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Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Climate

June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. After last year’s extremely active and costly hurricane season, many are asking whether ocean warming, sea-level rise, and climate disruption are signaling a new, more intense hurricane regime. Should we in the Northeast do more to prepare for powerful hurricanes? To know what to expect,…

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1996-1998 Projects

Tidal Flat Deposition: Processes and Rheology David G. Aubrey, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Pollutants often accumulate in fine sediments present along coastal and estuarine zones and along the open coast. Because the fate and transport of some pollutants follow that of fine sediments, it is important to understand the processes behind sediment movement. Unfortunately, fine…

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June 2018 Newsletter

Coastal Impacts Woods Hole Sea Grant Newsletter June 2018 From the Director With the summer upon us, many locals and frequent visitors to the Cape will be returning to their favorite beaches to find them quite different than last year. Perhaps there are fewer parking spaces or the beach access has been relocated. The past…

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Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Hurricanes

Sediment Cores Hold Clues to Past Climate   June 1 marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season. After last year’s extremely active and costly hurricane season, many are asking whether ocean warming, sea-level rise, and climate disruption are signaling a new, more intense hurricane regime. Should we in the Northeast do more to prepare…

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Overview: Marine Mineral Reserves and Resources–1988

Overview: Marine Mineral Reserves and Resources–1988 Emery, K.O. and J.M. Broadus Marine Mining, Vol. 8, pp. 109-121, 1989 WHOI-R-89-008 Marine mining has been conducted on local and generally small scales for thousands of years. Large-scale recovery from beaches and piers began only about 40 years ago, and soon afterward powered ships and tools and new…

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