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• WHOI News | September 19, 2016

  Ancient Skeleton Discovered on Antikythera Shipwreck

  An international research team discovered a human skeleton during its ongoing excavation of the famous Antikythera Shipwreck (circa 65 B.C.) in the Aegean Sea, and it could provide insight into the lives of people who lived 2100 years ago.
• WHOI News | September 19, 2016

  Chief of Naval Operations Visits WHOI

  Global ocean research projects and marine technology advances were among the topics presented on September 9 when the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), Admiral John Richardson, paid a visit to WHOI.
• MIT, News, WHOI | September 16, 2016

  Giant algal bloom sheds light on formation of White Cliffs of Dover

  MIT's Sarah Z. Rosengard investigates how a great algae bloom at the bottom of the world might hold the key to how an iconic symbol of the United Kingdom came to be.
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT EAPS, News | September 14, 2016

  Computing the Ocean’s True Colors

  Stephanie Dutkiewicz’ phytoplankton models project the future of the ocean as food source and carbon sink
• MIT Sea Grant | September 11, 2016

  MIT Sea Grant Seminar Friday September 16th from 11:00-12:30 Technology meets Learning Research

  Join us for a look at the Cyberlab’ s capabilities, its research, and the challenges of the creating, hosting and mining a big learning research dataset.
• MIT, News, WHOI | September 9, 2016

  A “Founding Father” of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Dies

  Joseph Keller, considered by many to be the 'Dean of Applied Mathematics', a developer of asymptotic analysis and a founder of the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics (GFD) at WHOI has passed away.
• MIT, MIT News, News | September 8, 2016

  Twelve School of Science Faculty Appointed to Career Development Professorships

  Kristin Bergmann accepts appointment as the Victor P. Starr Career Development Assistant Professor
• Featured Stories, MIT News, News | September 7, 2016

  Study finds increased ocean acidification due to human activities

  More anthropogenic carbon in the northeast Pacific means weaker shells for many marine species.
• WHOI - Oceanus | September 7, 2016

  Let There Be Laser Light

  Laser spectroscopy could illuminate key environmental gases
• WHOI News | September 2, 2016

  WHOI Receives $1 Million Award for Early-Career Scientists from Grayce B. Kerr Fund

  The Grayce B. Kerr Fund has awarded the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) $1 million to establish an endowment in memory of WHOI Life Trustee Breene Kerr.
• MIT Sea Grant | September 1, 2016

  Cranberry bog farm to coastal wetland: restoration progress

  MIT Sea Grant helps oversee the largest wetland restoration in the state of Massachusetts, analyzing and assessing the wetland's ecosystem services along the way.
• MIT Sea Grant | August 31, 2016

  Coastal Resilience, Invasive Species, and Carbon Cycling in Coastal Dune Habitat

  MIT Sea Grant coastal ecologist, Rob Vincent, characterizes ancient carbon cycling in an eroded coastal dune habitat.
• MITgcm News | August 31, 2016

  The Cost of Chalk

  This month we spotlight recently published work by Fanny Monteiro, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, and others, who have been using MITgcm to explore the biogeography of a class of phytoplankton with an outsized role to play in the global carbon cycle.
• MIT Sea Grant | August 29, 2016

  Gain hands-on field experience in new MechE course: Coastal Ecology for Engineers 2.S993

  Combining lectures and hands-on experiences in labs and field, participants will examine the ecology of coastal systems and explore technological challenges for studying them.
• WHOI News | August 26, 2016

  The Sound of a Healthy Reef

  Underwater soundscape may offer clues to coral health and aid reef conservation
• WHOI - Oceanus | August 25, 2016

  A Slithery Ocean Mystery

  Scientists gain grasp on the epic migration of eels
• WHOI - Oceanus | August 19, 2016

  Life Dwells Deep Within Earth’s Crust

  What is living there and how?
• WHOI - Oceanus | August 18, 2016

  Attracted to Magnetics

  A conversation with WHOI geologist Maurice Tivey
• WHOI News | August 16, 2016

  Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Announces Innovative Wind Turbine Monitor

  WHOI announces the issuance of U.S. Patent No. 9,395,338 for self-regulating terrestrial turbine control through environmental sensing.
• Featured Stories, MIT, MIT Sea Grant, News | August 11, 2016

  Dean Alden Horn, former director of MIT Sea Grant College Program, dies at 95

  Retired U.S. Navy captain made many contributions to Arctic research and undergraduate marine education.