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How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

How Did Earth Get Its Ocean?

December 21, 2015

Adam Sarafian overcame a learning disability and surmounted heights as a an All-American pole-vaulter—all before launching a scientific career that has now allowed him to hurtle across the universe and back through time to the period when Earth was still forming.

Coral Crusader

Coral Crusader

July 8, 2015

Graduate student Hannah Barkley is on a mission to investigate how warming ocean temperatures, ocean acidification, and other impacts of climate change are affecting corals in an effort to find ways to preserve these vital ocean resources.

Scientists Find Trigger That Cracks Lakes

Scientists Find Trigger That Cracks Lakes

June 3, 2015

Graduate student Laura Stevens became a focal point of a research team that cracked a big mystery atop the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Hidden Battles on the Reefs

Hidden Battles on the Reefs

January 7, 2015

A new study led by WHOI scientists shows how changing ocean conditions can combine to intensify erosion of coral reefs.

Coral-Current Connections

Coral-Current Connections

October 20, 2014

Will climate change shift a key ocean current in the Pacific? A graduate student is looking for clues recorded in coral skeletons.

The Synergy Project, Part II

The Synergy Project, Part II

February 22, 2013

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The Synergy Project

The Synergy Project

February 15, 2013

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Follow the Carbon

Follow the Carbon

September 6, 2012

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The Scientist Who Stays Out in the Cold

The Scientist Who Stays Out in the Cold

December 19, 2011
Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock

Turning Carbon Dioxide Gas into Rock

October 22, 2009