microscopic marine world
Recycling Rare, Essential Nutrients in the Sea
Jan. 10, 2011 - Key marine bacterium appears to thrive by reusing scarce iron
Having Their Phosphorus and Eating It Too
Nov. 4, 2009 - Plankton's unusual ability may give it an ecological edge
Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Oct. 28, 2009 - Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem
To Free a Tangled Whale
Sep. 11, 2009 - ... and other recent findings by WHOI researchers
A Deep-sea Chemical-Sniffing Bloodhound
Dec. 30, 2008 - WHOI engineer develops a small, tough mass spectrometer to work in the ocean
Another Greenhouse Gas to Watch: Nitrous Oxide
Dec. 12, 2008 - Where are steadily rising levels of the gas coming from?
Tracking Nitrogen's Elusive Trail in the Ocean
Dec. 12, 2008 - The 'isotope effect' offers a new way to follow where nitrogen goes
A Most Ingenious Paradoxical Plankton
Nov. 25, 2008 - How do similar organisms co-exist in the same ecological niche?
Researchers Band Together to Create a Band
Oct. 27, 2008 - An audio slideshow on the music (and science) of the band, Willis
The Spiral Secret to Mammal Hearing
Sep. 17, 2008 - ... and other recent research findings by WHOI scientists
Dumping Iron and Trading Carbon
Jan. 10, 2008 - Profits, pollution, and politics all will play roles in ocean iron fertilization
Will Ocean Iron Fertilization Work?
Jan. 7, 2008 - Getting carbon into the ocean is one thing. Keeping it there is another.
Fertilizing the Ocean with Iron
Nov. 13, 2007 - Should we add iron to the sea to help reduce greenhouse gases in the air?
Deep-sea Tubeworms Get Versatile 'Inside' Help
Jan. 12, 2007 - Scientists find first known organism that makes organic carbon by two different means
Swimming in the Rain
Aug. 16, 2006 - Novel untethered vehicle catches 'marine snow' falling through the sea
A Journey to the Ocean's Twilight Zone
Aug. 16, 2006 - A conversation with marine biogeochemist Ken Buesseler
Ocean Microscope Reveals Surprising Abundance of Life
Jul. 25, 2006 - Widespread bacterial colonies may play crucial role in ocean ecosystem
The Oceans Have Their Own Weather Systems
Apr. 13, 2006 - Pioneering expeditions investigate how eddies make life bloom in oceanic deserts
Seeing Red in New England Waters
Jun. 1, 2005 - WHOI researchers detect a massive bloom of algae before it hits the coast
A Fatal Attraction for Harmful Algae
Jan. 14, 2005 - Clay sticks to algae and sinks, offering a potential solution to an expensive and deadly problem
Red Tides and Dead Zones
Dec. 22, 2004 - The coastal ocean is suffering from overload of nutrients
Where the Rivers Meet the Sea
Dec. 16, 2004 - The transition from salt to fresh water is turbulent, vulnerable, and incredibly bountiful
Water Flowing Underground
Dec. 10, 2004 - New techniques reveal the importance of groundwater seeping into the sea
The Growing Problem of Harmful Algae
Nov. 12, 2004 - Tiny plants pose potent threat to those who live in and eat from the sea
Down on the Farm...Raising Fish
Sep. 21, 2004 - Aquaculture offers a sustainable source of seafood, but raises its own set of problems
The Grass is Greener in the Coastal Ocean
Apr. 1, 2004 - Coastal waters teem with life, but sometimes scientists can’t explain why
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