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An enduring legacy of impact in ocean and climate research
The new Francis E. Fowler IV Center for Ocean and Climate—a flagship program of WHOI’s president—is designed to unlock the institution’s full potential as the world’s premier independent ocean research organization to address climate change
Read MoreThe scientific community prepares for rising seas in Woods Hole
The second Resilient Woods Hole Symposium draws 273 as scientists and city planners discuss the Cape Cod village’s weaknesses and advantages in the face of sea level rise
Read More“Mantle wind” blows through slab window beneath Panama
A Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution-led team unravels the existence of a 900-mile-long mantle conduit between the Galapagos and Central America…
Read MoreStudy Finds Growing Potential for Toxic Algal Blooms in the Alaskan Arctic
A warming Arctic presents potential new threats to humans and marine wildlife in the fast-changing region Changes in the…
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: NHABON-NE, a Prototype Node for a National HAB Sensor Network
Michael Brosnahan, WHOI Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94714094812?pwd=WTVCekEyclhZOXBVbzBFT3phSzU0UT09 Meeting ID: 947 1409…
Read More‘The concept looks fairly solid.’ Researchers test new clay process to kill red tide cells
The process, known as clay flocculation, involves spraying a mixture of clay particles and seawater onto the red tide algae.
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…
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