Geology & Geophysics
Wilmington’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 Oceanography (SIO); the University of Bergen Norway; and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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…
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. Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
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 to a new paper led by authors from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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 Clark 507. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/91994449741?pwd=VzZFVEtyRlhvWnhhck9oblhQUnFWUT09 Meeting ID: 919 9444 9741 Passcode: Paleo*22
Read MoreWhat makes the ocean salty?
Know your Ocean: Did you know? What makes the ocean salty? If you go swimming in a lake, the water is fresh; when you dive into the ocean, it tastes salty. But why? The water flowing into the ocean comes from freshwater streams and rivers. These bodies of water do contain salt. It dissolves from…
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^
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: What Can Plagiogranites from the Bay of Islands Complex and Coastal Complex Ophiolites Tell Us About Forearc Spreading, Timing and Age Relationships, and Magmatism?
Weiyao Yan, University of Houston Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93823264056?pwd=eUU0Y1dpZHZBSGRxdHdoaUVGNWNCQT09 Meeting ID: 938 2326 4056 Passcode: 0pQni%
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Department Virtual Seminar: Redefining Expectations of a Good Date: Sacrificing Precision for Accuracy (When Necessary)
Dr. B. Rosenheim, University of South Florida Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95986901330?pwd=ZkFxbk1STXRtMmZVc0xwSnJ0Y2doQT09 Meeting ID: 959 8690 1330 Passcode: b?7kxQ
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Department Virtual Seminar: Radiocarbon and NOSAMS: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Liz Austin-Minor, University of Minnesota, Duluth Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/95986901330?pwd=ZkFxbk1STXRtMmZVc0xwSnJ0Y2doQT09 Meeting ID: 959 8690 1330 Passcode: b?7kxQ
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Department Virtual Seminar: NOSAMS in a Changing Landscape
Dr. Susan Lang, University of South Carolina Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98079263709?pwd=MmtTeGRISHh5SHgwRndHRlFLZlk2UT09 Meeting ID: 980 7926 3709 Passcode: Wv1.0P
Read MoreA recent reversal in the response of western Greenland’s ice caps to climate change
New collaborative research from the WHOI and five partner institutions published today in Nature Geoscience, reveals that during past periods glaciers and ice caps in coastal west Greenland experienced climate conditions much different than the interior of Greenland. Over the past 2,000 years, these ice caps endured periods of warming during which they grew larger…
Read MoreSurviving extreme heat
A team led by Anne Cohen, a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, received $1.75M in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study how coral reefs survive extreme heat events caused by climate change. The multidisciplinary project taps into expertise across four WHOI departments to uncover the oceanographic and biological processes that enable…
Read MoreWhat Happens to Marine Life When There Isn’t Enough Oxygen?
In September of 2017, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution postdoctoral scholar Maggie Johnson was conducting an experiment with a colleague in Bocas del Toro off the Caribbean coast of Panama. After sitting on a quiet, warm open ocean, they snorkeled down to find a peculiar layer of murky, foul-smelling water about 10 feet below the surface,…
Read MoreStudy Examines the Role of Deep-Sea Microbial Predators at Hydrothermal Vents
Researchers Emphasize the Need for Baseline Information of Microbial Food Webs The hydrothermal vent fluids from the Gorda Ridge spreading center in the northeast Pacific Ocean create a biological hub of activity in the deep sea. There, in the dark ocean, a unique food web thrives not on photosynthesis but rather on chemical energy from…
Read MoreHow historic hurricanes can help predict storm intensity
New research into past hurricanes could help predict the strength of future storms, and inform infrastructure planning and emergency management decisions in southern New England
Read MoreIcebergs drifting from Canada to Southern Florida
A newly developed iceberg computer model helped the researchers understand the timing and circulation of meltwater and icebergs through the global oceans during glacial periods, which is crucial for deciphering how past changes in high-latitude freshwater forcing influenced shifts in climate.
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: The Impact of Secular Change in Ocean Chemistry on Seafloor Hydrothermal Fluxes of Metals and Nutrients
Drew Syverson, Yale University Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually. Join via Zoom: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94998480558?pwd=azRQeDdlWFBDZzliMndwT2NLWEN1Zz09 Meeting ID: 949 9848 0558 Passcode: Mph@V3
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