Hazards
Steinbach Visiting Scholar: Harmful Algal Blooms, Fisheries, and Fishing Communities on the U.S West Coast
Stephanie Moore, NOAA Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office This will be held virtually. Register in advance for this meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYscOurqjgqH9X4tcY-mOQrDILq466zX8Zu
Read MoreA dragnet for toxic algae?
To keep a close eye on harmful algal blooms, shellfish farmers are relying on a WHOI-developed camera system that spies on toxic species below the surface and sends alerts when they’re present.
Read MoreBreakthrough discovery: Mote researchers may have found method to kill red tide with clay
Outside Mote Marine Laboratory, Dr. Lewis deployed a technique called clay flocculation. It’s a project led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Dr. Don Anderson.
Spock versus the volcano
Five hundred meters below the calm surface waters of the Aegean Sea off Santorini Island, Greece, lies an active submarine volcano. There, a decision-making robot equipped with artificial intelligence searches for life and danger.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Observing Surface Wind and Waves in Tropical Cyclones with the NOAA Hurricane Hunters
Heather Holbach, Florida State University Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09 Meeting…
Read MoreTo Understand How Warming is Driving Harmful Algal Blooms, Look to Regional Patterns, Not Global Trends
Accounts of harmful algal growths have increased over time. So has monitoring, however, making it difficult to tell whether the rise in observations is simply because there is greater awareness of their occurence or if it truly represents a growing ocean threat.
Biology Department Virtual Seminar: Embryos to Ecosystems: Effects of the DWH Oil Spill on Mahi-Mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
Christina Pasparakis, University of California, Davis Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Zoom link: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97999427569
Read MoreFirst Global Statistical Analysis of Harmful Algal Blooms
International study finds no worldwide trend in blooms, but significant increases in some regions and of certain species, pointing to…
Read MoreSargassum now World’s Largest Harmful Algal Bloom Due to Nitrogen
NOAA Live! Webinar: Algal Blooms: Signs of Spring and Signs of Trouble
Rose Masui, NOAA’s Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Kachemak Bay, AK Sponsored by: NOAA & Woods Hole Sea Grant…
Read MoreOil spill response beneath the ice
Successful test deployment of WHOI vehicle Polaris expands U.S. Coast Guard response to oil spills in the Arctic
Read MoreOcean Encounters: ALVIN
Hear from a volcanologist, a marine biologist, and Alvin’s senior pilot about how the iconic sub enables scientific discovery in the far reaches of Earth’s ocean.
Read MoreWHOI and NOAA Release Report on U.S. Socio-economic Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms
Woods Hole, Mass. — Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur in all 50 U.S. states and many produce toxins that cause…
Read MoreRacing an undersea volcano
Using AUV Sentry to make a high-resolution, near-bottom, seafloor map before the next volcanic eruption at the East Pacific Rise
Read MoreOcean Encounters Virtual Series: Radiation: In Our Ocean, Our Planet, and Our Lives
Ken Buesseler, WHOI; Shaheen Azim Dewji, Texas A&M University; and Ryo Morimoto, Princeton University Sponsored by: WHOI This will be…
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: Morphogenetic Manipulation of Algal Endosymbionts in a Widespread Planktonic Photosymbioses
Margaret Mars Brisbin, WHOI Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93674939423?pwd=TmxJNko5TkFQWDN5aVRhV3JaU2lsUT09 Meeting ID: 936…
Read MoreSpecial Seminar: Research at the Reserve: Microplastics in the Salt Marshes of Waquoit Bay
Javier Lloret, MBL Co-sponsored by: Waquoit Bay Reserve, Friends of the Waquoit Bay Reserve, MA Department of Conservation & Recreation,…
Read MoreNOAA Live! Webinar: Hitching a Ride: How to Spot and Stop Marine Invasive Species
Jasmine Maurer, NOAA’s Kachemak Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, Kachemak Bay, AK Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant…
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 MoreMauritius oil spill: questions mount over ship fuel safety
NOAA Live! Webinar: Designed to Survive: Prepare Your Home to Withstand Storms
Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, NOAA’s Hawai’i Sea Grant, HI Sponsored by: NOAA and Woods Hole Sea Grant This will be held…
Read MoreG&G Department Virtual Seminar: Seismic Imaging of the Lesser Antilles Subduction Zone from the VoiLA Project
Kate Rychert, University of Southampton, UK Sponsored by: G&G Department This will be held virtually Zoom Details: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94308060986?pwd=TXFiSlprc05EdHR5OFNqYm41UzIrQT09 Meeting ID:…
Read MoreA checkup for the oceans reveals threats to human health
The health of the world’s ocean is in serious decline—and human health is suffering as a result. A comprehensive report from the Monaco Commission and co-authored by several WHOI researchers investigates the impacts of ocean pollution and recommends actions to safeguard human health.
Read MoreCrystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea Volcano behavior
By leveraging observations of tiny crystals of the mineral olivine formed during a violent eruption that took place in Hawaii more than half a century ago, researchers have found a way to test computer models of magma flow, which they say could reveal fresh insights about past eruptions and possibly help predict future ones.
