Geology & Geophysics
G&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
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Read MoreSome Forams Could Thrive with Climate Change, Metabolism Study Finds
Oceanic deoxygenation is increasingly affecting marine ecosystems. A new paper that examines two foram species found that they demonstrated great metabolic versatility to flourish in hypoxic and anoxic sediments where there is little or no dissolved oxygen, inferring that the forams’ contribution to the marine ecosystem will increase with the expansion of oxygen-depleted habitats.
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Understanding Processes Impacting the Physical Properties of Oceanic Lithosphere Through Multi-Scale Geophysics
Masako Tominaga, WHOI
Sponsored by: G&G Department
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Meeting ID: 991 1000 1188
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G&G Department Virtual Seminar: Linking mantle to microbe in serpentinite-hosted systems
Susan Lang, University of South Carolina
Sponsored by: G&G Department
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From Mars to the deep
Navigation technology that helped NASA’s Perseverance rover land safely on Mars could guide robots in another unexplored terrain that’s much closer to home: the deepest trenches of the ocean.
Read MoreThe Search for Life
WHOI researchers featured in episode of news program Full Measure
February 17, 2021
This week, NASA’s Perseverance Rover lands on Mars to continue the search for life […]
Read MoreG&G Virtual Seminar: Focus on the Middle Third; Developing STEM Courses that Engage and Serve the Needs of Diverse Undergraduate Scientists
Dax Soule, Queens College – CUNY
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually
Zoom Link: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98136151431?pwd=Y1IxLzZSZ3NzMWhTbi90MFRLU1Y5dz09
Meeting ID: 981 3615 1431
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G&G Department Virtual Seminar: Transient Aseismic Subduction Deformation Events Jointly Analyzed with Geodetic and Seismological Recordings
Baptiste Rousset, University of California, Berkeley
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/99572727762?pwd=ZUpkLzNxbSsrZnQzaDRsdkg2ckVOZz09
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G&G Department Virtual Seminar: Seismic Ocean Thermometry
Wenbo Wu, WHOI
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting:
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Meeting ID: 989 5599 9927
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G&G Department Virtual Seminar: Seismic Imaging of the Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone from the VoiLA Project
Kate Rychert, University of Southampton, UK
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually
Zoom Details:
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Meeting ID: 943 0806 0986
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Can icebergs be towed to water-starved cities?
The 1.5-million-ton behemoth was on the loose.
The massive blue-tinged iceberg was headed straight for an offshore drilling platform in the Kara Sea off Western Siberia. Two smoke-billowing Russian tugs, the […]
Read MoreCan icebergs be towed to water-starved cities?
WHOI researchers are now investigating the feasibility of towing icebergs to alleviate water shortages.
Read MoreDeep ocean drilling: Revealing earth history, geological processes and a deep biosphere
Virginia Edgcomb from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution discusses deep ocean drilling, a process that reveals earth history, geological processes and a deep biosphere.
Read MoreCrystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
By leveraging observations of tiny crystals of the mineral olivine formed during a violent eruption that took place in Hawaii more than half a century ago, researchers have found a way to test computer models of magma flow, which they say could reveal fresh insights about past eruptions and possibly help predict future ones.
Read MoreWHOI President & Director Dr. Peter de Menocal Recognized as AAAS Fellow
Dr. Peter de Menocal, President and Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution of has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Read MoreThe Battle Below
In late September, President Trump declared the U.S. dependence on China for so-called ‘rare earth’ minerals a ‘national emergency’. Those minerals are essential to technology from our phones to our […]
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Multiple Time Scales of Atmospheric CO2 Variability from the Antarctic Ice Core Record
Ed Brook, Oregon State University
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually
Zoom room:
https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98028388697?pwd=Wm93QkVZRkQrUlZvbnRHTW93NERsZz09
Meeting ID: 980 2838 8697
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Ancient storms could help predict future shifts in tropical cyclone hotspots
To get a better sense of how climate change might alter the patterns of major ocean storms, shifting the parameters of tropical cyclone hotspots, scientists reconstructed 3,000-years of storm history in the Marshall Islands.
Read MoreStudy reconstructs ancient storms to predict changes in a cyclone hotspot
Intense tropical cyclones are expected to become more frequent as climate change increases temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. But not every area will experience storms of the same magnitude
Read MoreFinding answers in the ocean
The test being used to diagnose the novel coronavirus—and other pandemics like AIDS and SARS—was developed with the help of an enzyme isolated from a microbe found in marine hydrothermal vents as well as freshwater hot springs.
Read MoreWho is Peter de Menocal? A Conversation with WHOI’s new President & Director
On October 1st, Dr. Peter de Menocal assumed the role of President & Director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the 11th person to hold that title since the Institution was founded in 1930. In a wide-ranging conversation, we meet the man and the scientist—and get a glimpse of what WHOI’s future may hold under his leadership.
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Future Climate Response to Antarctic Ice Sheet Melt Produced by Anthropogenic Warming
Shaina Sadai, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually.
Zoom details:
https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98028388697?pwd=Wm93QkVZRkQrUlZvbnRHTW93NERsZz09
Meeting ID: 980 2838 8697
Passcode: L*4SwB
G&G Department Virtual Seminar: The Geology and Mechanics of Slow Slip in Subduction Zones
Melodie French, Rice University
Sponsored by: G&G Department
This will be held virtually. Register here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98028388697?pwd=Wm93QkVZRkQrUlZvbnRHTW93NERsZz09
Can seismic data mules protect us from the next big one?
Researchers look to new seafloor earthquake detection systems for better detection and warning of seismic risk
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