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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
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
Dissolving oil in a sunlit sea
WHOI’s Ken Buesseler named Geochemistry Fellow
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WHOI in the News
The other risk from the East Palestine disaster
Bacterium may help answer mystery of ‘missing’ plastic in the seas
WHOI Scientist Weighs In On Risks Of Radioactive Wastewater
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From Oceanus Magazine
Pakistan’s ‘Ocean of Water’
WHOI’s Caroline Ummenhofer discusses how interactions between the Pacific and Indian Oceans influenced Pakistan’s devastating monsoon rains
What makes science, science? Indigenous scholar asks WHOI community to stay curious
Indigenous scholar Dr. Jessica Hernandez sparks discussion at WHOI about the under-appreciated value of Indigenous science in climate discussions
The predictive power of geochemistry
A WHOI researcher looks for changes in gas molecules to forecast volcanic eruptions such as Mauna Loa in Hawai’i.
Sargassum serendipity
A surprise find connects MIT students working on solutions for a harmful algal bloom in the Caribbean
Features
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.
The oceans are critical to human life, and ocean scientists are working to investigate the untapped potential of the sea…
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