Ocean Chemistry
MC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Constraining Ocean CaCO3 Dissolution with a Global Alkalinity Model
Hengdi Liang, University of Southern California Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreStudy outlines challenges to ongoing clean-up of burnt and unburnt nurdles along Sri Lanka’s coastline
When a fire broke out on the deck of the M/V XPress Pearl cargo ship on May 20, 2021, an estimated 70-75 billion pellets of preproduction plastic material, known as nurdles, spilled into the ocean and along the Sri Lankan coastline. That spill of about 1,500 tons of nurdles, many of which were burnt by the fire, has threatened marine life and poses a complex clean-up challenge. A new peer-reviewed study characterizes how the fire modified the physical and chemical properties of the nurdles and proposes that these properties affected their distribution along the coast.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Linking Oxygen and Carbon Dynamics to Deep Water Formation Using New Sensor Observations in the Labrador Sea
Dariia Atamanchuk, Dalhousie University Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Development and Deployment of a Long-Term Benthic Oxygen Flux System
Jeff Coogan, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Neodymium Isotopes and Deep Ocean Circulation: Present, Past, and Future
Chandranath Basak, University of Delaware Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Detecting Life Signals in the Oceanic Lithosphere and Ultra-Low Biomass Sediments – Insights Into a Hidden Majority
Florence Schubotz, University of Bremen Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Hybrid Seminar: Origin and Evolution of Terrestrial Volatiles: Current Understanding and Recent Developments
David Bekaert, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department – Clark 507 (masks required) This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual/Hybrid Seminar: The M/V X-Press Pearl Nurdle Spill: Characterizing Burnt and Unburnt Nurdles Collected Along Sri Lanka’s Beaches
Bryan James, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department – Clark 507 (masks required) This will also be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Multi-Isotopologue Perspective on Dissolved Oxygen in the Deep North Pacific
Laurence Yeung, Rice University Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Calcite Dissolution in Seawater and the Accelerated Weathering of Limestone to Eliminate CO2 Emissions from Transoceanic Shipping
Jess Adkins, Caltech Sponsored by: MC&G Department – Clark 507 This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting:: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Department Virtual Seminar: Redefining Expectations of a Good Date: Sacrificing Precision for Accuracy (When Necessary)
Dr. B. Rosenheim, University of South Florida Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreGeology & Geophysics Department Virtual Seminar: Radiocarbon and NOSAMS: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Liz Austin-Minor, University of Minnesota, Duluth Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreWHOI selected for new NSF science & technology center
The new Center for Chemical Currencies of a Microbial Planet (C-CoMP) will focus on the chemical processes that underpin ocean ecosystems.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Volatile Accretion and Degassing of the Mantle
Rita Parai, University of Washington, St. Louis Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreSunlight can break down marine plastic into tens of thousands of chemical compounds, study finds
Sunlight was once thought to only fragment plastics in the marine environment into smaller particles that chemically resemble the original material and persist forever. However, scientists more recently have learned that sunlight also chemically transforms plastic into a suite of polymer-, dissolved-, and gas-phased products. Now, a new study finds that this chemical reaction can produce tens of thousands of water-soluble compounds, or formulas.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Examining the Biogeochemistry of Phytoplankton Stress from Enzymes to Ecosystems
Julia Diaz, Scripps Institution of Oceanography Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreWhat happens to marine life when oxygen is scarce?
A new study co-led by WHOI postdoctoral scholar Maggie Johnson looks closely at the changes occurring in both coral reef and microbial communities near Bocas del Toro during sudden hypoxic events, which occur when there is little to no oxygen in a given area of water.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Methane, Monsoons, and Milankovitch Modulation of Millennial-Scale Variability
Kaustubh Thirumalai, University of Arizona Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar today: Quantifying Seasonal and Spatial Variability in Iron Supply from Oxic Shelf Sea Sediments Using Iron Isotopes
Alastair Lough, University of Leeds, U.K. Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreThe ocean has heartburn. Is relief on the way?
Researchers investigate the use of alkalinity enhancement to quell ocean acidification and help maintain the sea’s role as a carbon sink
Read MoreScience RoCS Initiative responds to need for increased ocean monitoring
Commercial ships are helping oceanographers deploy robotic Argo floats to keep an eye on hard-to-reach parts of the ocean
Read MoreThe 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 MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Investigating Coral Exometabolites and Their Ecological Significance on Coral Reefs
Laura Weber, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreSay hello to a vast underground ecosystem
The research team — led by Karen Lloyd, an associate professor at the University of Tennessee, and Donato Giovannelli, a professor at the University of Naples Federico II in Italy — found that this microbial ecosystem sequesters a huge amount of carbon dioxide.
