Ocean & Human Lives
ABCs of Radioactivity
To the average layperson, “radioactivity” is a harsh and scary word. But the fact is that radioisotopes, both natural and artificial, are all around us.
放射能の基礎知識
平均的な一般人にとって、「放射能」という言葉には強烈で恐ろしい響きがある。しかし実をいうと、放射性物質は、天然のものも人工のものも私たちの身のまわりにあふれている。そして、特に海洋学者にとっては研究のために重要な道具でもある。
日本の三重災害
現在「日本の三重災害」として知られている地震、津波、原発事故の苦難の連鎖は、海底の大規模な破壊とともに始まった。
Japan’s Triple Disaster
The chain of calamity now known as Japan’s Triple Disaster began with a massive rupture…
Ceramics Meets Marine Biology at WHOI
If muses for Pottery and Science roam the Earth, they don’t often cross paths, especially…
The Synergy Project, Part II
Back in my high school, and maybe yours too, kids naturally separated into cliques—jocks, punks,…
Do Oil and Corals Mix?
Scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) helped find strong evidence that the Deepwater Horizon…
Brown Tides and Redfielders
Come spring, Louie Wurch’s mind turns toward softball and another, less idyllic seasonal phenomenon: brown…
The Quest to Map Titanic
Bill Lange was aboard Knorr in 1985 when the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution research vessel…
To Catch a Hurricane
On Aug. 25, 2011, the line projecting Hurricane Irene’s path up the East Coast barreled…
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
When the ground in Japan started shaking on March 11, 2011, the Japanese, who are…
Fukushima’s Fallout and Marine Life
Interactive featured in: "How Is Fukushima's Fallout Affecting Marine Life?"
Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
I don’t do San Francisco like most people. I skip the cable cars, Lombard Street,…
Scientists Solve a Deepwater Horizon Mystery
Right after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded April 20, 2010, marine scientist Monty Graham…
Every Chromatogram Tells a Story
Where is this mountainous landscape? Actually, that’s the wrong question. It’s a landscape, all right,…
At Deepwater Horizon, Basic Research Was Applied
“Basic research, directed simply toward more complete understanding of nature and its laws, embarks upon…
Research Road Trip
Audio slideshow: A three-day, 500-mile quest for tarballs
Up From the Seafloor Came a Bubbling Brew
Eleven days after the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon oil rig on April 20, 2010,…
Shifting Sands and Bacteria on the Beach
Most coastal communities in the United States test the water at beaches for the presence…
Four Men. Twelve Hours. One Crucial Sample.
The prize they coveted amounted to nothing more than about four gallons of natural gas…
A Plume of Chemicals from Deepwater Horizon
Along with the torrent of hot gas and oil spewing from the bottom of the…
Of Predators, Prey, and Petroleum
Protists are the Rodney Dangerfields of marine microbes. Although marine bacteria emerged as heroes in…
Life and Death in the Deep Sea
It was an experiment they hoped would never happen. But when it did, they were…
A Small Sip from a Big Gusher
How much oil gushed out of the Deepwater Horizon well and into the Gulf of…