Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) News Feed

What does out of sight mean?
Figuring out where spilled chemicals end up is a challenge. Different compounds can travel different pathways in the environment—they can evaporate into the air, dissolve into surrounding waters, be eaten by microorganisms, or broken down by sunlight. Karin Lemkau is following the path of oil in San Francisco Bay.

Between smokestack and fish, mercury becomes more toxic

What drives currents up seafloor Grand Canyons?

Tracking debris from damaged oil rigs could help forecast coastal impacts.
Also see Oceanus magazine article.

Award from National Academy of Sciences recognizes career spent understanding ecologically important marine microorganisms.

Scientists take advantage of a silver lining in mushroom clouds

Mid-Cayman Spreading Center could harbor unknown organisms
Follow the OASES 2012 blog.

A new tool helps sort out a hubbub of microbial activity in the sea

MIT/WHOI graduate student studies ice in a warming world

A 10-year portrait of our planet

New work challenges the conventional wisdom that says the bends are not a problem for most marine mammals

Exploring life in Mediterranean deep brines

What impacts might estrogen have in the coastal ocean?

Researchers assess radioactivity released to the ocean from the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power facility.

First winter voyage to Chukchi and Bering Seas launched.
Follow the cruise blog.

Henry Dick and Joseph Pedlosky were selected to receive two of the American Geophysical Union’s most prestigious medals this year.