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Viviane Menezes, a marine scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, has described the Red Sea as being like a “big lagoon” with “everything connected.” An oil spill at any time of year would be disastrous, she says, but seasonally variable weather and tidal patterns make contingency planning difficult. In the summer, Red Sea currents would drag an oil slick south, threatening Eritrea and Djibouti, and potentially entering the Gulf of Aden. In winter, circular currents would swirl more of the oil north.
Scientist hopes his smart system can reduce ship collisions with North Atlantic right whales. A new technology on the horizon may help to reduce one of those threats, however.
By definition, science seeks to avoid bias, remain independent, refute falsehoods, and seek answers based on evidence, reason, and consensus. An editorial writen by Peter de Menocal and Richard W. Murray.
Oceanus Magazine
WHOI biologist Annette Govindarajan offers her takeaways from the COP16 UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Colombia
WHOI’s Yaqin Liu explains the challenges and opportunities of safeguarding global fisheries
WHOI economist Yaqin Liu weighs in on the scourge of illegal fishing and what can be done to catch offenders
A bioacoustic mooring will use sound to help estimate life migrating in the ocean’s twilight zone as part of a new long-term observation network in the Atlantic
Our global ocean will change dramatically over the next few decades. What might it look like, and how will humans adapt?
News Releases
Two new grants to the Woods Hole Sea Grant program totaling more than $650,000 are part of a national strategic investment in aquaculture and will support research aimed at expanding aquaculture production in Massachusetts.
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André Corrêa do Lago, the President of COP30, addresses the closing plenary on the final day of negotiations in Belém. Photo by Antonio Scorza/COP30 No matter what anyone says about the shortcomings of this year’s UN climate conference of the…
This year marks the fourth appearance of the Ocean Pavilion in the Blue Zone of a UN Climate Conference of the Parties. (Photo courtesy of the Ocean Pavilion) by Ken Kostel Last week in Belém, Brazil, the Ocean Pavilion marked…
WHOI President & Director Peter de Menocal (second from left) addresses the first Ocean Action Panel to open the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France. (Photo by Ken Kostel, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) WHOI staff also appeared on panels as…
Harriet Harden-Davies has spent more than 10 years working in the marine policy arena and is now aiding in major U.N. negotiations on laws governing the high seas
As Arctic Inuit communities try to cope with extreme food insecurity, researchers look for answers