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Studies at the Top of the World
Two Institution scientists spent the past six weeks crossing the Arctic Ocean from Barrow, Alaska, to Svalbard, Norway, onboard the…
Read MoreFreshwater and Saltwater Interactions in Coastal Groundwater Systems May Provide Clues to Chemicals Entering Coastal Waters
Scientists have recently recognized an imbalance in the flow of salty groundwater into the coastal ocean: considerable saltwater discharge into…
Read MoreNew Images Reveal Different Magma Pools Form the Ocean’s Crust
For the first time, scientists have produced images of the oceanic crust and found that the upper and lower layers…
Read MoreEarth’s Ability to Absorb Increased Carbon Emissions May Be Limited
The ability of both land and sea to absorb increased emissions of carbon dioxide is limited, according to a recent…
Read MoreScientists Use New Methods to Track and Protect Threatened Species
There are fish in the sea, but many species are over-exploited, aren’t evenly distributed and some, like the clownfish of…
Read MoreWHOI Scientists and Engineers Explore “Lost City” in the Atlantic
Biologist Tim Shank of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is “at sea” once again studying marine life at the…
Read MoreAstrobiology Exhibit Visits Woods Hole this Summer
Life on Earth and in the universe is the theme of a traveling exhibit on astrobiology at the Woods Hole…
Read MoreEndangered North Atlantic Right Whale Study Says Population in Crisis
Ship strikes and entanglement in fishing gear are threatening the survival of the North Atlantic right whale, one of the…
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Celebrates 75th Anniversary in 2005
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is celebrating 75 years of ocean research, education and exploration in 2005 with a…
Read More2005 New England Red Tide Media Briefings July 14
Contacts: WHOI: Shelley Dawicki 508-289-2270 or 508-566-7017 (mobile) NOAA: Ben Sherman 202-253-5256 (mobile) WHAT: Spring 2005 brought the worst “bloom”…
Read MoreA Natural Petroleum Spring
Bubbles stream from vents surrounding misshapen cones formed by thick liquid oozing from the sea floor. It may sound like…
Read MoreThe Internal Weather of the Sea
Currents, fronts and eddies, often called the internal weather of the sea, are major components of ocean circulation and can…
Read MoreLife in Extreme Environments
Scientists have long known of organisms adapted to environments that appear inhosptable to any form of life, living in the…
Read MoreMarine Task Force to Develop National Standards for Ocean Aquaculture Announced
Additional Contact: Justin Kenney The Pew Charitable Trusts215-575-4816, jkenney@pewtrusts.org (Washington, D.C.) The Pew Charitable Trusts, in collaboration with the Woods…
Read MoreHow Much Excess Fresh Water Was Added to the North Atlantic in Recent Decades?
Large regions of the North Atlantic Ocean have been growing fresher since the late 1960s as melting glaciers and increased…
Read MoreScientists Map Ocean Floor Near Palmer Station in Antarctica
Using inflatable boats, a portable depth sounder with GPS, and a REMUS autonomous underwater vehicle, a team of scientists and…
Read MoreHurricanes and the Coastal Zone
With hurricane season arriving June 1, along with predictions of an above normal number of major storms in the Atlantic…
Read MoreWhat is That in the Water?
As summer vacations approach, beachgoers might want to bring along a guide to what they and their children will see…
Read MoreBlooms of a Different Sort
Commonly called “red tides,” harmful algal blooms, or HABs, are an abundance or “bloom” of single-celled marine algae called phytoplankton…
Read MoreG. Unger Vetlesen Foundation Honored by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution recently honored The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation of New York with the prestigious Cecil H. Green…
Read MoreWHOI Scientists Monitor Largest Red Tide Outbreak in 12 Years in Massachusetts Bay
With shellfish beds from Maine to the Cape Cod coast closed from the largest outbreak of red tide in 12…
Read MoreNew Underwater Volcano Found Near Samoa
An international team of scientists, led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of…
Read MoreScientists Find Unusual Use of Metals in the Ocean
Cadmium, commonly considered a toxic metal and often used in combination with nickel in batteries, has been found to have…
Read MoreWHOI Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Senior Scientist Stanley Hart of the Geology and Geophysics Department was recently elected a Fellow…
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