Evan Lubofsky
Evan Lubofsky is a science writer and editor at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
After studying journalism at UMass Amherst, he began writing about sensor and instrumentation technologies, eventually working with ocean scientists to tell stories about coral reef ecology, estuarine studies, and other areas of research. He was a 2015 WHOI Ocean Science Journalism Fellow, and his work has appeared in Smithsonian, WIRED, The Verge, Mental Floss, Hakai Magazine, and Frontiers in Ecology among other publications.
Junk Food
An estimated eight million tons of plastics enter our oceans each year, yet only one…
Tracking a Snow Globe of Microplastics
Millions of tons of plastics end up in the global ocean each year, but where…
Sweat the Small Stuff
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A Lobster Trap for Microbes
What if you wanted to observe what microbes in the ocean are doing? First, you…
The Discovery of Hydrothermal Vents
In 1977, WHOI scientists made a discovery that revolutionized our understanding of how and where…
A Double Whammy for Corals
Scientists know that gradually rising ocean temperatures can push corals past a threshold and cause…
Will Oxygen in the Ocean Continue to Decline?
The living, breathing ocean may be slowly starting to suffocate. The ocean has lost more…
Back to Bikini
WHOI scientists returned to the Pacific islands of Bikini and Enewetak in 2015 to study…
Fresh Water Below the Seafloor?
Using a new method to distinguish fresh water from oil or salt water, scientists are…
No Stone Unturned
WHOI iologist Joel Llopiz is taking advantage of information stored in the tiny "ear stones"…
The Riddle of Rip Currents
Rip currents claim more than 100 lives in the United States each year and are…
Short-circuiting the Biological Pump
The ocean has been sucking up the heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) building up in our…
Coral Crusader
Graduate student Hannah Barkley is on a mission to investigate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean…
A Smarter Undersea Robot
Some say it is lethal to cats. WHOI scientists say it would be a boon…