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WHOI News | May 19, 2013
Scientists Explore Roots of Future Tropical Rainfall
How will rainfall patterns across the tropical Indian and Pacific regions change in a future warming world? Climate models generally suggest that the tropics as a whole will get wetter, but the models don’t always agree on where rainfall patterns... -
MIT News | May 15, 2013
Water purification process named ‘Technology Idol of the Year’
The humidification-dehumidification (HDH) carrier gas extraction process developed by Prakash Narayan and colleagues in Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor John H. Lienhard’s research group has just been named the Water Technology Idol of ... -
MITgcm News | May 14, 2013
MITgcm: Ready for Prime Time
For anyone who has ever wrestled with vizualising output from MITgcm, Earth from Space, the stunning new documentary from PBS's NOVA series demands serious respect. -
Featured Stories, WHOI | May 14, 2013
The Fukushima Disaster: An Update
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MIT News | May 13, 2013
Revising Darwin’s sinking-island theory
The three different formations of South Pacific coral-reef islands have long fascinated geologists. Tahiti’s coral forms a “fringing” reef, a shelf growing close to the island’s shore. The “barrier” reefs of Bora Bora are separated from the... -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 8, 2013
Radiation Health Risks
How can we assess impacts of exposures? -
WHOI News | May 7, 2013
New Robotic Instruments to Provide Real-Time Data on Gulf of Maine Red Tide
A new robotic sensor deployed by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Gulf of Maine coastal waters may transform the way red tides or harmful algal blooms (HABs) are monitored and managed in New England. A second such instrument will be launc... -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 6, 2013
Seafood Safety and Policy
What's safe to eat? How can we know? -
WHOI News | May 6, 2013
The Black Sea is a Goldmine of Ancient Genetic Data
When Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) marine paleoecologist Marco Coolen was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment record, he was amazed about the variety of past plankton species that left behind their gene... -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 3, 2013
Tale of the Tuna
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WHOI - Oceanus | May 2, 2013
How Is Fukushima’s Fallout Affecting Marine Life?
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WHOI News | May 2, 2013
‘Dark Oxidants’ Form Away from Sunlight in Lake and Ocean Depths, Underground Soils
Breathing oxygen... can be hazardous to your health? Indeed, our bodies aren't perfect. They make mistakes, among them producing toxic chemicals, called oxidants, in cells. We fight these oxidants naturally, and by eating foods rich in antioxidants suc... -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 1, 2013
Radioisotopes in the Ocean
What's there? How much? How long? -
Featured Stories, MIT, WHOI | April 30, 2013
Oceans at MIT Makes a Splash at the Cambridge Science Festival
Related topics | Ocean Engineering | Oceans and Climate -
WHOI - Oceanus | April 30, 2013
ABCs of Radioactivity
A long and winding road to achieve stability -
MIT Sea Grant | April 29, 2013
Oceans Signal Climate Change – A Stakeholder Science Forum
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Time: 10:00 - 12:00 pm Room: E38-300 (292 Main St., Cambridge) Open to the public. Click here for the program. Each speaker presents their scientific findings, then answers questions from the audience. Please join us ... -
WHOI News | April 29, 2013
WHOI to Host Public Event on Fukushima and the Ocean
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a free, public forum exploring the impact of Fukushima on the ocean and human health on May 9, 2013, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Redfield Auditorium, 45 Water Street, Woods Hole. -
MIT Sea Grant | April 25, 2013
Come join the conversation about climate change prep at a special event on the Cape!
The Wellfleet Community Forum, in conjunction with the Mass Audubon Society and the Wellfleet Conservation trust will host presentations and panel discussions on “Planning for Climate Change” at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on Saturday May 4 at... -
Featured Stories, MIT | April 25, 2013
‘Little Greens’ in the Age of Marine Genomics
Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Biogeochemical Cycles -
WHOI - Oceanus | April 25, 2013
Japan’s Triple Disaster
Earthquake and tsunami led to release of radioisotopes
