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• MIT Sea Grant | November 6, 2016

  MIT Sea Grant Seminar: Characterizing a New England Saltmarsh with Terrestrial and Airborne Lidar

  The seminar will take place on Friday December 2nd, from noon to 1pm.
• MIT, MIT EAPS, News | November 3, 2016

  Tackling Questions of Ocean Physics with MIT Oceanographer Raffaele Ferrari

  Understanding ocean circulation, its climate impact, & how it shapes biological productivity with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) oceanographer Raffaele Ferrari.
• News, WHOI News | November 2, 2016

  WHOI Study Reveals Previously Unknown Component of Whale Songs

  Researchers have known for decades that whales create elaborate songs, sometimes projecting their calls for miles underwater. A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, has revealed a previously unknown element of whale songs that could aid this mode of communication, and may play a pivotal role in locating other whales in open ocean.
• MIT, MIT News, News | November 1, 2016

  This Is How We Row

  MIT Lightweight Women’s Crew makes history at Head of the Charles.
• News, WHOI, WHOI - Oceanus | November 1, 2016

  Whale-safe Fishing Gear

  New buoy for lobster traps could prevent entanglements
• News, WHOI - Oceanus | November 1, 2016

  How Would ‘On-Call’ Buoys Work?

  Interactive featured in: "Whale-safe Fishing Gear"
• MIT, News | October 31, 2016

  Fall in MIT’s Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate

  With the semester in full swing, MIT's Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate (PAOC) members are enjoying several new, engaging and fun events happening in the department.
• Featured Stories, MIT, News | October 25, 2016

  2015 & 2016 Rossby Awards Announced

  Jill McDermott '15 and Joern Callies '16 have been awarded the Rossby Prize for their respective theses.
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | October 25, 2016

  Discovering Extreme Weather

  Incoming freshmen experience life in MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheres and Planetary Sciences through weather and climate experiments and a hike up Mt. Washington during the 2016 Discovering EAPS (DEAPS) Freshman Pre-Orientation Program.
• Featured Stories, MIT News, News | October 25, 2016

  Ira Dyer, professor emeritus of ocean engineering, dies at 91

  Former head of MIT's Department of Ocean Engineering is remembered for his innovation, entrepreneurship, and vision for ocean engineering.
• Featured Stories, News, WHOI News | October 20, 2016

  New 13-year Study Tracks Impact of Changing Climate on a Key Marine Food Source

  A new multiyear study from scientists at WHOI has shown for the first time how changes in ocean temperature affect a key species of phytoplankton.
• WHOI News | October 12, 2016

  Study Reveals Corals’ Influence on Reef Microbes

  For the first time, researchers from WHOI and elsewhere have shown that corals are having some control on the production of microbes around them, and that the corals are using that to benefit their own growth.
• MIT, News | October 7, 2016

  The Climate Context of Hurricane Matthew

  Kerry Emanuel, a professor of atmospheric science specializing in hurricane physics, joins Warm Regards to discuss 2016's Hurricane Matthew and the potential destructiveness of future hurricanes.
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | October 5, 2016

  Beaver-inspired wetsuits in the works

  Rubbery hair-lined wetsuits may help keep surfers warm.
• MITgcm News, News | September 30, 2016

  Cloudy with a Chance of Aliens

  This month we spotlight recently published work by Vivien Parmentier and others, who have been using MITgcm to explore cloud distribution on hot Jupiters.
• Featured Stories, MIT, News | September 28, 2016

  Ferrari Receives Prestigious Award for Excellence in Oceanography

  Raffaele Ferrari, the Cecil and Ida Green Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences and Director of the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate, has been selected to receive the 2016 Robert L. and Bettie P. Cody Award in Ocean Sciences.
• Featured Stories, MIT News, News | September 28, 2016

  Researchers find explanation for interacting giant, hidden ocean waves

  Better simulations of internal tides may benefit sonar communications, protect offshore structures, and more.
• MIT, MIT News, News | September 23, 2016

  Eight School of Science Faculty Appointed to Named Professorships

  Oceanographer Raffaele Ferrari named the Cecil and Ida Green Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT News, News | September 23, 2016

  MIT Researchers Prove Fast Microbial Evolutionary Bursts Exist

  Study reveals closely related microbes can diversify rapidly via horizontal gene transfer.
• Featured Stories, MIT, News | September 21, 2016

  An Autonomous Fleet for Amsterdam

  MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous "roboats."