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New study finds that critical ocean current has not declined in the last 60 years

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Proposed Wastewater Release into Cape Cod Bay Likely to Remain in Bay for at Least One Month, Study Finds

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Nature’s Language

Gulf Stream ocean currents

Ocean in Motion

Researchers analyzed sediment core samples collected by D/V JOIDES Resolution near Cape Town, South Africa. Their findings uncovered details about the changes in deep ocean temperature and salinity, as well as the mixing histories of waters originating in both the northern and southern hemispheres. (Photo by: Sophie Hines, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Deep ocean clues to a million-year-old Ice Age puzzle revealed in new study

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Saving Tico

Tico's Face

WHOI and Brazil-based NGO partner to save West Indian manatee

Amy Bower describes outreach work.

AMS honors Dr. Amy Bower with 2025 Henry Stommel Research Medal

Historic map showing New England, plants, animals, and people

An Oceanographer’s Atlas

Coring a Salt Marsh

A new report on coastal resilience

Desertas Petrel

Groundbreaking Study Reveals Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones

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The long journey of Bottle No. 71645

Coastal communities in Ghana

WHOI to Receive Funding For Ocean Margins Initiative in West Africa

Perkins Students

Perkins School for the Blind Visit Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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For microscopic organisms, ocean currents act as ‘expressway’ to deeper depths, study finds

Polar Expedition

An open polar sea?

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WHOI Physical Oceanographer publishes peer-reviewed book about the Indian Ocean

Pacific Ocean

Sea Surface Temperature Research Provides Clear Evidence of Human-Caused Climate Change