WHOI in the News
The invisible pollution harming the ocean, and us
Local Scientists Show Link Between Ocean Pollution And Illness
A new study from Boston College and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution draws some jarring conclusions on the link between ocean pollution and human health.
Group Nine Enacts Campaign To Highlight Ocean Pollution
Pollution from China disrupts ocean ecosystems
mentions WHOI
WHOI Study Shows Some Fish Can Adapt to Lethal Pollution Levels
quotes Mark Hahn and mentions WHOI
‘Sonic Sea’ Reveals What Ocean Noise Pollution Is Doing To Whales Around The Planet
mentions WHOI
BACTERIA PRESENT A SOLUTION FOR REDUCING PLASTIC POLLUTION
quotes Tracy Mincer and mentions WHOI
Could a new plastic-eating bacteria help combat this pollution scourge?
quotes Tracy Mincer and mentions WHOI
Global Warming Means Longer Flights, More Pollution
quotes Kris Karnauskas and WHOI
New England states unite to combat ocean pollution
mentions WHOI
Tenacious citizens take on the plastics industry over an insidious pollutant
Evidence of pellet pollution has been piling up for decades. R. Jude Wilber of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution returned to the area and found that pellet concentrations had nearly doubled.
Underwater pile driving noise causes alarm responses in squid
Exposure to underwater pile driving noise, which can be associated with the construction of docks, piers, and offshore wind farms, causes squid to exhibit strong alarm behaviors, according to a study by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin.
Coastal Organizations Receive More Than $1 Million In Federal Grants
The second three grantees are Massachusetts Maritime Academy ($176,581 for the Buzzards Bay Stormwater Collaborative), Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution ($298,598 to test permeable reactive barriers) and Buzzards Bay Coalition ($27,695 to prevent nutrient pollution from composting).