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Monsoon season rain cycle

June 22, 2024

Used in Oceanus magazine, Vol. 53, No. 2, pg. 41. (Illustration by Gualitiero Spiro Jaeger, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Multibeam sonar image of Galápagos seamounts

Multibeam sonar aboard the research vessel Alucia provided 1-meter-per-pixel resolution of seafloor bathymetry (bottom), compared with 800-meter-per-pixel resolution of the same area provided by satellite altimetry data (top) The higher […]

Multifrequency sonar image of underwater topography of an iceberg

This colorful image represents underwater topography of an iceberg in Greenland’s Sermilik Fjord. It was created using data from multifrequency sonar during the MIMEX (Mapping Iceberg Melting EXperiment) expedition in […]

Nitrogen cycle, with imbedded callouts, captions

Chemical detectives follow nitrogen’s elusive and essential trail in the ocean (Illustration by Katherine S. Joyce, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

North Atlantic ocean circulation shown on a world globe

The North Atlantic is a key juncture in the world ocean circulation system that has impacts on our climate. The Gulf Stream carries warm, salty water to the Labrador Sea […]

North Atlantic ocean currents circulation map

One of the “pumps” that helps drive the ocean’s global circulation suddenly switched on again last winter for the first time this decade. The “pump” is in the western North […]

North Atlantic Oscillation positive and negative stages

North Atlantic Oscillation. (Illustration by Jack Cook, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Ocean and atmospheric interaction in the North Atlantic Ocean

Ocean and atmospheric interaction in the North Atlantic Ocean. (Illustration by Jack Cook and Fritz Heide, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Ocean eddies transporting plankton throughout the water column

Plankton in the ocean can help reduce the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide building up in our atmosphere. Like plants, they use carbon dioxide to grow and are eaten by […]

Ocean 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 […]

Ocean iron recycling illustration

Iron is a scarce, essential nutrient in the ocean. One bacterium appears to halve its iron needs by recycling. It breaks down certain iron-containing enzymes used by day for photosynthesis, […]

Oceanic conveyor belt

Ocean conveyor belt. (Illustration by Jayne Doucette, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Infographic explaining the formation of calcium carbonate skeletons

Corals combine calcium and carbonate ions in seawater to make calcium carbonate skeletons. Lower ocean pH means fewer carbonate ions available for corals to build skeletons. (Illustration by Eric S. […]

Infographic measuring amount of radioisotopes at 3 different nuclear disasters

The amount of cesium-137 radioisotopes from the Fukushima disaster in surface ocean waters was 10,000 to 100,000 times greater than amounts that entered the ocean from the Chernobyl accident or […]

Infographic showing different levels of radiation doses

Infographic showing different levels of radiation doses. (Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Infographic showing June 2011 Cesium-134 levels in the Pacific

Starting 375 miles off Japan, researchers on the Kaimikai o-Kanaloa measured radioisotope levels in various locations. They found that the Kuroshio Current blocked the southward flow of radioisotopes. Highest levels […]

Infographic showing the effects of radiation on human tissue

Infographic showing the effects of radiation on human tissue. (Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Infographic tracking radioisotopes in marine life

Infographic tracking radioisotopes in marine life. (Illustration by Eric S. Taylor, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Inuktitut Glossary of Ice

Iron fertilization consideration illustration

La Nina

Lavas forming at volcanic arcs

A new study changes our understanding of how lavas are formed at volcanic arcs, and may have implications for the study of earthquakes and the risks posed by volcanic eruption. […]

Life cycle of a scallop

Suspended in the water, floating in unseen hordes, shellfish larvae are transported by wind and tidal currents until they settle and grow into adults. But this critical stage in the […]