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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,…
Read MoreSalt Marshes: Jewels of the Northeast
Salt Marshes: Jewels of the Northeast Helpful to educators and students. Giese, G.S. and T.I. Crago Nor’easter, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 12-15, 1994 WHOI-R-94-008
Read MoreReporting from the Heart of the Storm
Reporting from the Heart of the Storm Overwash at Nauset Beach in Eastham, Mass. The winter storms of 2018 are experiences most of New Englanders would like to forget. However, the pounding the region took through the month of March left an indelible mark on many north and east facing towns and beaches, destroying homes,…
Read MoreDune Poster Art Contest
Dune Sign Art Contest for Massachusetts K-12 Students Dunes play a critical role in maintaining a healthy coastal ecosystem, so it’s important to protect them. The Woods Hole Sea Grant student art contest was held Jan. – March 2022 to solicit new artwork for our dune signs. Winning artwork was selected in three categories: ℘ …
Read MoreBioacoustics
Bioacoustics This program is a collaboration between the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center and Woods Hole Sea Grant. Background Light is very limited in the ocean habitat. Below the photic zone (the depth to which sunlight is able to penetrate) it is very dark. For marine mammals, however, this vast 3-dimensional world is far from dark. The…
Read More1998-2000 Projects
Molecular Biomarkers of Chemical Sensitivity Mark E. Hahn and Brenda A. Jensen, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution A group of chemical contaminants known as PHAHs, or planar halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, are persistent in the marine environment. Some of these contaminants accumulate in the blubber and other tissues of marine mammals. As a result, certain cetaceans and…
Read MoreBenthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation
Benthic Mariculture and Research Rig Developed for Diver Operation Hampson, G.R., D.C. Rhoads, and D.W. Clark Diving for Science…1989, Proceedings of the American Academy of Underwater Sciences, Ninth Annual Scientific Diving Symposium, Woods Hole, MA, pp. 113-117, 1989 WHOI-R-89-017
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