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WHOI News | July 7, 2015
Deep-Sea Images Give New View of Arctic Ocean Methane Seeps
WHOI scientists and colleagues from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate in Norway collected nearly 30,000 high definition images at known methane release sites in the Arctic Ocean. The detailed images will provide new insights in... -
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, MIT News | 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| -
WHOI News | June 8, 2015
Making Organic Molecules in Hydrothermal Vents in the Absence of Life
A new study is the first to show that methane formation does not occur during the relatively quick fluid circulation process. -
WHOI News | June 5, 2015
Diverse Corals Persist, But Bioerosion Escalates in Palau’s Low-pH Waters
As the ocean absorbs atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) released by the burning of fossil fuels, its chemistry is changing, lowering its pH in a process known as ocean acidification. This process also removes carbonate ions, an essential ingredient neede... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | June 3, 2015
A Check on Runaway Lake Drainage
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Laura Stevens, and EAPS Professor Tom Herring team up with others from WHOI and eleswhere in a study of Greenland supraglacial lake drainage. -
WHOI News | June 3, 2015
Sudden Draining of Glacial Lakes Explained
Scientists have found a surprising mechanism that triggers the abrupt draining of glacial lakes atop the Greenland Ice Sheet. -
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 -
WHOI News | May 14, 2015
Revealing the Ocean’s Hidden Fertilizer
Phosphorus is one of the most common substances on Earth. An essential nutrient for every living organism—humans require approximately 700 milligrams per day—we are rarely concerned about consuming enough of it because it is present in most... -
WHOI News | May 13, 2015
Study Reveals How Rivers Regulate Global Carbon Cycle
Scientists from WHOI calculated the first direct estimate of how much and in what form organic carbon is exported to the ocean by rivers. -
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 -
WHOI - Oceanus | May 11, 2015
A Green Thumb for Ocean Microbes
Growing marine bacteria in the laboratory is a challenge -
MIT News | May 6, 2015
MIT engineers hand “cognitive” control to underwater robots
With MIT-developed algorithms, robots plan underwater missions autonomously. -
MIT News | May 6, 2015
Researchers unravel secrets of hidden waves
Region of world’s strongest “internal waves” is analyzed in detail; work could help refine climate models. -
WHOI News | May 6, 2015
Securing the Supply of Sea Scallops for Today and Tomorrow
Good management has brought the $559 million United States sea scallop fishery back from the brink of collapse over the past 20 years. However, its current fishery management plan does not account for longer-term environmental change like ocean warming... -
Featured Stories | May 4, 2015
Diving into Ocean Science at the 2015 Cambridge Science Festival
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MIT News | May 4, 2015
India drift
MIT researchers explain mystery of India’s rapid move toward Eurasia 80 million years ago. -
WHOI News | April 27, 2015
Ocean Bacteria Get ‘Pumped Up’
Scientists have discovered a surprising new short-circuit to the biological pump. Sinking particles of stressed and dying phytoplankton release chemicals that can have a jolting, steroid-like effect on marine bacteria feeding on the particles.
