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First Observational Evidence of Beaufort Gyre Stabilization, Which Could be Precursor to Huge Freshwater Release

May 8, 2023
OOI engineers and mooring operations staff work together to deploy a section of a Pioneer Array mooring over the aft deck of R/V <em>Neil Armstrong</em>. (Photo by Allen Smith, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

On the Move

March 8, 2023
Cape Range cave in Northwestern Australia. Changes in the isotopic composition of the stalagmites in Cape Range and the Kimberley region in northern Australia reflect rainfall over Australia from tropical cyclones and the monsoon. (Photo by Darren Brooks /Australian Speleological Federation, Perth, Australia)

Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia

January 11, 2023
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New Research Unlocks Clues About the Iconic Flight of the Wandering Albatross

December 2, 2022
Wide angle shot of marsh, two people gatherin samples in the distance, purple lupines in the foreground, a tidal greet with red clay down the middle

An introduction to marsh bothering

November 17, 2022
Living on the edge

Living on the edge

November 3, 2022
WHOI senior engineer Jeff O’Brien offloads an Ice tethered Profiler buoy and winch from the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent, a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker during the 2019 expedition of WHOI’s Beaufort Gyre Exploration Project. (Photo by Fred Marin, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

5 essential ocean-climate technologies

October 12, 2022
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Is sea-level rise exaggerated?

September 19, 2022
The Thames River used to freeze over in winters during the Little Ice Age, providing thick enough ice to support large outdoor festivals known as frost fairs. (Image courtesy of Rijks Museum) BY ELISE HUGUS | SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Linkedin

Are we heading toward another Little Ice Age?

September 19, 2022
Isabela Le Bras

Waiting on the next freshwater flush

August 25, 2022
An Arctica islandica shell perches on the railing of the ESS Pursuit during a research cruise in the Mid-Atlantic Bight, south of the Gulf of Maine. A new WHOI co-led study finds that rapid Gulf of Maine warming has reversed long-term cooling that occurred there within the last 900 years. Image credit: Nina Whitney/ © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Rapid warming in the Gulf of Maine reverses 900 years of cooling

August 8, 2022
Fishers from the Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation/WHOI Shelf Research Fleet prepare to collect data using an instrument that measures temperature and salinity. This work gives rise to WHOI-led study that shows an increase in warm water intrusions along the Mid-Atlantic Bight. (From L to R: Sean Daly, Victor Garcia, Jay Winchenbach) Image credit: Jim Violet

Mid-depth waters off the United States East Coast are getting saltier

July 6, 2022
A recent study co-led by WHOI found that the Azores High has expanded dramatically in the past century, resulting from a warming climate due to a rise in anthropogenic greenhouse gas concentrations. Researchers associated with the study collect data inside the Buraca Gloriosa cave in western Portugal, a site of the stalagmite hydroclimate proxy record. Image credit: Diana Thatcher/ © Iowa State University

Scientists link the changing Azores High and the drying Iberian region to anthropogenic climate change

July 5, 2022
Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) actively feeding on a large swarm of crustaceans during dive 3 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition. (Image courtesy of NOAA)

Squid Games

June 28, 2022
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Creating synergy through art and science

June 13, 2022
The M/V Bulk Xaymaca will work with WHOI’s Science RoCS program on its route between Jamaica and New Orleans, beginning this spring, to capture data such as the speed of ocean currents and the air temperature, humidity, and sea level pressure, which helps scientists forecast weather and understand climate changes. This route will provide observations in the Gulf of Mexico as it crosses the Loop Current and its rich ocean eddy field. Photo credit: Kerry Strom ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHOI & Pangaea Logistics Solutions to advance ocean science data acquisition through Science RoCS program

April 11, 2022
Gulf of Mexico surface waves forming in front of a sunset. Photo by Chris Linder © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

WHOI-led team awarded $7.6M to support Gulf of Mexico Loop Current research

March 25, 2022
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OCIA: Accelerating the pace of ocean-climate research

March 23, 2022