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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Announces Shift of Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Field Trials to Summer 2025
Change was made in response to changing ship availability and to resulting changes in ocean conditions later in the year
Read MoreOcean Alkalinity Enhancement Project Looks at Pulling Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution project is part of the broader carbon to sea initiative
Read MoreWHOI Receives $25 Million to Accelerate Search for Ocean-based Climate Solutions
Major funding commitment from board chair Paul Salem comes amidst increased attention on ocean’s role in climate and growing pace of funding from public and private sources
Read MoreNew Study Reveals How Sensitive U.S. East Coast Regions May Be to Ocean Acidification
A continental-scale chemical survey in the waters of the eastern U.S. and Gulf of Mexico is helping researchers determine how distinct bodies of water will resist changes in acidity. The…
Read MoreWHOI Awarded Funding to Support Research and Development of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal
WHOI researchers are among the 17 projects that have been awarded funding by NOAA’s Ocean Acidification Program on behalf of the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP).
Read MoreBuilding Blocks of Life on the Atlantis Massif
An upcoming expedition aboard the US ocean drilling ship JOIDES Resolution co-led by Susan Q. Lang, a geochemist at WHOI and director NOSAMS Facility, will attempt to shed new light on the processes that likely helped jumpstart the formation of life early in Earth’s history.
Read MoreUnderwater Robot Makes History Crossing the Gulf Stream
Like the sailing vessel used by Captain Joshua Slocum to sail solo around the world 100 years ago, another ocean-going vehicle is making history. A small ocean glider named Spray…
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