Ocean Chemistry
Summer Lecture Series: Life Without Oxygen: Microbial Processes in Oxygen-Depleted Marine Environments
Maria Pachiadaki, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
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Colleen Hansel, WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreSummer Lecture Series: The Dark Side of the Coastal Carbon Cycle: Cave Networks in Karst Subterranean Estuaries
David Brankovits, USGS & WHOI Sponsored by: Academic Programs Office
Read MoreEnvironmental Controls of Organic Matter Preservation: Revisiting a Decades-Old Conundrum
Valier Galy, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Read MoreOrganic Carbon Hides in Sediments, Keeping Oxygen in Atmosphere
A new study from researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Harvard University may help settle a long-standing…
Read MoreSpecial Geology & Geophysics Seminar: Oceanic Efflux of Ancient Marine Dissolved Organic Carbon in Primary Marine Aerosol
Steven R. Beaupré, Stony Brook University Sponsored by: Geology & Geophysics Department
Read MoreThe Power of Super Reefs
For the First Annual World Reef Day, dive into this video about Super Reefs—coral reefs across the tropics that are able to withstand the stress of ocean warming, and can breed resilient larvae that can be used to reseed other reefs.
Read MoreCarbon Isotopes in the Ocean: What are the WOCE/CLIVAR/GO-SHIP Results Telling Us?
Ann McNichol, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Read MoreNew Study Finds Distinct Microbes Living Next to Corals
WHOI scientists distinct discover microbes living just a few centimeters from the surface of corals near the southern coast of Cuba. The discovery may yield clues about the ecological functions of microbes, and how they find and infect coral colonies.
Read MoreA Radical Perspective on the Marine Oxygen Cycle: Superoxide as a Major Sink of Marine Dissolved Oxygen
Kevin Sutherland, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Read MoreThe CO2 System in the Marsh Carbon Cycle: Biogeochemistry, Fluxes and An Ignored Biogeochemical Link
Zhaohui ‘Aleck’ Wang, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department
Read MoreThere will be no MC&G seminar today
Tracking Radium in the Arctic
Jessica Dabrowski is an ocean chemist and a second-year graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography and Applied…
Read MoreChasing Ocean ‘Snowflakes’
Scientists envision putting a flotilla of devices in the ocean to act as “eyes” that can track the “marine snow” that drifts down into the ocean.
Read MoreOcean Acidification
The release of sulfur and nitrogen into the atmosphere by power plants and agricultural activities is making seawater more acidic.
Read MoreBiogeochemistry
What is Biogeochemistry? Biogeochemistry is a relatively new scientific discipline that explores the physical, chemical, biological, and geological processes and…
Read MoreOcean Chemistry
The understanding of chemistry in the ocean is critical because changes can influence marine life, and in turn, human life.
Read MoreCarbon Cycle
Carbon is the building block of life on Earth and has a powerful impact on the planet’s climate.
Read MoreThe pH Scale
pH is a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution. The more hydrogen ions that are present,…
Read MoreCarbon Dioxide in Seawater
When carbon dioxide mixes with seawater it has the effect of reducing the availability of carbonate ions, which many marine…
Read MoreFAQs about Ocean Acidification
Introduction Ocean acidification is a new field of research in which most studies have been published in the past 10…
Read MoreTo Tag a Squid
How do you design a tag that can attach to a soft-bodied swimming animal and track its movements? Very thoughtfully.
Read MoreHow Do Corals Build Their Skeletons?
WHOI scientists discovered precisely how ocean acidification affects coral skeletons’ a factor that will help scientists predict how corals throughout the world will fare as the oceans become more acidic.
Read MoreWill Oxygen in the Ocean Continue to Decline?
Levels of oxygen in the ocean have decreased in the past, causing catastrophic losses of marine life. Scientists worry that…
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