Earth’s water did not come from melted meteorites, according to a new study that analyzed melted meteorites that had been floating around in space since…
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Microscope photograph of a lower arc crustal rock used in the study showing minerals of garnet (red) and clinopyroxene (green). Credit: Courtesy of the researchers…
A slick of sunlight-altered oil floating on the Gulf of Mexico after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. A team of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution researchers…
Ice capped and snow-covered mountains of coastal west Greenland. (April 2015). Credit: Matthew Osman © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Greenland may be best known for…
Hypoxic ocean waters are those that have little to no oxygen. These conditions can impact both coral reef and microbial communities, such as the one…
A view of the Apollo Vent Field at the northern Gorda Ridge, where samples were collected by the ROV Hercules for studying microbial predators. Credit:…
WHOI marine chemist Ken Buesseler (right), one of the authors of the study, deploys a sediment trap used to study the biological carbon pump during…
Marine chemist Ken Buesseler (right) deploys a sediment trap from the research vessel Roger Revelle during a 2018 expedition in the Gulf of Alaska. Buesseler’s…
KAUST researchers study whale shark movement patterns near the Shib Habil reef (Arabic for “Rope Reef”), a known whale shark hotspot in the Red Sea…
The fate of emperor penguins is largely tied to sea ice, making them particulary vulnerable to warming. Credit: Stephanie Jenouvrier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Emperor…
A southern right whale surfaces in the clear waters off the coast of Península Valdés. Credit: Fredrik Christiansen, Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies How do…