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Ocean data gives Northeast fishermen edge against a warming ocean
Fisheries successfully brace against warm water wave from Gulf Stream, thanking access to ocean data
Read MoreCorals in a Warming Ocean
Reef-building corals contain algae cells in their tissues that nourish them and give them their distinctive color. High water temperatures cause corals to release their algae and lose their color, […]
Read MoreCoral in a Warming World
This coral’s stark white color indicates that it is stressed, probably by warming water. Most corals host a type of algae that produce food for the live coral […]
Read MoreA Warming Arctic
WHOI biologist Cabell Davis photographed this Arctic denizen when he served as principal scientist on the Elysium Artists for the Arctic Expedition in fall 2015. Led by Michael […]
Read MoreDot in the Ocean
Jarvis Island is an uninhabited island on the equator in the mid-Pacific Ocean. As trade winds push warm surface waters west across the Pacific, the deep Equatorial Undercurrent (EUC) transports […]
Read MoreWarming Waters
Warming seawater threaten coral reefs by disrupting the relationship between corals and symbiotic algae they host. The corals provide a protected place for the algae to live and chemical […]
Read MoreFuture Ocean Vision
A group of students from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., visited the Ocean Science Exhibit Center recently on what has become a regular event sponsored […]
Read MoreCollecting Ocean Particles
Wayne Bailey, former bosun on R/V Atlantis, is shown preparing a sediment trap for deployment from the ship. Sediment traps collect small particles sinking or drifting in the water column […]
Read MoreUnderstanding the Warming Arctic
The Great Ocean Conveyor
In the North Atlantic Ocean in winter, the contrast between frigid, dry winter air and warm water draws heat from the ocean into the atmosphere and leaves ocean water colder […]
Read MoreHitchhikers of the ocean kind
A buoy recently recovered off the coast of California was encrusted with a large number of pelagic gooseneck barnacles. The buoy had only been in the ocean for six months, […]
Read MoreAn Ocean YoYo
A moored profiler is deployed from research vessel Oceanus in the western subtropical North Atlantic for climate change studies. Moored profilers take repeated measurements of ocean currents and […]
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