WHOI Newsletter :: Volume Two, Number Three

	IMAGE OF THE DAY

	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)
	OCEANUS MAGAZINE
		Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis WHOI microbiologist Tracy Mincer looks to marine microbes for help in developing a cure for cystic fibrosis.
	INVEST IN WHOI
		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.
	WHOI IN THE NEWS
		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.
	More WHOI in the news: Life Arctic Seas Surprisingly Alive in the Winter Our Amazing Planet An Ocean of Data: The new way to find sunken treasure Popular Science Researchers Probe 200-Year-Old Shipwreck Off U.S. NPR
	AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
		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.
	FROM THE OCEAN INSTITUTES
		Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish?
		The Great South Channel Diner It's the place where marine life meets to feast every spring.




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