Climate & Ocean
Climate 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
Cape Ann Climate Coalition to hold virtual celebration of life of Elaine Starrett
Following the screening, Starrett’s daughter, Dr. Amy Bower, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will be joined in conversation by Cape Ann environmental 3-D artist Sinikka Nogelo and the nationally-known public artist Mags Harries.
WHOI scientists on warming atmosphere, weaker Gulf Stream
The warming atmosphere is causing an arm of the powerful Gulf Stream to weaken, some scientists fear
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Pseudo-Nitzschia in the Gulf of Maine: Investigating Bloom Dynamics, Species Introduction, and Climate Change Implications with Observations and Models
Suzanna C. Clark, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office This will be held virtually. Register here: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqceGgrzMuH92KHLnYcT7TNO98wC5GzR-4
Read MoreTracking 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 MoreMauritius oil spill: questions mount over ship fuel safety
Ocean science into action
From collaborations with fishermen to whale-sensing smart cameras, these five solutions-based stories will give you hope in 2021
Read MoreSpecial WHOI Climate & Paleo Seminar Series: Air-Sea Coupling Shapes North American Hydroclimate Response to Ice Sheets
Dillon Amaya, University of Colorado Sponsored by: WHOI Climate & Paleo Seminar Series This seminar will be held virtually. Please…
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 MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Multi-Year Predictability of the Atmospheric Blocking Stemming from the North Atlantic Ocean
Young-Oh Kwon, WHOI Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. This will be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreWHOI working to address ocean acidification; protect region’s vital shellfish industry
A new report addresses the impacts of ocean acidification in Massachusetts and New England coastal waters on the region’s vital seafood industry.
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Waves and Ice, In Two Parts (Signals and Noise)
Jim Thomson, University of Washington Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Please Join: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID: 938…
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 MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Freshwater-Induced Variability of the North Atlantic Climate
Marilena Oltmanns, National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Meteorology and Climatology of Wind and Solar Power Droughts over Western North America
Patrick Brown, San Jose State University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. This will be held…
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.
NOAA Live! Webinar: Bringing Weather Forecasting Down to Earth
Tim Walsh, NOAA’s Satellite Service, MD Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be held virtually and…
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual seminar: A Proposal: Measuring Global Sea Level Changes with Surface Drifting Buoys
Shane Elipot, RSMAS Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09 Meeting ID: 970…
Read MoreMany Scientists Now Say Global Warming Could Stop Relatively Quickly After Emissions Go to Zero
Warming in the Arctic and Antarctic continues to accelerate faster than the global average, scientists reported this year.
‘This Is Our Time’ – New WHOI President Vows To Help Save The Planet
“The oceans are in trouble, climate is changing rapidly, and the world is in need of solutions,” the new president of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Peter B. de Menocal, told some 500 attendees at a virtual town hall meeting in early October.
Humans Created More Than Half of the Hudson River Tidal Marshes Unintentionally
In new research of tidal marsh resilience to rise in sea level, researchers observed that Hudson River Estuary marshes are developing upward at a rate twice or thrice times quicker than sea level rise, proposing that they need to be resilient to faster sea-level rise in the future.
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…
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