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Underwater Robot Launched from Bermuda to Cross Gulf Stream
A small autonomous underwater vehicle, or AUV, named Spray was launched yesterday about 12 miles southeast of Bermuda. The two-meter-(6-foot)-long…
Read MoreDeep-Sea Tremors May Provide Early Warning System for Larger Earthquakes
Predicting when large earthquakes might occur may be a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study of undersea earthquakes in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The study, reported in today??A’s Nature, is the first to suggest that small seismic shocks or foreshocks preceding a major earthquake can be used in some cases to predict the main tremors.
Read MoreScanning the Seafloor
WHOI researchers and colleagues from other laboratories will be able to look at mud from the seafloor in a new…
Read MoreAssessing Algerian Earthquake Risk
Scientists from WHOI and USGS Menlo Park will be assessing future earthquake risk in Algeria and training Algerian researchers under…
Read MoreBarnacles and Mangroves
In a lush stand of mangroves on the Pacific coast of Panama, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) biologist is…
Read MoreDuke, Woods Hole Geologists Discover ‘Clockwork’ Motion by Ocean Floor Microplates
CONTACTS Monte Basgall (919) 681-8057 monte.basgall@duke.edu Shelley Dawicki (508) 289-2270 sdawicki@whoi.edu DURHAM, N.C. — A team of geologists from Duke…
Read MoreChemical Compounds Found in Whale Blubber Are From Natural Sources, Not Industrial Contamination
Chemicals found in whale blubber, and initially suspected of being from industrial sources, have turned out to be naturally occurring, raising questions about the accumulation of both natural and industrial compounds in marine life.
Read MoreMajor Caribbean Earthquakes and Tsunamis a Real Risk
A dozen major earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have occurred in the Caribbean near Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin…
Read MoreWHOI Scientist to Receive American Meteorological Society Award
A physical oceanographer known for his theories of wind driven ocean circulation and the fluid dynamics of the oceans will receive the 2005 Sverdrup Gold Medal from the American Meteorological Society (AMS), the nation’s leading professional society for scientists in the atmospheric and related sciences, in ceremonies January 12 at the AMS annual meeting in San Diego.
Read MoreCenter for Ocean, Seafloor and Marine Observing Systems Established at WHOI
With decades of experience designing, building and operating marine observing systems of many types around the world, the Institution has…
Read MoreTsunami Warning Buoy Deployed off Chile
Scientists from the Chilean Navy Hydrographic and Oceanographic Office (SHOA), in cooperation with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), deployed…
Read MoreWHOI Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Science Symposium, Open House
The Institution will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2005 with a series of activities ranging from an Anything-But-a-Boat Regatta in…
Read MoreCumulative Sperm Whale Bone Damage and the Bends
Woods Hole, MA–In a study published in the December 24, 2004 issue of the journal Science, Michael Moore and Greg…
Read MoreNew Director Named for WHOI Ocean and Climate Change Institute
A Gulf Stream and ocean circulation expert has been named second director of the Ocean and Climate Change Institute at…
Read MoreWHOI Director Appointed to U.S. Commission to UNESCO
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) President and Director Robert Gagosian has been appointed to the U.S. National Commission for the…
Read MoreCatastrophic Flooding from Ancient Lake May Have Triggered Cold Period
Imagine a lake three times the size of the present-day Lake Ontario breaking through a dam and flooding down the…
Read MoreFive WHOI Researchers Recognized for Contributions to Science and Education
Five researchers have been recognized by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for their contributions to ocean sciences research and…
Read MoreWHOI Researcher Honored for Contributions to Education
A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) biologist has been honored for her contributions to graduate education with the Institution’s first…
Read MoreNew Hydrothermal Vents in the Pacific Located and Mapped with Robotic Vehicle
Three new deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields were discovered in September 2004 in the Lau Basin in the western Pacific between…
Read MoreNovel Instrument Sheds Light on Plankton Populations in Coastal Waters
Cabled ocean observatories, like the Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO), and new sensors like the Flow Cytobot are enabling scientists…
Read MoreClues from Past Hurricanes Help Assess Future Storm Risks
Reconstructing the history and intensity of hurricanes is useful when assessing future risks of these extreme events in coastal regions.…
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…
Read MoreMonitoring Undersea Earthquakes, Deep Sea Tides and Magnetic Fields
One of the largest known mineral deposits in the deep sea, the Tag hydrothermal site on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR)…
Read MoreFinding Nemo, and All His Relatives?
Institution researchers will spend the next three months in Papua, New Guinea tracking clownfish, the same species made popular in…
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