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Corals and carbon
MIT-WHOI Joint Program student Hannah Barkley studies the impacts that warmer, more acidic seawater may have on corals. As atmospheric carbon dioxide rises, the ocean is absorbing more […]
Read MoreGrowing Crystals
Tom DeCarlo conducts experiments in the laboratory of WHOI geologist Glenn Gaetani to precipitate aragonite, the mineral that corals use to build their skeletons and construct coral […]
Read MoreSquid Under Stress?
Squid are at the heart of the ocean food web. Many other animals depend on squid for sustenance, including fish, whales, walruses, seabirds, and people. The squid fishery in California […]
Read MoreLocal Lessons, Global Impacts
WHOI scientists (left to right) Glen Gawarkiewicz, Scott Doney, Jeff Donnelly and Dan McCorkle […]
Read MoreEyes of a Scientist
Physical oceanographer Amy Bower, with her six-year-old guide dog, Abbie, introduced two speakers to students from the Perkins School for the Blind during their visit to the Read More
Up from the Deep
In 2012 WHOI scientist Gareth Lawson led a research cruise in the Northeast Pacific to study the abundance, distribution, and shell condition of pteropods—tiny planktonic snails—and relate […]
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