It's not every day that you discover a new species. Sheri Simmons, a graduate student in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program, a found a previously unknown bacterium, with an unusual "internal compass," in her proverbial backyard: Salt Pond in Falmouth, Mass. Meanwhile in the North Atlantic, WHOI oceanographers launched a far-reaching program to examine the formation and evolution of a long-observed but poorly understood phenomenon of the North Atlantic18° waterand its influence on climate.
Pioneering expeditions investigate how eddies make life bloom in oceanic deserts
New X-ray fluorescence core scanner at Woods Hole reveals clues to Earth's past climate and history
Inside a crater, a scientist seeks clues to the formation of the vast Deccan Traps
Technique provides a way to monitor the health of squid fisheries
New underwater observatory monitors marine ecosystem off Panama
Historic Chinese cruise brings back clues to old earthquakes and new vent sites