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Featured Stories | July 6, 2015
For the Love of Physics: From Oceans to Other Planets
MIT Oceanographer Glenn Flierl’s passion lies in understanding the physics that shape life as we know it on Earth and other planets. Related Topics | Biogeochemical Cycles | Oceans and Life -
Featured Stories | June 29, 2015
A Matter of Time for Antarctic Sea Ice
Ozone's role in Antarctic sea ice formation is more complex than previously thought, according to a recent study by MIT researchers. Related topics | Oceans and Ice -
Featured Stories | June 9, 2015
Study: Ocean Source of a Greenhouse Gas has been Underestimated
MIT News reports on a new study that suggests cycling of the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide is more intense than previously thought, and emissions are increasing. Read it here. Related Topics | Biogeochemical Cycles | Oceans and Climate| -
Featured Stories | May 22, 2015
Study: Ocean Currents Change with Seasons
The strength of ocean currents change with the seasons, which have implications for both ocean life and climate according to a new MIT study. Related Topics | Biogeochemical Cycles | Oceans and Climate| Oceans and Life -
Featured Stories | May 22, 2015
Uncovering Diversity in an Invisible Ocean World
Tara Oceans, an international consortium of researchers that explored the world’s oceans in hopes of learning more about one of its smallest inhabitants, reported their initial findings this week in a special issue of Science. Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Biogeochemical Cycles -
Featured Stories | May 11, 2015
4 Questions with David Battisti on El Niño and Climate Variability
Oceans at MIT asked Atmospheric Scientist David Battisti about the double El Nino phenomenon and what it does and doesn’t tell us about climate change. Related topics |Human Influences | A Warming World -
Featured Stories | May 4, 2015
Diving into Ocean Science at the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival
Related topics | Ocean Engineering | Oceans and Climate -
Featured Stories | April 20, 2015
A Model Year for Climate Change
Climate expert Jochem Marotzke tackles the discrepancy between climate models and real-world observations of global temperature in the 15th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture. Related topics |Human Influences | A Warming World -
Featured Stories | March 30, 2015
MIT Nautical Night Highlights 2015
MIT Museum's third annual Nautical Night featured talks and demonstrations by MIT faculty and students on topics including bio-inspired robotics, ocean health, sharks, and more! Related Topics | Ocean Engineering | Design of Ocean Systems -
Featured Stories | March 25, 2015
Closing the Arctic Data Gap
Researchers at MIT and WHOI are using innovative technology and modeling to understand climate change's impact on the Arctic Ocean. Related topics | Oceans and Ice -
Featured Stories | March 12, 2015
Chisholm Sees Big Impacts from Small Sources
MIT News covered this year's Killian Lecture featuring MIT Oceanographer Penny Chisholm, discoverer of world’s most abundant and prolific photosynthetic organism. Related topics | Oceans and Life -
Featured Stories | February 24, 2015
Oceans in a Warming World: 3 Questions with John Marshall
Oceans at MIT asked John Marshall about the dynamic relationship between oceans and climate and what we can expect in the future. Related topics | Oceans and Climate | A Warming World -
Featured Stories | February 13, 2015
Solving Carbon Mysteries of the Deep Ocean
New research from scientists at MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) reveals a dynamic deep ocean carbon cycle that has implications for our understanding of climate change, microbial ecology, and carbon sequestration. Related Topics | Biogeochemical Cycles | Oceans and Climate -
Featured Stories | January 20, 2015
Science Storytelling: 42⁰ North
Dena Seidel is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and director of the Rutgers Center for Digital Filmmaking. We sat down with Seidel during her visit to MIT to ask her a few questions about communicating earth and ocean science. Related topics | Oceans and Climate | Human Influences -
Featured Stories | January 13, 2015
Slow-Motion Science and the Art of Capturing Marine Life
Grace Young (MIT '14) spent 15 days living underwater recording marine life with a special high-speed camera. Now, an exhibit of her work—Undersea Phenomena in Ultra Slow Motion—is on display at the Wiesner Gallery. Related topics | Ocean Engineering | Design of Ocean Systems -
Featured Stories | December 29, 2014
Best of Oceans at MIT 2014
Happy New Year from Oceans at MIT. Here's our Top 15 Stories of 2014. Related topics | Oceans and Climate | A Warming World -
Featured Stories | December 26, 2014
Remembering the RV Knorr
Related topics | Ocean Engineering | Design of Ocean Systems -
Featured Stories | December 10, 2014
A Quarter Million Tons of Plastic Float in Our Oceans, says Dr. Marcus Eriksen
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Featured Stories | December 1, 2014
Climate Feedback: Improving Media Coverage of Climate Science
MIT's Emmanuel Vincent has launched Climate Feedback, a new web-based tool to improve the accuracy of climate science reporting in the media. Related topics |Human Influences
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