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Can thermal cameras prevent ship strikes?

Researchers are testing the effectiveness of thermal IR cameras for automated whale detection to help prevent ship strikes in the narrow channels of British Columbia’s Gulf Islands.

News Release Coastal Science

Study Finds No Direct Link Between North Atlantic Ocean Currents, Sea Level Along New England Coast

Scott Lindell

Featured Project Ocean Resources

King Kelp

Featured Image Underwater Vehicles

Sitting atop a legend

WHOI biologists Michael Moore and Andrea Bogomolni

WHOI Perspectives Ocean Life

Global Oceans and the Extinction Crisis

The mixing of organic-rich and sediment-rich waters of the Rio Negro and Solimoes River in the amazon basin.

News Release Ocean Chemistry

Organic Carbon Hides in Sediments, Keeping Oxygen in Atmosphere

Larry Madin

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Ocean Twilight Zone

Exploring the globe-spanning region beneath the sunlit upper ocean where life thrives

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Ocean Worlds

Discovering the links between life in our ocean and the search for life beyond Earth

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Marine Microplastics Initiative

Marine Microplastics Initiative

Investigating the fate of microplastics and their impacts on marine life and human health

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Super Reefs

Searching for corals around the world to help ensure a future for reefs in a warming ocean

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Our Radioactive Ocean

Our Radioactive Ocean

Engaging the public to help monitor the spread of radioactivity from Fukushima

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