Climate Change
The ocean science-art connection
Some of the most complex insights in marine science are no match for the communicative power of art. Check out these five recent collaborations between ocean scientists and artists
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Extreme Climate Events Under Human-Driven Global Change
Danielle Touma, University of California, Santa Barbara Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting:…
Read MoreSome Forams Could Thrive with Climate Change, Metabolism Study Finds
Oceanic deoxygenation is increasingly affecting marine ecosystems. A new paper that examines two foram species found that they demonstrated great metabolic versatility to flourish in hypoxic and anoxic sediments where there is little or no dissolved oxygen, inferring that the forams’ contribution to the marine ecosystem will increase with the expansion of oxygen-depleted habitats.
Read MoreStudy Finds 6⁰C Cooling on Land during the Last Ice Age, With Implications about Future Global Warming
A recent report shows that prior studies have underestimated the cooling in the last glacial period, which has low-balled estimates of the Earth’s climate sensitivity to greenhouse gases. The rather high climate sensitivity is not good news regarding future global warming, which may be stronger than expected using previous best estimates.
Read MoreConsortium For Combatting Global Climate Change
Designed to act as an engine for continuous innovation and powered by some of the world’s leading minds and businesses, the OCIA consortium is open to participation by a wide range of leading organisations across business, academia and non-profits that recognise the inextricable links between ocean and climate and wish to have a positive impact on the global climate crisis.
ADI teams on ocean innovation accelerator
The Ocean and Climate Innovation Accelerator (OCIA) consortium is funded with $3m over three years from ADI to develop new technologies to monitor climate change.
WHOI partnership means $3 million to investigate how climate change affects oceans
Funded by a $3 million multiyear grant from Analog Devices Inc. of Wilmington, the program will support research investigating climate change impacts on the ocean.
WHOI and ADI Launch Ocean and Climate Innovation Accelerator
Today WHOI and Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) launched an Ocean and Climate Innovation Accelerator (OCIA) consortium, focused on the critical role of oceans in combatting climate change, and developing new solutions at the intersection of oceans and climate.
Read MoreHow to Talk to Kids About Climate Change
Luckily, there are a lot of experts who are parents themselves who can help. Here are some of their tips.
Cape Cod Climate Research Station Abandoned Because It’s About to Fall Into the Sea
Warmer World Needs More Protected Habitat
With climate change soon to be the main threat to biodiversity, protected habitat will be a higher priority than ever to give wildlife a chance.
We’ve Known For Years Global Warming Could Lead To A New Ice Age. Why Is No One Doing Anything?
The possibility that climate change could flip and, in just a matter of years, plunge part of the world into a new ice age is something that has occasionally made its way into the media.
MC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Our Ocean in the Anthropocene: The Combined Impact of Pollution and Climate Change on Marine Life
Manoela Romano de Orte, Carnegie Institution for Science Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting…
Read MoreClimate Change Can Destabilize the Global Soil Carbon Reservoir, New Study Finds
The vast reservoir of carbon that is stored in soils probably is more sensitive to destabilization from climate change than…
Read MoreChanging climate: In-depth coverage of our changing climate and environmental issues
Tracking change in the Arctic Ocean
Changes in the Arctic Ocean are becoming clearer, thanks to an ocean monitoring network maintained by WHOI researchers in the Beaufort Gyre since 2003.
Read MoreWHOI builds bridges with Arctic Indigenous communities
NSF program fosters collaboration between indigenous communities and traditional scientists, allowing WHOI’s autonomous vehicles to shed light on a changing Arctic
Read MoreOcean data gives Northeast fishermen edge against a warming ocean
Fisheries successfully brace against warm water wave from Gulf Stream, thanking access to ocean data
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: Climate Change and Head-Starting: Manipulating Life Histories Turtle Speed Ahead.
Willem Roosenburg, Ohio University Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84014900789
Read MoreWhat’s In That Water? ‘Geochemical Santa Claus’ Offers New Data To Climate Modelers
For many years scientists thought that groundwater — which hides in underground aquifers and slowly makes it way out to sea — wasn’t adding much to ocean chemistry.
Doctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Coral Reefs in the Anthropocene Ocean: Novel Insights from Skeletal Proxies of Climate Change, Impacts, and Resilience
Nathaniel R. Mollica, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office This will be held virtually. To register, use this…
Read MoreMBL Ecosystems Center and Semester in Environmental Science Webinar
Jerry Melillo, Ed Rastetter, and Gus Shaver, MBL This will be held virtually. To register, visit https://mbl.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BkKXRGEyStetv49TxBKGYw
Read MoreFrom north to south pole, climate scientists grapple with pandemic disruptions
Carin Ashjian, a biological oceanographer at WHOI who studies the impact of climate on ecology, was also on the ship then and remembers that “there were a lot of mixed feelings” when news of the pandemic hit them in March. She described how they were both worried about the safety of people back home, while feeling relief that they were protected from the virus by their geographic isolation.
Science is the way forward
By definition, science seeks to avoid bias, remain independent, refute falsehoods, and seek answers based on evidence, reason, and consensus. An editorial writen by Peter de Menocal and Richard W. Murray.
