WHOI in the News
Biologging and Raspberry Pi
Karla Haiat Sasson, who was a guest student at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute summer of 2019, and who is a participant of the DEEPi project at the department of Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island, worked on a project to adapt the DEEPi cameras, which were shown to work successfully, into a biologging system for a WHOI project directed by Tag Lab director Amy Kukulya, that seeks more information on the biology of gray seals in Cape Cod.
Amplified Voices: How identity shapes our scientific experience
Gabriela Serrato Marks discusses navigating the geosciences with a disability and the importance of her community’s support.
Canada-U.S. Atlantic ocean science mission scrubbed due to COVID-19
A joint Canadian-U.S. science mission to monitor ocean climate on the East Coast this spring has been scrubbed because of the coronavirus outbreak.
Lab Gear from Woods Hole Science Institutions Headed to Hospitals
WHOI labs donated gloves, booties and eye protection to local hospitals.
Rapidly rising sea level and the future of our coasts
Op ed authored by WHOI researcher Di Jin
How Wave Power Drives Coastal Erosion in Hawaii Quantified by Researchers
A new study by MIT and WHOI researchers helps to explain the Hawaiian Islands’ meandering shorelines, where north-facing sea cliffs, experiencing larger waves produced by distant storms and persistent tradewinds, have eroded farther inland.
It’s Academic, WHOI Labs Donate Supplies
WHOI is delivering gloves, masks, protective suits, and boot and shoe covers to Cape Cod Hospital to help healthcare workers deal with the Covid-19 crisis.
Indian Ocean phenomenon spells climate trouble for Australia
New research by WHOI has found a marked change in the Indian Ocean’s surface temperatures.
$8.3M award to WHOI extends observational record of critical climate research
The National Science Foundation awarded $8.2 million to WHOI to extend the life of the Overturning in the Sub-polar North Atlantic Program in a key part of Earth’s ocean-climate system.
Plastics’ impact on oceans under scrutiny
“We have an opportunity now, where there is public awareness,” said Mark Hahn, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “They (plastics) don’t belong there (in the ocean).”
The John, Paul, George, and Ringo of Genes
A pictorial map of the genes that unite all life.
Institutes Team Up To Deliver New Graduate Field Course
A partnership between BIOS and two Massachusetts-based institutions was strengthened with the addition of a new microbial oceanography course.
Snapping Shrimp Pump Up the Volume in Warmer Water
As the ocean warms because of climate change, the louder din could mask other marine animals’ calls used to navigate, forage, and find mates.
Shrimp May Make Ocean Louder in Warming Climate
Small snapping shrimp make big noises and scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution say the tiny crustaceans could make the ocean louder as it warms. Here’s why.
Plastics’ impact on oceans under scrutiny
“We have an opportunity now, where there is public awareness,” said Mark Hahn, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “They (plastics) don’t belong there (in the ocean).”
Microplastics research needs innovation, health focus
“Studying microplastics is hard because [they are] not a single contaminant like lead or a uniform contaminant like PCBs [polychlorinated biphenyls],” said NIEHS grantee Mark Hahn, Ph.D., a senior scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. “It is a diverse and complex mixture of materials.”
How Big Oil and Big Soda kept a global environmental calamity a secret for decades
The threat to human health is complex and poorly understood. “There are a lot more questions than answers at this point,” says Mark Hahn, a toxicologist at WHOI who studies microplastics.
Nuclear Tests Marked Life on Earth With a Radioactive Spike
In October 2019, Gaylord unveiled an exquisitely clear version of the bomb spike in New England.
Museum’s 150-Year-Old Plankton Have Thicker Shells Than Their Modern Counterparts
In a study published in Science in 2019, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute described how temperature readings taken by the Challenger and today show that while the ocean’s surface is warming, the deep ocean is still recovering from the “Little Ice Age.”
As North Atlantic right whales slide toward extinction, a desperate search for hope
For the species to survive, they need to be producing closer to 29 calves a year, said Michael Moore, director of the Marine Mammal Center at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
‘A Little Shocking’: Ocean Currents Are Speeding up Significantly, Study Finds
“This is a really huge increase,” Susan Wijffels, an oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who was not involved with the paper, told Science Magazine.
How Your Smartphone May Be Destroying The Deep Ocean – And Its Valuable Microbes
“These microbes have incredible potential to inspire new solutions to all sorts of medical and technical challenges we face today,” says Julie Huber, a WHOI scientist and co-author of the new study.
The danger of creating a designer planet
In a guest blog, Ken Buesseler from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, calls for better understanding of the ocean’s biological processes before attempting to geoengineer climate solutions.
Habitat loss, climate change make for an uncertain cricket harvest in Uganda
“This year was a very strong dipole year,” says Caroline Ummenhofer, who studies the Indian Ocean Dipole at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the U.S. “We’ve seen really extreme conditions all around the region in East Africa.”