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• MIT - The Darwin Project | October 17, 2014

  Mapping Nitrogen Fixation? Follow the Hydrogen.

  The nitrogen cycle is fundamental to Earth’s biogeochemistry. Yet major quantitative uncertainties remain, particularly regarding the global oceanic nitrogen fixation rate. Hydrogen is produced during nitrogen fixation and will become supersaturated ...
• Featured Stories | October 9, 2014

  Women in Marine Science Seize the Day

  The inaugural workshop of the Society for Women in Marine Science (SWMS) took place at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on September 26, 2014. Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Outreach
• WHOI News | October 7, 2014

  New Collaborative Effort to Gauge National Marine Biodiversity

  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers are part of a collaborative effort to understand and monitor changes in marine biodiversity within U.S. coastal waters. Marine biodiversity is a key indicator of ocean health and critical to ...
• MITgcm News | October 3, 2014

  Connecting the Dots with MITgcm

  This month we look at new work exploring whether high resolution MITgcm tracer simulations can help "connect the dots" in the sparse sampling problem associated with observing the evolution of released dye in a shallow sea.
• WHOI - Oceanus | October 1, 2014

  It’s Hard to Kill a Killifish

  Tiny coastal fish remarkably resistant to toxic PCBs
• WHOI - Oceanus | October 1, 2014

  A Summer of Science by the Sea, 2014 (Part II)

  Summer Student Fellows dive into ocean research
• WHOI - Oceanus | October 1, 2014

  Recovering After a Hurricane

  Some cities are more resilient than others
• WHOI - Oceanus | October 1, 2014

  On the Trail of an Invader

  SSF Filip Buksa uses DNA to trace an invasion
• Featured Stories | September 25, 2014

  The 2014 PAOC Retreat in Cape Cod

  The faculty, graduate students, post-docs and staff of MIT’s Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC) begin each year with a retreat supported by the Houghton Fund. The faculty, graduate students, post-docs and staff of MIT’s Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate (PAOC) begin each year with a retreat supported by the Houghton Fund. The 2014 PAOC Retreat took place at the Cape Codder Resort over the weekend of September 19th-21st.
• Featured Stories | September 24, 2014

  Voices of MIT at the People’s Climate March

  70 MIT students, researchers, and alumni took the opportunity to publicly demand action to combat the unchecked use of fossil fuels at the People's Climate March in NYC. Related topics |Human Influences | Hazards and Disasters
• MIT - The Darwin Project | September 19, 2014

  Mixing Down Diversity

  Phytoplankton are an extremely diverse set of floating, microscopic organisms, which are freely transported by water movements (current, eddies, etc.) and make up the base of the oceanic food web. This work, published in the September issue of Limnolo...
• Featured Stories | September 18, 2014

  Bio-inspired by octopus camouflage [Video]

  MIT video explores a new material that mimics the cephalopod's ability to change skin color and texture. Related topics |Human Influences
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 18, 2014

  Surface Waters Go Their Own Way

  Study reveals unexpected variation in surface flows
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 18, 2014

  Scallops Under Stress

  When problems pile up, will scallops adapt?
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 18, 2014

  A Summer of Science by the Sea, 2014 (Part I)

  Summer Student Fellows dive into ocean research
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 18, 2014

  Sea Science in the Space Age

  Satellite sensors trace monsoon waters in Bay of Bengal
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 18, 2014

  Swimming in Low-pH Seas

  Does ocean acidification affect squid movement?
• Featured Stories | September 17, 2014

  Oceans at MIT summer round up

  Check out all the Oceans at MIT stories you might have missed while on vacation. Related topics | Oceans and Climate
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 11, 2014

  High-tech Dives on an Ancient Wreck

  Archaeologists return to Antikythera with advanced ocean technology
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 11, 2014

  The Exosuit Comes Aboard

  Cutting-edge diving apparatus gets first archaeological mission