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What happens to natural gas in the ocean?
WHOI marine chemist Chris Reddy weighs in on a methane leak in the Baltic Sea
The spread of plastics and oil in Sri Lanka from the wreck of M/V X-Press Pearl
On May 20, 2021, the cargo ship M/V X-Press Pearl caught fire off the coast of Sri Lanka. The container ship was carrying 78 metric tons of a material known…
How WHOI’s young pioneers once tried to look for the lost city of Atlantis
When a new oceanographic institution began in 1930 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, it was one of the few in the world equipped to search for a fabled sunken city, described…
A checkup for the oceans reveals threats to human health
The health of the world’s ocean is in serious decline—and human health is suffering as a result. A comprehensive report from the Monaco Commission and co-authored by several WHOI researchers…
WHOI-assisted study finds ocean dumping of DDT waste was “sloppy”
An investigative report this week in the LA Times features the work of WHOI’s marine geochemistry lab in identifying the discarded barrels and analyzing samples from the discovery.
News Releases
Mapping the potential path of nuclear wastewater
The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
WHOI helps lead groundbreaking study on the human and ocean health impacts of ocean plastics
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution releases rare video footage from the first submersible dives to RMS Titanic
Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
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WHOI in the News
Climate change and El Niño battle it out this hurricane season
Rivers are drowning in toxic sludge
The locations of these shipwrecks are no longer a secret
The future of ocean health
How do we deal with oil spills in the future?
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From Oceanus Magazine
Dancing with Data
Diving into the ocean-themed movements of the Boston Ballet’s “La Mer”
Are warming Alaskan Arctic waters a new toxic algal hotspot?
With the Alaskan Arctic warming faster than almost anywhere in the world, she and other members of the Anderson Research Lab were concerned about the possible northward spread of this…
How is human health impacted by marine plastics?
WHOI biologist Mark Hahn discusses a recent global plastics study
Pakistan’s ‘Ocean of Water’
WHOI’s Caroline Ummenhofer discusses how interactions between the Pacific and Indian Oceans influenced Pakistan’s devastating monsoon rains
Bridge-to-PhD program at WHOI opens doors for new scientists
WHOI’s Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) works to expand BIPOC representation in ocean sciences with its inaugural Bridge-to-PhD Fellowship Program
Features
For more than 40 years, WHOI researchers have studied oil spills around the world and in many geographic settings.
The shallow waters of the Stellwagen Bank create treacherous conditions that change unexpectedly and have led to numerous shipwrecks that…
The role of the ocean in human culture is profound, as people experience the sea in many ways, and respond…
The background level of radiation in oceans and seas varies around the globe. Measured in atomic disintegrations per second (Becquerels)…
Our ocean planet is dynamic and constantly changing, sometimes resulting in dramatic threats to humans.
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