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News & Insight Ocean Life

Seeing Green (crabs)

A scientist explores how one of the world’s most resilient invasive species has adapted to new environments

News Release Climate & Oceans

Corals in the Red Sea Offer Long-term View of South Asian Monsoon

Invasion of the Ocean Body Snatchers

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Invasion of the (Ocean) Body Snatchers: Watch Live

HOV Alvin

Multimedia Underwater Vehicles

Featured Image: Splash in the Dark

MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student Jessica Dabrowski with MIT EAPS graduate student Mukund Gupta, getting ready for on-deck sampling work in the Arctic.

Oceanus Magazine Ocean Chemistry

Tracking Radium in the Arctic

Biofilm in a natural seep in Costa Rica. Credit: Peter Barry.

News Release Ocean Life

Microbes May Act as Gatekeepers of Earth’s Deep Carbon

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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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