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WHOI News | April 10, 2014
Scientific Mission Will Explore One of the Deepest Ocean Trenches
An international team of researchers led by deep-sea biologist Tim Shank of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will use the world's only full-ocean depth, hybrid remotely operated vehicle, Nereus, and other advanced technology to explore l... -
WHOI News | April 9, 2014
Study Tests Theory that Life Originated at Deep Sea Vents
Research by geochemists at WHOI is the first to test a fundamental assumption of the theory that life emerged from deepsea hydrothermal vents, and finds that it may not have been as easy as previously assumed. Instead, their findings could provide a fo... -
WHOI - Oceanus | April 9, 2014
Rebuilding Alvin: Jonathan Howland
A series on the people who reassembled the iconic sub -
MIT Sea Grant | April 8, 2014
MIT Sea Grant’s early technology blossoms into a tool assisting with the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Artificially intelligent submarines from Bluefin Robotics are currently assisting in the search for the Malaysian Airline jet that went missing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board. Bluefin is a 1997 commercial spinoff of MIT Sea Grant’s Autonom... -
WHOI - Oceanus | April 2, 2014
Rebuilding Alvin: Phil Forte
A series on the people who reassembled the iconic sub -
WHOI News | March 28, 2014
Newly Upgraded Alvin Sub Passes Scientific Sea Trials
Scientists gave the rebuilt Alvin submarine two thumbs up after field-testing the nation’s only human-occupied deep-sea research vehicle for the first time after a major $42-million overhaul that dramatically upgraded the sub's capabilities. -
Featured Stories | March 27, 2014
Oceans@MIT highlights from MIT Water Night 2014
Oceans at MIT attended MIT Water Night 2014 to report on some of the (salty water!) highlights, including nano-technological desalination of seawater, innovative wetland conservation, and ocean carbon cycle research. -
WHOI - Oceanus | March 26, 2014
Of The River and Time
Flowing waters run deep with clues to Earth's mountains and climate -
WHOI News | March 26, 2014
Scientists Identify Core Skin Bacterial Community in Humpback Whales
Researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and colleagues identified a core skin bacterial community that humpback whales share across populations, which could point to a way to assess the overall health of these endangered marine mamma... -
MIT Sea Grant | March 24, 2014
Professor Niels Holten-Andersen receives the 2014 Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization
The 2014 Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization was presented to Professor Niels Holten-Andersen in an award ceremony on March 25, 2014. In attendance were Professors Maria Zuber and Chrys Chryssostomidis. Professor Niels Holten-Andersen is an as... -
Featured Stories | March 20, 2014
How the Ocean Reins in Global Warming
Related topics | Oceans and Climate | A Warming World -
WHOI - Oceanus | March 19, 2014
Jet Stream Gets Fish in Hot Water
Ocean 'heat wave' linked to shift in atmospheric current -
MIT News | March 16, 2014
Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface
Consider the nearest water surface: a half-full glass on your desk, a puddle outside your window, or a lake across town. All of these surfaces represent liquid-vapor interfaces, where liquid meets air. Molecules of water vapor constantly collide with t... -
WHOI - Oceanus | March 13, 2014
Detours on the Oceanic Highway
Student examines leaks from a great deep-sea current -
Featured Stories | March 12, 2014
PBS NewsHour Spotlights Penny Chisholm’s Phytoplankton Work
Related topics | Microbial Ecology | Biogeochemical Cycles -
WHOI News | March 11, 2014
Enhancing Fisheries Science and Education in the Northeastern U.S.
The NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), and the University of Massachusetts School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) are working together to train future generations of scientists in... -
WHOI News | March 10, 2014
New Research Shows Elevated Mercury from in-Ground Wastewater Disposal
As towns across Cape Cod struggle with problems stemming from septic systems, a recent study by a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) scientist focuses on one specific toxic by-product: mercury. In a study of local groundwater, biogeochemist Ca... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | March 7, 2014
Measuring the Migration of a River
Researchers in Taylor Perron's group at MIT and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) have developed a mapping technique that measures how much a river network is changing, and in what direction it may be moving. Their results are publ... -
Featured Stories | March 6, 2014
MIT Sea Grant hosts 2014 Blue Lobster Bowl competition
On Saturday, March 1, 120 students from 15 Massachusetts high schools competed in the 17th Blue Lobster Bowl (BLB), an annual ocean science knowledge competition sponsored by the MIT Sea Grant College Program. -
WHOI - Oceanus | March 6, 2014
A Buoy’s Long Strange Trip
An oceanographic instrument drifts from the Arctic to Ireland
