Getting to the Core of the Matter

Geologist Jeff Donnelly (right foreground) demonstrates his techniques for extracting sediment cores from coastal marshes. Donnelly and colleagues have been examining the history of hurricane strikes along the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean. Joining Donnelly on Woodneck Beach in Falmouth, Mass., are the 2006 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)