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Featured Stories | June 12, 2013
Engineering Solutions In Synergy With The Sea
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WHOI News | June 12, 2013
Deep Biosphere Harbors Active, Growing Communities of Microorganisms
The deep biosphere—the realm of sediments far below the seafloor—harbors a vast ecosystem of bacteria, archaea, and fungi that are actively metabolizing, proliferating, and moving, according a new study by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanogra... -
WHOI News | June 11, 2013
Ocean Science and Exploration Are Capitol Hill Focus for Explorer and Filmmaker James Cameron and WHOI President & Director Susan Avery
Explorer and director James Cameron will be on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, June 11, with Dr. Susan Avery, president and director of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution for a series of public events and a Senate hearing. -
MIT Sea Grant | June 9, 2013
A day in the life of a coastal ecologist at MIT Sea Grant
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WHOI - Oceanus | June 7, 2013
Rebuilding Alvin: Lisa Smith
A series on the people who reassembled the iconic sub -
Featured Stories, MIT | June 6, 2013
400 ppm CO2? Add Other GHGs, and It’s Equivalent to 478 ppm
Related topics | Oceans and Climate | Hazards and Disasters -
WHOI - Oceanus | June 5, 2013
Rebuilding Alvin: Hugh Popenoe and Rob Lewis
A series on the people who reassembled the iconic sub -
Featured Stories, MIT, WHOI | June 3, 2013
Ahoy! Oceans at MIT featured in EAPSpeaks
Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Oceans and Climate -
WHOI News | June 3, 2013
New Explanation for Slow Earthquakes on San Andreas
In a study published this week in Nature Geoscience, scientists provide a new model for understanding the geological source of silent earthquakes, or “creep events” along California’s San Andreas fault. -
WHOI News | June 1, 2013
Acidifying oceans could spell trouble for squid
Acidifying oceans could dramatically impact the world’s squid species, and because squid are both ecologically and commercially important, that impact may have far-reaching effects on the ocean environment and coastal economies, the researchers r... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | May 31, 2013
Faculty News
Professors, now Emeriti, Dick Lindzen and Carl Wunsch step aside as EAPS looks forward to Mick Follows' appointment as Associate Professor: Shining a spotlight on EAPS evolving faculty line-up. -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 31, 2013
Rebuilding Alvin: Phil Santos
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Featured Stories, MIT | May 30, 2013
Before the Wreckage Comes Ashore
Related topics | Coastal Oceans | Hazards and Disasters -
WHOI News | May 30, 2013
Handbook Helping Bay State Residents Prepare for Coastal Hazards Released
Guide Offers Info on Threats, Practical Tips on Keeping Safe and Minimizing Damage -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 29, 2013
Rebuilding Alvin: Jeff McDonald
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WHOI News | May 28, 2013
Scientists Find Possible Solution to an Ancient Enigma
The widespread disappearance of stromatolites, the earliest visible manifestation of life on Earth, may have been driven by single-celled organisms called foraminifera, study finds. -
WHOI News | May 24, 2013
Buesseler Appointed to Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
WHOI Senior Scientist Ken Buesseler has been appointed a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Buesseler is one of two foreign members in the 2013 cohort of 17 new members. -
WHOI News | May 24, 2013
Newly Upgraded Alvin Sub Heads for West Coast
On Sat., May 25, 2013, the R/V Atlantis will leave Woods Hole carrying the newly upgraded submersible Alvin, marking a major milestone in the sub’s $41 million redesign. -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 21, 2013
Tangled Up in Fishing Gear
What scientists learned from a right whale named Eg 3911 -
WHOI News | May 21, 2013
Study reveals how fishing gear can cause slow death of whales
Using a “patient monitoring” device attached to a whale entangled in fishing gear, scientists showed for the first time how fishing lines changed a whale’s diving and swimming behavior. The monitoring revealed how fishing gear hinders...
