Geology & Geophysics
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Not Melted Meteorites, According to Scientists
WHOI is part of a collaborative study, offering new insight into the extraterrestrial origins of our lakes, rivers and oceans
Read MoreDrilling Deeper Into Ocean Floor in Search for Origins of Life
The Mystery of the Healthy Coral Reef
Coral Species That Withstand Ocean Warming Identified
Palau’s Rock Islands Harbor Heat-Resistant Corals
Marine Science Goes to Space
Palau’s Rock Islands Harbor Heat-resistant Corals
Scientists studying reefs in Palau have identified subgroups of a coral species that exhibit remarkable tolerance to the extreme heat associated with marine heatwaves
Read MoreThe predictive power of geochemistry
A WHOI researcher looks for changes in gas molecules to forecast volcanic eruptions such as Mauna Loa in Hawai’i.
Read MoreArctic Hydrothermal Vent Site Could Help in Search for Extraterrestrial Life
When scientists discovered a hydrothermal vent site in the Arctic Ocean’s Aurora hydrothermal system in 2014, they did not immediately realize just how exciting their discovery was.
Read MoreWhat happens to Cape Cod with sea level rise? Here’s insights into what could go wrong
G&G Department Virtual Seminar: From Charlemagne to Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future Causes and Consequences of Megadroughts in the American West
Jason Smerdon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory This will be a virtual seminar. You can join the Zoom Meeting here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/99668860178?pwd=cC91RWExNWYrQWNtaXNRUTFUZkNGQT09 Meeting ID: 996 6886 0178 Passcode: %X6rDJ
Read MoreWilmington’s shark tooth divers thank the last ice age for their treasure trove
Hydrothermal field discovered at the East Pacific Rise 9°54’N
A new high-temperature, off-axis hydrothermal vent field on Pacific seafloor at 2550 meters depth was discovered in 2021 by a team that included researchers from Lehigh University; Scripps Institution of…
Read MoreHow to study an underwater earthquake from shore
Scientist Chris German on a successful AUV Sentry mission when the science team could not travel to sea
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: A Microfossil History from the Bottom of the Sea: Sharks, Fish, Mass Extinctions, and 85 Million Years of Global Change
Elizabeth Sibert, Yale University Sponsored by: G&G Department This seminar will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94652321356?pwd=eWVNQURiMmhBTGQ1YTcvMWNrM3lBQT09 Meeting ID: 946 5232 1356 Passcode: 8!QJgn
Read MoreNovel tool sheds light on coral reef erosion
Jessica Olson, a gym teacher from Springdale, Arkansas, felt like she was standing in the middle of the central Pacific Ocean, peering out at the turquoise-blue waters raging from every…
Read MoreGeoscience technology company founded by MIT/WHOI Joint Program student awarded $3.8M from U.S. Department of Energy
Eden, a geoscience technology development company co-founded by Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program student Paris Smalls, will receive $3.8 million in federal funding from the U.S.…
Read MoreArc volcanoes are wetter than previously thought, with scientific and economic implications
This increased amount of water has broad implications for understanding how Earth’s lower crust forms, how magma erupts through the crust, and how economically important mineral ore deposits form, according…
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: High-Resolution Seismic Imaging of the Ultramafic-Hosted Rainbow Hydrothermal System (Mid-Atlantic Ridge): Challenges and Benefits
Hanchao Jian, WHOI Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/92927545865?pwd=V0RSdW1VR0dRcXI0cjI5dSs0cU56dz09 Meeting ID: 929 2754 5865 Passcode: j&&Tc8
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Going from Local to Global: Deciphering Unknowns in Oceanic Oxygenation
Yi Wang, WHOI Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91481712058?pwd=ZUtkS1VxUFo0b09qU21LSFNGWXBtQT09 Meeting ID: 914 8171 2058 Passcode: ^6VqSV
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: From the Surface to the Mantle, and Back Again
Hannah Mark, WHOI Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Please Join: Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91496801301?pwd=ZjRiVXFCZjJRMGtxWEIxUjB0VG1GUT09 Meeting ID: 914 9680 1301 Passcode: *b3aQ1
Read MoreClimate & Paleo Hybrid Seminar: The Global Marine Size Spectrum, From Bacteria to Whales, and Its Disruption by Humans
Eric Galbraith, McGill University Sponsored by: G&G Department – Clark 507 This will be a hybrid seminar. You may join virtually on Zoom or come to a “watch party” in…
Read MoreWhat makes the ocean salty?
The water flowing into the ocean comes from freshwater streams and rivers. These bodies of water do contain salt. It dissolves from rocks on land. That’s because rain is slightly…
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Subduction Zone Plate Interface Low-Velocity Zone Vp/Vs from Receiver Functions: A Test of the High Pore-Fluid Pressure Hypothesis
Michael Mann, WHOI Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94340435439?pwd=ZTMxU0lhK1p2RG9HeVd3R1pLcHZDQT09 Meeting ID: 943 4043 5439 Passcode: n0UQh^
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