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FEATURED IMAGE OF THE DAY |
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Amy Kukulya releases a REMUS 100 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) into the water over the shelfbreak north of Cape Hatteras. The WHOI engineer was part of a cruise in August led by physical oceanographer Glen Gawarkiewicz and funded by the Office of Naval Research to identify and track schools of fish and measure their size and distribution across the continental shelf. The team used the sidescan sonar on the REMUS to image schools and found that the highest number of schools occurred in the vicinity of the shelfbreak. (Photo by Chris Linder, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) More Image of the Day »
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NEWS FROM THE INSTITUTION |
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New evidence of sea-level oscillations during a warming period that started 125,000 years ago raises the possibility of a similar scenario if the planet continues its recent warming trend.
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FROM OCEANUS
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Life can be stressful out there in the microscopic marine world. Newly-minted Ph.D. Erin Bertrand of the MIT-WHOI Joint Program delves into the psyche of the diatom to find out why it's feeling so underappreciated.
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WHOI IN THE NEWS |
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Ken Buesseler tells the New York Times that the Fukushima nuclear disaster appeared to be the largest accidental release of radioactive material into the sea and high radiation levels through July suggest continuing release of contaminants.
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More WHOI in the news:
Battle of the Subs: Alvin vs. Jason
New York Times
Ocean Research Windfall Makes Landfall on the Cape
Cape Cod Times
Time to Monitor Changing Ecosystems, Scientists Argue
Forbes
Interview with Ed Ronco, Ocean Science Journalism Fellow
KCAW-FM
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FROM THE OCEAN INSTITUTES |
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Researchers led by a WHOI team determined that the Deepwater Horizon well spewed about 57,000 barrels of oil a day, totalling nearly 5 million barrels of oil released before the well was capped.
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FEATURED MULTIMEDIA |
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And now for something completely different: Arthur Newhall, an underwater acoustics researcher and a musician, has found a unique way to combine his two areas of expertise.
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7th ANNUAL MORSS COLLOQUIUM |
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With wild fisheries in decline, the world has turned to aquaculture to provide protein to feed Earth's rapidly growing human population. While aquaculture provides half the world's seafood, U.S. production has declined since 2003.
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