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Simple Carbon cycle featuring ocean depth profile levels to OTZ
Simple carbon cycle featuring ocean depth profile levels to OTZ. (Illustration by Natalie Renier, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MoreOcean food web processes that drive carbon cycle
The figure above illustrates the ocean food web processes that drive the transformation and partitioning of carbon among various reservoirs. Dissolved inorganic carbon enters the ocean as CO2 which is […]
Read MoreCalcium in the Carbon Cycle
MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Sara Rosengard measures the amount of calcium in seawater samples using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICPMS). The amount of calcium helps Rosengard […]
Read MoreCarbon Cycle in Action
Summer Student Fellow Jen Reeve (left) and WHOI marine chemist Amanda Spivak collect sediment samples from an experiment in Spivak’s flow-through seawater system (the white tanks behind them). […]
Read MoreIllustration showing the carbon exchange cycle
In various forms, carbon is continuously exchanged between Earth’s atmosphere, and, and water—an essential cycle for life and regulating the planet’s climate. Atmospheric carbon dioxide readily dissolves in the ocean’s […]
Read MoreCarbon-14 natural cycle
Carbon-14 natural cycle. (Illustration by Jayne Doucette, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Read MoreScallop Life Cycle being affected by ocean acidification
Atlantic sea scallops are a $500 million annual industry, but WHOI scientists believe they may be in danger. A new model developed by WHOI researcher Jennie Rheuban suggests that as […]
Read MoreTracking Salt Marsh Carbon
WHOI scientists are studying this Waquoit Bay salt marsh to better understand the role wetlands play in storing carbon and exporting it to the coastal ocean. Here, research assistant Kate Morkeski […]
Read MoreSensing Carbon Flux
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Sophie Chu (left) and research assistant Kate Morkeski, who work with chemist Aleck Wang, prepare to deploy a Channelized Optical System (CHANOS) sensor in […]
Read MoreCarbon Lock
Carbon Capture
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Sarah Rosengard converts organic carbon to carbon dioxide by slowly increasing its temperature from room temperature to 800°C (1,470°F) at WHOI’s National Ocean Sciences […]
Read MoreOf Carbon and Rivers
Scientists involved in the Global Rivers Observatory are studying Earth’s major river systems to understand what they transport to the ocean and how river chemistry reflects environmental change in […]
Read MoreCarbon on the Move
Carbon on Ice
A team of researchers sample ice and snow from an ice floe in the Canada Basin, an area northwest of the Canadian coast, during a 2008 expedition to measure carbon […]
Read MoreCarousel of Carbon
Round and round goes carbon around our planet. At the same time, figuratively, carbon makes the world go ’round. The element is the building block of life on Earth and, […]
Read MoreCatching Carbon
Deploying a sediment trap from R/V Oceanus in the Gulf of Maine. The instrument collects sinking particles on a pre-programmed schedule and measures the export of […]
Read MoreInvestigating the world of microbes with ROV Jason
Deep-sea microbes convert chemicals in hydrothermal fluid into organic carbon, forming the base of these otherworldly hydrothermal vent ecosystems– and potentially playing an important role in the global carbon cycle.
Read MoreAn undersea profiling robot
Sea-going robots can travel on their own for weeks at a time, gathering critical information that helps us understand things like the ocean’s carbon cycle. But despite their considerable powers, […]
Read MoreMighty Mites
Under a microscope, a copepod looks fearsome, but at only one-sixteenth of an inch, it won’t bother anyone. People seldom see these tiny marine crustaceans, but they may be the […]
Read MoreAlong for the Ride
A CTD instrument is a standard workhorse of oceanography, measuring conductivity (salinity), temperature, and depth as it descends through the water. But this CTD has a special “passenger” attached […]
Read MoreExport Expert
Marine chemist Ken Buesseler (right) deployed a sediment trap from the research vessel Roger Revelle in the fall of 2018 during the EXPORTS expedition in the Gulf of Alaska. EXPORTS (Export […]
Read MorePrecision Testing
WHOI marine chemist Aleck Wang and his research team are developing a new instrument to measure two key factors in the global carbon cycle that helps regulate Earth’s […]
Read MoreFirst Time Out
Postdoctoral investigator Eyal Wurgaft, research assistant Kate Morkeski, and MIT-WHOI Joint Program graduate student Mallory Ringham (left to right) lower the new Channelized Optical System (CHANOS II) instrument into […]
Read MoreAfter the Thaw
WHOI research engineer Kevin Manganini launches “ChemYak,” a variation of the remote-controlled surface vehicle known as JetYak developed by WHOI to collect data in […]
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