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WHOI - Oceanus | December 30, 2013
Lush Life, Deep Down
Thriving biodiversity discovered under the seafloor -
WHOI News | December 30, 2013
Online Science Expedition Brings Deep Sea Vents to the Computer Screen
Scientists and engineers using advanced technology and a unique robotic vehicle to study the deep sea will also be using their computers to interact with students, teachers, and the public about the research they are conducting. -
MIT, MIT EAPS | December 23, 2013
Air pollutants in the Arctic act as global indicators
A new study by co-authors postdoc Carey Friedman, assistant professor Noelle Selin, and others, looking at the influence of climate change on the transport of toxic chemicals, finds the success of emissions reduction will be affected by climate ch... -
WHOI News | December 18, 2013
New Study Reveals the Biomechanics of How Marine Snail Larvae Swim
Equipped with high-speed, high-resolution video, scientists have discovered important new information on how marine snail larvae swim, a key behavior that determines individual dispersal and ultimately, survival. -
WHOI - Oceanus | December 17, 2013
Behold the ‘Plastisphere’
Colonies of microbes flourish on tiny bits in the ocean -
MIT News | December 13, 2013
Water, water everywhere: But is there enough to drink?
The challenge of supplying clean, safe drinking water to an expanding world population comes down to money, MIT economist Franklin Fisher says: We are surrounded by water — it covers 71 percent of Earth’s surface — and industrial-scale desalinati... -
MIT News | December 12, 2013
Homing in on stressed coral
Coral reefs, the most biodiverse ecosystems in the world’s oceans, provide safe harbor for fish and organisms of many sizes that make homes among the branches, nooks, and crannies of the treelike coral. But reefs — even the well-protected Great Bar... -
WHOI - Oceanus | December 12, 2013
Dropping a Laboratory into the Sea
Revolutionary Sensor Detects Toxic Marine Organisms -
MIT - The Darwin Project | December 11, 2013
For the Good of the Colony
by Jennifer Chu for MIT News Read this story at MIT News. For some microbes, the motto for growth is not so much “every cell for itself,” but rather, “all for one and one for all.” MIT researchers have found that cells in a bacterial colony grow in a way that benefits the community as … Continue reading For the Good of the Colony -
MIT News | December 10, 2013
In the World: A long haul to bring clean water to developing nations
“It’s been a long, hard slog,” says Susan Murcott, a senior lecturer in MIT’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, describing her efforts to disseminate water-filtration systems to some three million people in northern Ghana. Abou... -
Featured Stories | December 9, 2013
Lights, Camera, Action: Revealing the Ocean’s Invisible Beauty
Related topics | Outreach | Life in the Oceans -
WHOI News | December 9, 2013
Study Offers Economical Solutions for Maintaining Critical Delta Environments
A new study by WHOI geologist Liviu Giosan and his colleagues documents the historic sediment record along the Danube River delta, and offers simple and inexpensive strategies to enhance deltas's natural ability to trap sediment and maintain their floo... -
MIT Sea Grant | December 8, 2013
2014 NMFS – Sea Grant Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics and in Marine Resource Economics is now open.
Competition for the 2014 NMFS - Sea Grant Graduate Fellowships in Population and Ecosystem Dynamics (formerly Population Dynamics) and in Marine Resource Economics is now open. The NMFS - Sea Grant Joint Graduate Fellowship is available to US citizen... -
WHOI News | December 5, 2013
WHOI Hosts Talk on ‘To The Denmark Strait’
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a talk by author Dallas Murphy and videographer Ben Harden on Friday, December 13, about the new book To The Denmark Strait, which features a firsthand account of a modern oceanographic adventur... -
WHOI News | December 5, 2013
SOI Collaborating with WHOI on World’s Most Advanced Deep-diving Robotic Vehicle
Schmidt Ocean Institute is working with the Deep Submergence Laboratory at WHOI to design and build the world’s most advanced robotic undersea research vehicle for use on SOI’s ship Falkor. Capable of operating in Earth's deepest known tren... -
MIT, MIT EAPS | December 4, 2013
EAPSpeaks, Volume 3 Issue 1, Fall 2013 – Earth: Inside-Out
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MIT, MIT EAPS | December 4, 2013
Storing Carbon in the Arctic
Paper by Stephanie Dutkiewicz and co-authors Mick Follows and Christopher Hill and others finds that as Arctic sea ice shrinks, the ocean stores more carbon. -
WHOI - Oceanus | December 4, 2013
Call of the Whales
Underwater robots provide roving ears in the sea -
WHOI - Oceanus | November 26, 2013
The Return of the Seals
Growing Herds Raise Questions on Sharks, Fish, and Poop -
MIT Sea Grant | November 25, 2013
MIT Sea Grant Now Accepting Applications for NOAA’s 2014 Coastal Management Fellowship
The MIT Sea Grant College Program will sponsor applicants for NOAA’s FY 2014 Coastal Management Fellowship.The Fellowship matches postgraduate students with state programs to work on projects proposed by the state This two-year opportunity offers a c...
