Ocean Chemistry
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…
Read MoreWorking from Home: Mallory Ringham
WHOI-MIT joint program student outfits her basement to do vital work on a marine carbon sensor
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Tracking Environmental and Metabolic Parameters with Lipid 2H/1H Ratios
Ashley E. Maloney, Princeton University Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for attendees: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5eee44beb0bc0cba863beaabf0bf4f8e
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Reduced Continental Weathering and Phytoplankton Calcification Linked to Decreased pCO2 in the Last 15 Ma
Weimin Si, Brown University Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for attendees: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=edad788e6a45d0e6d30edae71fa56bf86
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: New Views on CO2 and the Carbon Cycle: From the Late Miocene Cooling to the Bipolar See-Saw at Termination II
Heather Stoll, ETH Zurich This will be held virtually. Go to: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e5f0041976b5e00e5b1b49402d054dadd 2. Click “Join Now”.
Read MoreAre natural toxins in fish harmful?
Marine life has been naturally producing toxic chemicals well before chemical companies were manufacturing PCBs. But are these naturally-produced compounds as harmful as man-made environmental pollutants, and do those pose a human health threat?
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: How Do Microbes Adapt to Life in the Deep Subsurface Sediments?
Karen Lloyd, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Go to https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=ecbe1b2b2ab1db81609e0b9f46f4a71a5 2.…
Read MoreMC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Patterns in Metabolite Pools Show that Phytoplankton Leave a Taxon-Specific Signature on Labile Carbon in Surface Ocean
Katherine Heal, University of Washington Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually. Event address for attendees: https://whoi.webex.com/whoi/onstage/g.php?MTID=e7f11a60f6f48088aa6ce951e233d959e Event…
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Insights into Surface Ocean C Fluxes Using Th-234 Distribution in the Pacific Ocean Jennifer Kenyon, WHOI Organic Speciation of Copper Lydia…
Read MoreGeodynamics Virtual Seminar: The Elusive Arctic Carbon Budget: Bridging Gaps Between Observations and Models
Jennifer Watts, Woods Hole Research Center Zoom Link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89217068485 Meeting ID: 892 1706 8485 Password: 009874
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MC&G Department Virtual Seminar: Deciphering the Ecological Roles of Microbial Eukaryotes in the Ocean
Sarah Hu, WHOI Sponsored by: MC&G Department This will be held virtually over Zoom. To join, please visit https://zoom.us/j/97164705713 Meeting…
Read MoreNew geochemical tool reveals origin of Earth’s nitrogen
A new geochemical tool sheds light on the origin of nitrogen and other volatile elements on Earth, which may also prove useful as a way to monitor the activity of volcanoes
Read MoreA rapidly changing Arctic
A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their international colleagues found that freshwater runoff from rivers and continental shelf sediments are bringing significant quantities of carbon and trace elements into parts of the Arctic Ocean via the Transpolar Drift—a major surface current that moves water from Siberia across the North Pole to the North Atlantic Ocean.
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