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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

March 2012

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Measuring the Invisible

Research Associate Crystal Breier inserts a prepared sample into a lead-lined gamma well detector. The specialized instrument amplifies and measures energy released by the decay of radioactive isotopes, in this case isotopes of cesium-137 released from the Fukushima nuclear power plant and collected in seawater samples by WHOI chemist Ken Buesseler off the coast of Japan in June 2011. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

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Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis

WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer looks to marine microbes for help in developing a cure for cystic fibrosis.  

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Dolphin Stranding Studies Advance Science

WHOI's Michael Moore: Science is fundamental to an effective response to marine mammal strandings. Learn how you can help.

 
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BBC: Cruise Finds Fukishima Pollution 

At the recent Ocean Sciences conference in Salt Lake City, an international team of scientists presented their preliminary findings on radiation released from Fukushima.

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Life Arctic Seas Surprisingly Alive in the Winter
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An Ocean of Data: The new way to find sunken treasure
Popular Science

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WHOI Receives $1 Million for Earthquake Observatory  

Grant from the W. M. Keck Foundation will fund the first seafloor geodesy observatory above the expected rupture zone of the Pacific Northwest capable of producing a magnitude 9 earthquake and generating a large tsunami.

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Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills

Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish?

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The Great South Channel Diner

It's the place where marine life meets to feast every spring.

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