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WHOI News | February 12, 2015
Monster hurricanes reached U.S. during prehistoric periods of ocean warming
A new study of prehistoric hurricanes shows the intensity and frequency of hurricanes the U.S. could experience could intensify as ocean temperatures increase with climate change. -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 6, 2015
A Telescope to Peer into the Vast Ocean
Epic voyage begins to illuminate the micro-universe across the Pacific -
MIT News | February 3, 2015
Waves in the deep
New study examines role of acoustic-gravity waves as ocean transport, early warning of tsunamis. -
WHOI News | February 2, 2015
Study Finds Deep Ocean is Source of Dissolved Iron in Central Pacific
A new study led by scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) points to the deep ocean as a major source of dissolved iron in the central Pacific Ocean. -
WHOI - Oceanus | January 28, 2015
New Use for Well-known Algae
Same compound in ocean plant offers double scientific value -
WHOI News | January 26, 2015
Researchers Produce Two Biofuels from a Single Algae
A common algae commercially grown to make fish food holds promise as a source for both biodiesel and jet fuel, according to a new study published in the journal Energy & Fuels. -
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 -
WHOI - Oceanus | January 16, 2015
A Smarter Undersea Robot
Engineers seek to correct a curious deficiency -
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 -
WHOI News | January 7, 2015
Coral Reefs Threatened by a Deadly Combination of Changing Ocean Conditions
A new study shows exposing corals to added nutrients increases their erosion and dissolution rate tenfold. -
MIT Sea Grant | January 4, 2015
MIT Sea Grant 2016 Research Funding Opportunity: Ocean Acidification
The next MIT Sea Grant research funding opportunity will be announced in early January. Among the focus areas identified in the MIT Sea Grant Strategic Plan, assessing impacts to coastal waters and habitats are of importance for managing healthy coast... -
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 -
WHOI News | December 19, 2014
Commonwealth Awards $5 M R&D Grant for Center for Marine Robotics
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has awarded WHOI a $5 million grant toward the construction of new facilities for the testing and research into innovative marine robotics. -
WHOI - Oceanus | December 18, 2014
The Waves Within the Waves
Scientists stalk the mysterious phenomenon of internal waves -
WHOI News | December 16, 2014
Nereid Under Ice Vehicle: A Powerful New Tool for Polar Science
Scientists studying the harsh and rapidly changing Arctic environment now have a valuable new tool to advance their work—an innovative robot, designed and built at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) that is changing the way scientist... -
WHOI News | December 15, 2014
New Museum Exhibit Explores Deep Ocean Environment
In collaboration with the Ocean Explorium in New Bedford, WHOI has created new digital content for museum-based spherical display systems that brings high-definition images and video of dynamic, deep ocean ecosystems to the public. -
Featured Stories | December 10, 2014
A Quarter Million Tons of Plastic Float in Our Oceans, says Dr. Marcus Eriksen
Related topics | Human Influences | The Coastal Oceans -
MIT Sea Grant | December 8, 2014
A new center for the preservation and presentation of New Bedford’s fishing industry will open with MIT Sea Grant specialist as a founding member.
MIT Sea Grant Marine Anthropologist Madeleine Hall-Arber is one of the founding members of a newly established non-profit organization, the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center, Inc. The mission of the Center will be: To educate the public about the his...
