Climate Change
Why scientists are so worried about the ice shelves of Antarctica
quotes Luke Trusel and mentions WHOI
Everything you need to know about the surprisingly cold ‘blob’in the North Atlantic ocean
quotes Amy Bower and mentions WHOI
WHOI, NEAQ Embark on Expedition to the Phoenix Islands
A research team led by the New England Aquarium (NEAQ) and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) are heading out on a 6,000-mile expedition to one of the most remote places on Earth—the Phoenix Islands in the central Pacific Ocean. Throughout the month of September and in the midst of a strengthening Pacific El Nino, researchers will investigate the combined effects of climate change and human activity on the these vast coral reef ecosystems and the diversity of life they sustain.
Read MoreNew report recommends research priorities for Antarctic and Southern Ocean science
Quotes Robert Weller and WHOI.
Volunteers’ Data Revealing Impacts of Climate Change on Buzzards Bay
features Jennie Rheuban
Why Airplane Flights Are Taking Slightly Longer Every Year
quotes Kris Karnauskas and mentions WHOI
Northeast Waters a Hotspot for Global Warming
interview with Glen Gawarkiewicz and Magdalena Andres
Speedy study claims climate change doubled chances of European heatwave
mentions Andrew Solow and WHOI
Coral Crusader
Graduate student Hannah Barkley is on a mission to investigate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, and other impacts of climate change are affecting corals in an effort to find ways to preserve these vital ocean resources.
Read MoreEurope is set to get COLDER: Melting sea ice could weaken the Gulf Stream and cause temperatures to plummet
mentions Bob Pickart and WHOI
European climate at mercy of retreating sea ice
mentions WHOI
Climate Change: Colder Europe after Sea Ice Retreat?
mentions WHOI
Retreating sea ice linked to changes in ocean circulation, could affect European climate
mentions Robert Pickart
Arctic Ocean rapidly becoming harmful to marine species
mentions WHOI
Accelerated warming of the continental shelf off northeast coast
quotes Glen Gawariewicz and Magdalena Andres
mentions Steve Lentz and future MIT-WHOI Joint Program Student, Jacob Forsyth
also ran in Science Daily and Newsroom America
Accelerated Warming of the Continental Shelf Off Northeast Coast
A new study by physical oceanographers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, shows that water temperatures in this continental shelf region have been trending upward, with unprecedented warming occurring over the last 13 years. The study also suggests a connection between sea level anomalies and water temperature along the continental shelf.
Read MoreReading the tea leaves for effects of climate change
quotes Caroline Ummenhofer
How Rivers Bury Carbon at Sea
features Valier Galy, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, and Timothy Eglinton
How Rivers Regulate Global Carbon Cycle
features Valier Galy, Bernhard Peucker-Ehrenbrink, and Timothy Eglinton
Arctic Sea Ice Has Been ‘Thinning Dramatically’ Since The 1970s
mentions previous WHOI study
A Mooring in Iceberg Alley
WHOI scientists knowingly put a mooring in a fjord filled with icebergs near the terminus of a Greeland glacier. But it was their only way to learn if changing ocean conditions might be affecting how fast the glacier flowed into the ocean.
Read MoreUnderstanding the Ocean’s Role in Greenland Glacier Melt
The Greenland Ice Sheet is a 1.7 million-square-kilometer, 2-mile thick layer of ice that covers Greenland. Its fate is inextricably…
Read MoreJet Stream Gets Fish in Hot Water
WHOI scientists traced a heat wave in the North Atlantic, and the disruption of fisheries that it caused, to an unusual pattern in air circulation months earlier.
Read MoreThe Decline and Fall of the Emperor Penguin?
Climate change is shifting conditions on which Emperor penguins in Antarctica depend to sustain their populations.
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