Ocean Chemistry
Sunlight 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.
A new ocean soundscape
Combining his passions for marine chemistry and music, an MIT-WHOI Joint Program student converts data into songs that reveal the chemical nuances of the ocean.
Read MoreTracking Carbon From the Ocean Surface to the Dark “Twilight Zone”
Much of the science focuses on the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle. Through chemical and biological processes, the ocean removes as much carbon from the atmosphere as all plant life on land.
Tracking carbon from the ocean surface to the twilight zone
Much of the science focuses on the ocean‘s role in the global carbon cycle.
Plate Tectonics Fuels a Vast Underground Ecosystem
The subsurface is among Earth’s largest biomes, but the extent to which microbial communities vary across tectonic plate boundaries or interact with subduction-scale geological processes remains unknown. In a recently published study, scientists compare bacterial community composition with deep-subsurface geochemistry from 21 hot springs across the Costa Rican convergent margin.
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Carbon, Water, and Life in the Oceanic Crust
Susan Lang, University of South Carolina Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join via Zoom: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/94496409234
Read MoreNorthern Star Coral Study Could Help Protect Tropical Corals
Worldwide, coral reefs are in crisis. Researchers at WHOI and Roger Williams University are finding that studying the recovery of this local New England species from a laboratory induced stressor could help better understand how to protect endangered tropical corals around the world.
Read MorePhysical Oceanography Department Virtual Seminar: Pathways of Vertical Nutrient Fluxes
Mara Freilich, MIT-WHOI Joint Program Sponsored by: Physical Oceanography Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97073458686?pwd=U01aa2FpRStyVzFFbEREeG9laUF6QT09 Meeting…
Read MoreClimate Change Can Destabilize the Global Soil Carbon Reservoir, New Study Finds
The vast reservoir of carbon that is stored in soils probably is more sensitive to destabilization from climate change than…
Read MoreOCB Webinar: Exploring the Ocean Iron Cycle – Biological Drivers and Novel Isotopic Methods
Anh Pham (Sorbonne University, France) – Biological processes control the ocean iron distribution Tim Conway (University of South Florida) –…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Potassium Cycling in Seawater: Insights from Stable Potassium Isotopes (41K/39K)
Danielle Santiago Ramos, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. This will be held virtually. Join Zoom…
Read MoreAOP&E Department Virtual Seminar: Measuring the Carbon System at OOI Global and Coastal Arrays
Andrew Reed, WHOI Sponsored by: AOP&E Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom meeting: https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/93873912253?pwd=Rmo0OXpTT2tJQmNsSzRVNTNwMG1Sdz09 Meeting ID: 938 7391 2253…
Read MoreBiology Department Virtual Seminar: How Ocean Acidification May Alter Natural Selection: A Case Study of California Grunion
Darren Johnson, California State, Long Beach Sponsored by: Biology Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86254328359 Meeting…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Exploring the Use of Metals in Biogeochemically Important Enzymes in the Oceans, and Development of the Biogeochemical AUV Clio
Mak Saito, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Information will be posted when available
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Subsurface, Subaqueous, and Salty: Looking for Life in All the Right Places
Kennda Lynch, Universities Space Research Association Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Join Zoom Meeting https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/j/97299248936 Meeting…
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