Geology & Geophysics
How a Volcanic Eruption Set Off a Phytoplankton Bloom
Lava-driven nutrient fountains “could be a pretty important driver of phytoplankton ecology in the broader ocean,” said Harriet Alexander, a biological oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who was […]
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The MIT-WHOI Joint Program draws from the resources of two preeminent institutions to form one of the largest oceanographic faculties in the world. Experts in their fields instruct students using […]
Read MoreA Huge, Mysterious Reservoir of Methane Has Been Identified Deep Under The Ocean
“Identifying an abiotic source of deep-sea methane has been a problem that we’ve been wrestling with for many years,” says marine geochemist Jeffrey Seewald from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution […]
Read MoreOrigin of Massive Methane Reservoir Identified
New research provides evidence of the formation and abundance of abiotic methane—methane formed by chemical reactions that don’t involve organic matter—on Earth and shows how the gases could have a similar origin on other planets and moons, even those no longer home to liquid water.
Read MoreG&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: Benthic δ18O Evidence for the Transfer of Common Era Surface Temperature Anomalies Via North Atlantic Deep Water
Mariya Galochkina, Rutgers University
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
G&G Summer Student Fellow Presentation: The Cycling of 231Pa and 230Th in Benthic Nepheloid Layers
Siyuan-Sean Chen, University of Bristol, UK
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Summer Student Joint Poster Session
AOP&E, G&G, MC&G, PO, USGS
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
2019 Sears Public Lecture: Fluids and Health
Lydia Bourouiba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsored by: WHOI Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program
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NASA Makes Dual Investment in Ocean Worlds Research at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Agency funds five-year effort to understand the potential for life in outer solar system and establishes a new Network for Ocean Worlds
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will invest […]
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Steinbach Scholar: 3D Seismic Reflection Data: Has the Geological Hubble Retained Its Focus?
Christopher Jackson, Imperial College, London
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Organic Carbon Hides in Sediments, Keeping Oxygen in Atmosphere
A new study from researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Harvard University may help settle a long-standing question—how small amounts of organic carbon become locked away in […]
Read MoreSpecial Geology & Geophysics Seminar: Oceanic Efflux of Ancient Marine Dissolved Organic Carbon in Primary Marine Aerosol
Steven R. Beaupré, Stony Brook University
Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Geophysical and Geochemical Constraints on Submarine Volcanic Processes
Meghan R. Jones, MIT-WHOI Joint Program
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
BBC: Why did an entire civilization vanish?
Human Impacts of the Little Ice Age: State of the Field and New Research
Geodynamics Seminar
Sam White, Ohio State University
Sponsored by: Deputy Director & Vice President for Research’s Office & Academic Programs
Looking Back: Studying Historic Whale Populations
Geodynamics Seminar
Judith Lund, New Bedford Whaling Museum
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
The Subpolar Gyre Regulates Ecosystems in the North Atlantic Ocean
Geodynamics Seminar
Hjálmar Hátún, University of the Faroe Islands
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
There will be no Geodynamics Seminar today
Geodynamics Seminar
Changing Climate and Marine Fisheries – Challenges and Opportunities
Jon Hare, NEFSC
Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office – Carriage House
How Do Corals Build Their Skeletons?
WHOI scientists discovered precisely how ocean acidification affects coral skeletons’ a factor that will help scientists predict how corals throughout the world will fare as the oceans become more acidic.
Read MoreSearching for ‘Super Reefs’
Some corals are less vulnerable to ocean acidification. Can the offspring from these more resilient corals travel to other reefs to help sustain more vulnerable coral populations there?
Read MoreThe Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents
In 1977, WHOI scientists made a discovery that revolutionized our understanding of how and where life could exist on Earth and other planetary bodies.
Read MoreHuman-Engineered Changes on Mississippi River Increased Extreme Floods
Over the last century, many of the world’s major rivers have been modified for the purposes of flood control, power generation, and commercial navigation. A new study out of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution suggests that engineering modifications to the Mississippi River interact with the have increased the risk of extreme floods to unprecedented levels.
Read MoreHow Is the Seafloor Made?
An ultrasound for the Earth? Using sound waves, a graduate student peers into the crystalline texture of the tectonic plates that cover our planet’s surface.
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