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A mooring anchor entered the North Atlantic in dramatic fashion last month from the stern of R/V Knorr. The mooring is part of the NASA-sponsored SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) cruise to study sea-surface salinity in the saltiest part of the ocean. The cruise is being led by WHOI oceanographer Ray Schmitt to better understand small-scale and recent, broad changes to salinity patterns that might reveal information about the workings of the global water cycle. (Photo by Julian J. Schanze, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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SHIPS & TECHNOLOGY |
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The R/V Neil Armstrong, which will be operated by WHOI, will carry on its namesake’s legacy of exploration, enabling the next generation of oceanographic science and discovery.
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OCEANUS MAGAZINE |
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Its existence, if confirmed, offers another cog to understand the ocean-atmosphere machinery that regulates worldwide rain, droughts, wildfires, fisheries and storms.
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OCEAN AND CLIMATE CHANGE |
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An international group of scientists are working to improve communication about ocean acidification to help the public better understand this pressing global issue.
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NEWS & MULTIMEDIA |
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Citizen scientists have an opportunity to help identify objects they see in images of the seafloor as part of the new interactive Seafloor Explorer Web site.
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WHOI IN THE NEWS |
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Writing in the journal Science, lead author Rich Camilli and his colleagues called for legislation that would shield researchers from litigants who were “seeking to silence scientific inquiry."
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