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• MITgcm News | April 23, 2015

  Red Sea Crossing

  Using MITgcm to investigate the origin of a mid-basin cross-over current in a study of the buoyancy driven circulation in the Red Sea.
• Featured Stories | April 20, 2015

  A Model Year for Climate Change

  Climate expert Jochem Marotzke tackles the discrepancy between climate models and real-world observations of global temperature in the 15th Annual Henry W. Kendall Memorial Lecture. Related topics |Human Influences | A Warming World
• MIT, MIT EAPS | April 14, 2015

  An Ocean of Opportunity

  Using tiny marine microbes to model climate change: MIT News profiles Associate Professor Mick Follows.
• WHOI News | April 13, 2015

  Coexisting in a Sea of Competition

  Diversity of life abounds on Earth, and there's no need to look any farther than the ocean's surface for proof. There are over 200,000 species of phytoplankton alone, and all of those species of microscopic marine plants that form the base of the marin...
• WHOI News | April 6, 2015

  Trace Amounts of Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Along Shoreline of British Columbia

  Scientists at WHOI have for the first time detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in a seawater sample from the shoreline of North America.
• Featured Stories | March 30, 2015

  MIT Nautical Night Highlights 2015

  MIT Museum's third annual Nautical Night featured talks and demonstrations by MIT faculty and students on topics including bio-inspired robotics, ocean health, sharks, and more! Related Topics | Ocean Engineering | Design of Ocean Systems
• MIT, MIT EAPS | March 26, 2015

  Five from EAPS are Environmental Solutions Initiative Seed Grant Winners

  Projects involving Glenn Flierl, Noelle Selin, Colette Heald, Shuhei Ono and Roger Summons are among nine selected to receive seed funding.
• WHOI News | March 26, 2015

  Swirling Currents Deliver Phytoplankton Carbon to Ocean Depths

  Just as crocus and daffodil blossoms signal renewal and the start of a warmer season on land, a similar "greening" event—a massive phytoplankton bloom—unfolds each spring in the Atlantic Ocean from Bermuda to the Arctic.  But, what hap...
• Featured Stories | March 25, 2015

  Closing the Arctic Data Gap

  Researchers at MIT and WHOI are using innovative technology and modeling to understand climate change's impact on the Arctic Ocean. Related topics | Oceans and Ice
• MITgcm News | March 23, 2015

  Not Finding Nemo

  Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology have been using MITgcm to study larval dispersal in the Red Sea.
• Featured Stories, MIT News | March 12, 2015

  Chisholm Sees Big Impacts from Small Sources

  MIT News covered this year's Killian Lecture featuring MIT Oceanographer Penny Chisholm, discoverer of world’s most abundant and prolific photosynthetic organism. Related topics | Oceans and Life
• WHOI News | March 10, 2015

  Research Submersible Alvin Completes Depth Certification to 4500 Meters

  The submersible Alvin has achieved certification from the U. S. Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) for operations to its rated depth of 4,500 meters (approx. 2.8 miles).
• MIT, MIT EAPS | March 7, 2015

  Falling Snow Records

  The winter of 2015 became the snowiest Boston has ever seen. MIT Meteorologist Lodovica Illari shares her thoughts on the science behind these extreme weather events and what caused them.
• MIT News | March 5, 2015

  New detector sniffs out origins of methane

  Instrument identifies methane’s origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows.
• WHOI - Oceanus | March 4, 2015

  Sand, Seals, and Solitude

  Scientists and teachers collaborate to inspire students
• WHOI News | March 2, 2015

  New Museum Program Focuses on Impacts of Fukushima on the Ocean

  On the fourth anniversary of the disaster, WHOI and the Aquarium of the Pacific debut a new program about ocean radioactivity motivated by the Fukushima nuclear accident.
• MIT News | February 26, 2015

  A mollusk of a different stripe

  Optical features embedded in marine shells may help develop responsive, transparent displays.
• Featured Stories | February 24, 2015

  Oceans in a Warming World: 3 Questions with John Marshall

  Oceans at MIT asked John Marshall about the dynamic relationship between oceans and climate and what we can expect in the future. Related topics | Oceans and Climate | A Warming World
• MITgcm News | February 17, 2015

  Falling Water

  Students make a splash using MITgcm to model falling water in a lab tank during an NSF funded undergraduate research program last summer.
• Featured Stories | February 13, 2015

  Solving Carbon Mysteries of the Deep Ocean

  New research from scientists at MIT and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) reveals a dynamic deep ocean carbon cycle that has implications for our understanding of climate change, microbial ecology, and carbon sequestration. Related Topics | Biogeochemical Cycles | Oceans and Climate