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 A Summer of Science on the Sea
WHOI Summer Student Fellowships offer a taste of research life
The WHOI Summer Student Fellowship program celebrated its 50th year of bringing bright, talented students to Woods Hole to learn more about ocean science, conduct independent research alongside world-class scientists, and get a better understanding of what studying for a Ph.D. and being a professional scientist are all about. |  News Release
WHOI’s Bruce A. Warren Is Awarded Sverdrup Gold Medal
Bruce A. Warren—one of the world’s pre-eminent researchers of deep ocean currents and a WHOI scientist emeritus—is the 2010 winner of the prestigious Sverdrup Gold Medal, awarded by the American Meteorological Society (AMS).
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Newly Discovered Fat Molecule: An Undersea Killer with an Upside
A chemical culprit responsible for the rapid, mysterious death of phytoplankton in the North Atlantic Ocean has been found and may hold unexpected promise in cancer research.
 Oceanus Magazine
Exploring an Icy, Invisible Realm in Antarctica
Audio Slideshow: Researchers search for tiny marine life at the heart of a fertile ecosystem.
 Oceanus Magazine
Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock
Audio Slideshow: An MIT/WHOI student examines a fascinating natural process in Oman.
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Interactive Tsunami Web Site
While tsunamis can neither be prevented nor precisely predicted, people educated about particular warning signs can save their own lives and the lives of others.
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Sci-Tech: Greenland's shrinking ice sheet
New England Cable News
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Living where the sun don't shine
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