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MIT EAPS | August 5, 2012
Exploring the Arctic
Researcher An Nguyen reports on a numerical modeling study to better understand the origin and character of the western arctic upper halocline. -
MITgcm News | August 5, 2012
MITgcm on Ice
In a recent paper in the Journal of Physical Oceanography, An Nguyen (MIT) and co-authors Ronald Kwok (JPL) and Dimitris Menemenlis (JPL) report on work using MITgcm to better understand the origin and character of the western arctic, upper haloclin... -
MITgcm News | August 3, 2012
MITgcm on the Beach
At this time of the year newspapers and magazines abound with suggestions for things to read on vacation. MITgcm recommends popping copies of the following recent papers in your beach bag, after all, there’s more than one way to study the ocean! -
WHOI News | August 2, 2012
WHOI to Host Public Event on Ocean Acidification
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) will host a public forum on ocean acidification and its effects on ocean life. Ocean acidification is a global problem that results from the increase of carbon dioxide (CO2) released into the atmosp... -
WHOI - Oceanus | August 2, 2012
Shifting Tactics in Shifting Shoals
Enterprising scientist jury-rigs kayak into research vehicle -
MIT Sea Grant | July 29, 2012
High School Students Participate in MIT Sea Grant’s Ocean Engineering Experience
The Ocean Engineering Experience (OEX) is a one-week, hands-on, residential ocean engineering program for high school students entering their junior or senior year. This program is designed to engage students in challenging real-world educational activ... -
MIT Sea Grant | July 26, 2012
Participate in our joint MIT & Woods Hole Sea Grant Survey
The National Sea Grant Program and individual Sea Grant programs are developing strategic plans for 2014-2018. The four major focus areas for the plan are (1) Healthy Coasts, Oceans and Great Lakes; (2) Safe Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture; (3) R... -
MIT News | July 26, 2012
Newfound gene may help bacteria survive in extreme environments
In the days following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill, methane-eating bacteria bloomed in the Gulf of Mexico, feasting on the methane that gushed, along with oil, from the damaged well. The sudden influx of microbes was a scientific curiosity: Pri... -
WHOI News | July 23, 2012
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Names New CFO
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has appointed Jeffrey Fernandez to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of Finance. Fernandez assumes his post July 23. -
MIT Sea Grant | July 22, 2012
Upcoming presentation on REX II at NOAA Conference
MIT Sea Grant summer intern and Hollings Scholar Collin Perkinson is scheduled to make a presentation at an upcoming NOAA conference on three-dimensional underwater imagery research. Perkinson, a Reed College student, will discuss the MIT Sea Grant st... -
WHOI - Oceanus | July 20, 2012
A Robotic Albatross?
Soaring seabirds offer lessons on glider technology -
WHOI News | July 19, 2012
WHOI Scientists and Engineers Partner with World-Renowned Companies to Market Revolutionary New Instruments
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers have partnered with two companies to build and market undersea technology developed at WHOI: the Imaging FlowCytobot, an automated underwater microscope, and BlueComm, an underwater communications system... -
WHOI News | July 19, 2012
WHOI Announces 2012 Ocean Science Journalism Fellows
Ten writers and multimedia science journalists from the U.S., Canada, and Poland have been selected to participate in the competitive Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Ocean Science Journalism Fellowship program. The program takes place Septe... -
MIT Sea Grant | July 17, 2012
MIT researchers set Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) in action with new technologies
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MIT News | July 16, 2012
Said and Done for June/July 2012
Said and Done is the monthly, photo-rich publication from MIT's School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, integrating feature articles with news, research and events to give you a distilled overview of the school's endeavors. For the complete... -
WHOI - Oceanus | July 13, 2012
Symbiosis in the Deep Sea
Scientists discover how bacteria living with shrimp make a living -
MIT News | July 12, 2012
Mechanical engineers develop an ‘intelligent co-pilot’ for cars
Barrels and cones dot an open field in Saline, Mich., forming an obstacle course for a modified vehicle. A driver remotely steers the vehicle through the course from a nearby location as a researcher looks on. Occasionally, the researcher instructs... -
WHOI - Oceanus | July 5, 2012
A Serendipitous Seafloor Sample
Photo slideshow: How a pillow was transformed into a table -
WHOI News | July 5, 2012
Scientists Discover New Trigger for Immense North Atlantic Ocean Spring Plankton Bloom
Scientists from the WHOI, University of Washington, and University of Maine are combining models with data from a flotilla of high-tech robots to shed new light on life-sustaining phytoplankton, including when their spring bloom begins and the role tha... -
MIT News | July 3, 2012
Book details a new model for sharing water
From the American Southwest to the Middle East, water is a highly contested resource: Many neighboring nations, and several states in the United States, have fought decades-long battles to control water supplies. And that need for water only seems like...
