As a Taiwanese-American, Dr. Lin’s dive marked the first time a person of Asian descent had traveled to the bottom of the Mariana Trench.
Tag: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Land motion drives varying rates of sea level along the US East Coast
DDDDDuuuuuuuhhhhhhh!!!!!!~ctm From Science Magazine Dec 20, 2018 Along the US East Coast, the Earth’s continued response to the end of the last ice age explains variances in relative sea level…
National Laboratory pans ocean carbon sequestration scheme
Questions rise about seeding for ocean C02 sequestration – Argonne National Laboratory LEMONT, Ill – A new study on the feeding habits of ocean microbes calls into question the potential…
Unexplored Possible Climate Balancing Mechanism
Effect of CO2 levels on phytoplankton. Story submitted by Don Healy This article opens up a whole new vista into the relationship between CO2 levels, oceanic plant growth and the…
Dear Woods Hole and NCAR, maybe you missed this trend in Antarctic sea ice?
More modeling madness projecting the future, but the actual data for the past 30 years says otherwise, with a positive trend. Regular commenter Julienne Stroeve of NSIDC is one of…
Measurements of Carbon in the Arctic Ocean – “Carbon is the currency of life."
New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of…
Kiribati – a global warming refuge?
From an NSF press release, comes this strange new term, look for real estate prices to soar and airports to be built there soon. Oh, wait, that’s Tuvalu/Maldives, which global…
The fishes and the coral live happily in the CO2 bubble plume
Guest post by David Archibald Willis Eschenbach’s post on lab work on coral response to elevated carbon dioxide levels, and The Reef Abides, leads to a large scale, natural experiment…
Currents and climate – still not settled
From Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via Eurekalert Newly discovered Icelandic current could change North Atlantic climate picture An international team of researchers, including physical oceanographers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic…
Garbage: Another environmental claim proven to be hyped
From Oregon State University: Oceanic “garbage patch” not nearly as big as portrayed in media CORVALLIS, Ore. – There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean,…
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