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A new crowdsourcing and citizen science website, "How Radioactive Is Our Ocean?" is engaging the public to monitor the plume of radioactive ocean water from Fukushima as it arrives on the West Coast of North America. Launched by WHOI marine chemist Ken Buesseler last month, the project has received more than 70 donations so far. The project fills an information gap, as there currently is no U.S. goverment or international plan to monitor the plume's effect on the West Coast.
Media outlets including Phys Org, the Huffington Post, WGBH and others continue to follow Buesseler's Fukushima research and reported on the website when it launched.
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OCEANUS MAGAZINE |
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A new study has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an annual spring phytoplankton bloom weeks before the sun begins to warm the ocean.
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SHIPS AND TECHNOLOGY |
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After a three-year overhaul and major upgrade, the United States' deepest-diving research submersible, Alvin, has been cleared to return to work exploring the ocean’s depths.
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OCEAN INSTITUTES |
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Ocean researchers have made two unexpected discoveries that could provide insight into corals' resistance to ocean acidification and help in creating a plan to protect them.
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RESEARCH NEWS |
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Great white sharks grow much slower and live significantly longer than previously thought, according to a new WHOI study.
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WHOI IN THE NEWS |
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Nature
WHOI marine geophysicist Jian Lian is part of an international study to understand when and how the South China Sea was formed.
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Scientists Get Ship Backed by Google Executive
Boston Globe
Arctic Buoy Travels 15,000 Miles to Mayo, Phoning Home
Irish Times
Scientists Probe Ocean Depths
ABC News (Australia)
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INVEST IN WHOI |
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Private philanthropy has transformed WHOI since its founding in 1930. Our annual Report of Unrestricted Giving (pdf) offers a brief glimpse into how generosity fuels advances in science.
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IMAGE OF THE DAY |
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In 2013, Summer Student Fellow Alterra Sanchez calibrated and tested low-cost commercial sensors in a local marsh to evaluate their accuracy. Back in the lab of marine chemist Zhaohui 'Aleck' Wang, she measured the total alkalinity of the marsh water samples using an automated alkalinity titrator. Her research will help quantify the marsh’s capacity to take up atmospheric carbon dioxide and how much inorganic carbon it exports to the coastal ocean. Applications for the 2014 class of Summer Student Fellows are being accepted through February 15, 2014. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
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