Ocean Chemistry
First Detailed Oil Sample Analysis Completed from Mauritius Oil Spill
When the Japanese bulk carrier MV Wakashio struck a coral reef off the coast of Mauritius on July 25, 2020, and began leaking fuel oil two weeks later, local residents and the international community sprang into action to protect the pristine habitats that fringe the Indian Ocean nation.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Throw It In Reverse: Is Enzyme Reversibility Wreaking Havoc in the Nitrogen Cycle?
Scott Wankel, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Information will be posted when available
Read MoreThe Earth-Shaping Animal Migration No One Ever Sees
“All the vehicles on the road in the United States produce around 1.5 PgC per year,” says Kevin Archibald, a biological oceanographer at WHOI and lead author of that study. DVM could be understood as offsetting about two-thirds of all U.S. automobile emissions.
MC&G Department Virtual Seminar: The Pacific Dissolved Cobalt Cycle: Insights from the GEOTRACES GP15 Expedition & Exploring Extracellular Superoxide in Coral Physiology and Health
Rebecca Chmiel, WHOI & Kalina Grabb, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/96874876756 Meeting ID: 968 7487 6756…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Hydrothermal Trace Metal Release and Microbial Metabolism in the Northeast Lau Basin
Natalie Cohen, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/92731319251 Meeting ID: 927 3131…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: From Evo to Eco: A Microbiologist’s Journey from Bench to (Small) Boat
Rosie Alegado, University of Hawaii Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/98485270086 Meeting ID:…
Read MoreNOAA Live: Carbon’s Journey and Our Warming Planet
The carbon cycle is a process where carbon dioxide travels from the atmosphere into living organisms and the Earth, then…
Read MoreMC&G Virtual Seminar: Deciphering Insights into the Past Carbon Cycle Using Calcifiers
Rosalind Rickaby, University of Oxford Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Information will be posted when available
Read MoreThe $500 Billion Question: What’s the Value of Studying the Ocean’s Biological Carbon Pump?
A new paper published in the journal Science of the Total Environment from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) puts an economic value on the benefit of research to improve knowledge of the biological carbon pump and reduce the uncertainty of ocean carbon sequestration estimates.
The $500 billion question: what’s the value of studying the ocean’s biological carbon pump?
A new study puts an economic value on the benefit of research to improve knowledge of the biological carbon pump and reduce the uncertainty of ocean carbon sequestration estimates.
Read MoreEcology Research: Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
New research by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals the distinct impact ocean acidification is having on coral growth on some of the world’s iconic reefs.
Disentangling influences on coral health
In a new study, Weifu Guo of WHOI and his colleagues have compiled records of existing and new skeletal growth of a stony, long-lived coral genus known as Porites to disentangle the competing effects.
Coral develops ‘osteoporosis’ because of acidic oceans caused by climate change, study reveals
Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found significant reduction in the density of coral skeleton along much of the Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral reef system, and also on two reefs in the South China Sea, which they attribute largely to the increasing acidity of the waters surrounding these reefs since 1950.
More insights into the complexity of coral
“This is the first unambiguous detection and attribution of ocean acidification’s impact on coral growth,” says lead author Weifu Guo of WHOI.
Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals’ ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging to isolate its effect from that of simultaneous warming ocean temperatures, which also influence coral growth. New research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) reveals the distinct impact that ocean acidification is having on coral growth on some of the world’s iconic reefs.
Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs
Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals’ ability to build their skeletons, but it has been challenging…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Coupling the Petrology and Geodynamics of Mantle Magmatism
Lucy Tweed, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for attendees: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5edac5c2b84d7341df236f448ac75745 If…
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MC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Microbial Community Composition and Biogechemical Cycling Across a Subduction Zone
Donato Giovannelli, University of Naples, Italy Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for attendees: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=eced59c2eb43046c1ddbbe1bec7eccbee…
Read MoreDoctoral Dissertation Defense of Thesis: Residual Overturning Circulation and Its Connection to Southern Ocean Dynamics
Madeleine K. Youngs, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office This will be held virtually. Register in advance for…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Reconstructing the History of O2 on Earth Using Heavy Metal Isotopes
Chadlin M. Ostrander, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join the event via: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9003fda3f64e36568df29fdb0ceb5431 password: chem
Read MoreWHOI receives $2.7M from Simons Foundation to study nutrients, microbes that fuel ocean food web
The Simons Foundation has awarded Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists Dan Repeta and Benjamin Van Mooy two grants totaling…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Sulfur Cycling at Subduction Zones: Insights from Central America
Maarten de Moor, National University of Costa Rica Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for…
Read MoreWHOI Scientists Make Woods Hole Film Festival Appearance
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientists appear in two shorts and a feature film at this year’s Woods Hole Film…
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