Geology and Geophysics Department Highlighted Research Email to a Friend Oceanus Magazine Articles December 15, 2005 Tracking an Ocean of Ice Atop Greenland A conversation with geologist Sarah Das » View article from Oceanus Magazine November 23, 2005 Action, Camera ... Lights New deep-sea “light post” illuminates the ocean's perpetual night » View article from Oceanus Magazine September 27, 2005 Nafanua, Eel City, and the Crater of Death A small but fast-growing volcano appears inside the crater of a mammoth underwater volcano off Samoa » View article from Oceanus Magazine August 26, 2005 Joyce, Evans Give Testimony on Oceans to Congress » View article from Oceanus Magazine August 26, 2005 Cartwheeling Grad Student Earns Panteleyev Award » View article from Oceanus Magazine July 11, 2005 The Once and Future Danube River Delta Past changes in World Heritage site offer lessons for proposed river projects » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 30, 2005 Hart Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences » View article from Oceanus Magazine June 21, 2005 Oceanographic Telecommuting 'Virtual' chief scientist directs a research cruise without leaving land » View article from Oceanus Magazine May 18, 2005 Rambling Atop an Active Volcano to Detect Telltale Rumbling Within It » View article from Oceanus Magazine May 2, 2005 Rapid Response Scientists scramble for rare opportunity to catch an underwater volcanic eruption in action » View article from Oceanus Magazine April 7, 2005 Big Trouble from Little Squirts WHOI scientist investigates a troublesome invasive species » View article from Oceanus Magazine March 29, 2005 Building a Tsunami Warning Network Preparing for the next big wave is only partly about science » View article from Oceanus Magazine WHOI News Releases December 23, 2005 Rerouting of Major Rivers in Asia Provides Clues to Mountains of the Past Scientists use lab techniques and sediment cores from the ocean to help explain how rivers have changed course over millions of years. » View news release December 7, 2005 Fine-tuning the Steps in the Intricate Climate Change Dance New scientific findings are strengthening the case that rapid climate change may be related to how vigorously ocean currents move heat between low and high latitude. » View news release December 5, 2005 New Technology for New Exploration of Hydrothermal Vents Advances in undersea imaging systems, the development of new vehicles and instruments, and improved seafloor mapping capabilities have enabled scientists to explore areas of the deep sea in unprecedented detail. » View news release August 25, 2005 New Images Reveal Different Magma Pools Form the Ocean's Crust For the first time, scientists have produced images of the ocean crust that begin to answer some lingering questions about where new crust comes from and whether it is all formed the same way. » View news release May 25, 2005 New Underwater Volcano Found Near Samoa An international team of scientists has discovered a new underwater volcano near Samoa, complete with its own "Eel City." » View news release May 3, 2005 WHOI Scientist Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Geologist and isotope geochemist Stan Hart is elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest learned societies in the country. » View news release April 20, 2005 Sea Squirt Invasion: Scientists Gather at WHOI for First International Conference Scientists, natural resource managers and students from four continents will gather at WHOI April 21 and 22 to discuss a growing global problem: the sea squirt. » View news release April 15, 2005 New Coral Dating Technique Helps Resolve Changes in Sea Level Rise in the Past Corals from Papua New Guinea and Barbados indicate that changes in sea level, one of the key indexes for global climate change, may have been more frequent in the past than previously thought. » View news release March 28, 2005 Changes in Earth's Tilt Control When Glacial Cycles End Scientists have long debated what causes glacial cycles, which have occurred most recently at intervals of about 100,000 years. A new study finds that these glacial cycles are paced by variations in the tilt of Earth's axis, and that glaciations end when Earth's tilt is large. » View news release March 24, 2005 Deep-Sea Tremors May Provide Early Warning System for Larger Earthquakes Predicting when large earthquakes might occur may be a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study of undersea earthquakes in the eastern Pacific Ocean. » View news release February 24, 2005 Duke, Woods Hole Geologists Discover 'Clockwork' Motion by Ocean Floor Microplates A team of geologists from Duke University and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has discovered a grinding, coordinated ballet of crustal "microplates" unfolding below the equatorial east Pacific Ocean within a construction zone for new seafloor. » View news release January 13, 2005 Major Caribbean Earthquakes and Tsunamis a Real Risk Major earthquakes have struck the Caribbean through history, and WHOI scientists warn this raises the possibility of a tsunami in the populous region » View news release

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