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WHOI - Oceanus | March 23, 2012
A Newfound Cog in the Ocean Conveyor
Scientists confirm existence of a previously unknown current -
MIT News | March 21, 2012
Water world
Video: Melanie Gonick Fluid dynamics plays a central role in determining Earth's climate. Ocean currents and eddies stir up contents from the deep, while atmospheric winds and weather systems steer temperature and moisture around the globe. As the pl... -
WHOI News | March 16, 2012
Study of Patagonian Glacier’s Rise and Fall Adds to Understanding of Global Climate Change
Increased global temperatures are frequently viewed as the cause of glacial melt, but a new study of Patagonia’s Gualas Glacier highlights the role of precipitation in the glacier’s fluctuation. The study, conducted by WHOI postdoctoral fel... -
WHOI - Oceanus | March 15, 2012
To Catch a Hurricane
Makeshift devices collect sand transported by storm -
WHOI News | March 15, 2012
Study Links Major Shifts in Indian Civilizations to Past Changes in Monsoon
A fundamental shift in the Indian monsoon has occurred over the last few millennia, from a steady humid monsoon that favored lush vegetation to extended periods of drought, reports a new study led by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institut... -
MIT News | March 14, 2012
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
Video: Melanie Gonick Aircraft-carrier crew use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them... -
MIT Sea Grant | March 12, 2012
Pierre Lermusiaux, Doherty Associate Professor in Ocean Utilization
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WHOI - Oceanus | March 9, 2012
Lessons from the 2011 Japan Quake
What have scientists learned about its cause and consequences? -
MIT News | March 5, 2012
In the World: How rainwater can meet clean-water needs
At a remote village called Bisate in the desperately poor nation of Rwanda, a clinic faced chronic shortages of water during the nation’s twice-yearly dry seasons. Sometimes there was simply not enough water available even for seriously dehydrated pa... -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 29, 2012
Marine Microbes vs. Cystic Fibrosis
Scientist seeks medicines from nature -
MIT News | February 28, 2012
A climate window in the Southern Ocean
The world’s oceans act as a massive conveyor, circulating heat, water and carbon around the planet. This global system plays a key role in climate change, storing and releasing heat throughout the world. To study how this system affects climate, scie... -
MITgcm News | February 16, 2012
Modeling the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat)
Long-time MITgcm-ers Eli Biton and Hezi Gildor have been using the model to explore the circulation in the Gulf of Aqaba (Gulf of Eilat), a terminal elongated basin that exchanges water with the northern Red Sea -
WHOI News | February 16, 2012
Special Fukushima Session at 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting
In a special session on Tuesday, Feb. 21, during the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Salt Lake City, researchers will present early results from several field and modeling studies examining the fate of more than a dozen radioactive isotopes in the air, ... -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 14, 2012
The Great South Channel
Where marine life meets to feast every spring -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 6, 2012
Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish? -
WHOI News | February 6, 2012
WHOI Scientists Awarded Distinctions from The Oceanography Society and American Geophysical Union
Jim Yoder, Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), has been named a 2012 fellow of The Oceanography Society (TOS). WHOI Senior Scientist Raymond Schmitt has been elected a 2012 fellow of the Ame... -
WHOI - Oceanus | February 1, 2012
On the Trail of Mercury in the Ocean
Between smokestack and fish, mercury becomes more toxic -
MIT Sea Grant | January 30, 2012
MIT Sea Grant to host 15th annual Blue Lobster Bowl Feb. 4
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MIT News | January 26, 2012
Viruses con bacteria into working for them
MIT researchers have discovered that certain photosynthetic ocean bacteria should beware of viruses bearing gifts: These viruses are carrying genetic material taken from their previous bacterial hosts that tricks the new host into using its own machine... -
MIT - The Darwin Project | January 4, 2012
Microbe Metabolism
Diverse microorganisms undergoing growth and reproduction. As organisms evolved from simple prokaryotes to unicellular eukaryotes to multicellular organisms their strategies for internal energy partitioning dramatically changed as illustrated by a recent mathematical model. Image courtesy of Mari Kempes Population growth rate is a fundamental ecological and evolutionary characteristic of living organisms, but individuals must balance … Continue reading Microbe Metabolism
