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Dual Vehicle Operations a Sign of the Future in Seafloor Exploration
Deploying two or more underwater vehicles from a single vessel makes better use of ship time and personnel, but requires specific technical capabilities and careful scheduling. In the past, one […]
Read MoreInsight into Freshwater Input to the North Atlantic Ocean
The strongest climate cooling event in the last 10,000 years occurred about 8,200 years ago. Known as the 8.2 ka event, it was an abrupt release of freshwater to the […]
Read MoreWHOI Blog from AGU
Check the WHOI blog for news updates from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting. More than 10,000 Earth, space and ocean scientists are converging on San Francisco this week […]
Read MoreDeep-sea Light Post Transforms the Ocean Floor into a Photography Studio
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists (WHOI) and engineers have designed a portable deep-sea light post to illuminate the dark ocean floor. Up to now, scientists have been able to see […]
Read MoreHow Squid Swim: The Difference Between Theory and Observation
For years, some engineers believed squid likely propelled themselves through water by creating vortex rings, forcing fluid out of their pipe shaped funnels to create smoke-ring-like structures. But the experience […]
Read MoreBouncing Among the Arctic Ice: The Ultimate Arctic Machine?
WHOI scientists exploring the largely unknown currents beneath the polar sea ice have designed and successfully tested a new float that drifts at various depths through the oceans measuring water […]
Read MoreWHOI Announces New Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean
James Yoder, a professor of oceanography and former associate dean at the University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography, has been chosen Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean […]
Read MoreNew Genetic Test Can Detect Clam Disease Crippling Shellfish Industry and Threatening Aquaculture Operations
A sensitive new genetic test can now detect a crippling disease called QPX occurring in clam beds from Cape Cod south to Virginia and north to Canada. Although it does […]
Read MoreBoston Globe, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Journalists To be Honored by WHOI
Two journalists from The Boston Globe and a radio host/producer for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation will receive the 2005 Ocean Science Journalism Award from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) for […]
Read MoreMarine Organisms Threatened By Increasingly Acidic Ocean
Every day, the average person on the planet burns enough fossil fuel to emit 24 pounds of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, out of which about nine pounds is then […]
Read MoreWHOI Holds Commencement Ceremonies as Part of 75th Anniversary Celebration
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) held commencement ceremonies September 24, awarding 34 master’s and doctoral degrees in ocean sciences and engineering as part of the Institution’s Joint Graduate Program with […]
Read MoreA Trip for the Record Books
Research Vessel Knorr will pass another milestone in its long career when it reaches one million miles traveled for ocean science this month. The 279-foot ship is working in the […]
Read MoreWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution Celebrates 75th Anniversary With Public Open House September 10
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is celebrating 75 years of ocean research, education and exploration in 2005 with a series of activities this summer and fall.
A public open house, […]
Read MoreAlvin Is Going to Pieces…Again
The Deep Submergence Vehicle Alvin will return home to Woods Hole in mid-October after two years and be taken apart right down to its titanium frame. The scheduled refit and […]
Read MoreStudies 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 Swedish icebreaker Oden, which has been working with the U.S. […]
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 the ocean has been observed, but little or no return […]
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 of the crust are likely formed from different magma pools. […]
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 study using a new computer model of Earth’s climate that […]
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 “Finding Nemo” fame, are in high demand for tropical aquariums. […]
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 bottom of the ocean, but this time it is via […]
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 Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Exhibit Center during July and August.
The interactive […]
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 most endangered whales with an estimated population of about 350. […]
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 series of activities this summer and fall, ranging from an […]
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” of the toxic alga Alexandrium fundyense since a massive outbreak occurred in 1972 […]