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ONW: Week of August 19, 2013 – Number 212 23 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
President’s Corner This summer the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) reached several major milestones. In July, the program successfully deployed the first global site of the OOI infrastructure a...
Bob Gagosian – From the President’s Office: 8-23-2013 23 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
This summer the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) reached several major milestones. In July, the program successfully deployed the first global site of the OOI infrastructure at the Station Papa l...
North Atlantic Killer Whales May Be Branching Into Two Species 23 Aug 2013 | 07:47 pm
(Click to enlarge) Two from one. North Atlantic killer whales may split into two species. (Credit: Andy Foote) Killer whales (Orcinus orca) can be surprisingly finicky eaters. In the North Pacific an...
Future Flood Losses in Major Coastal Cities: Costly Projections 23 Aug 2013 | 07:43 pm
(Click to enlarge) The cities where flood risks in 2005 are largest, when compared with local GDP. (Credit: University of Southampton) Climate change combined with rapid population increases, economi...
‘Street-View’ Comes to the World’s Coral Reefs 21 Aug 2013 | 03:46 am
(Click to enlarge) Coral reef. Scientists are taking the public with them to study the world’s coral reefs, thanks to 360 degree panoramas from Google’s underwater street-view format. (Credit: Irochka...
Contamination Fears Over Japan Nuclear Plant Leak 21 Aug 2013 | 03:43 am
(Click to enlarge) An aerial view shows Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in this March 11, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Ky...
Newly Discovered Ocean Plume Could Be Major Source Of Iron 21 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
(Click to enlarge) Aboard the R/V Knorr, WHOI researchers Carl Lamborg, Tyler Goepfert, and Chad Hammerschmidt deploy a trace metal rosette on five kilometers of non-metallic line to gather samples of...
Male Humpback Whales Attract Mates by Singing in Chorus 20 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
(Click to enlarge) A researcher takes video of a humpback whale. The images will be used to calculate his length. (Image: Louis Herman) The mournful, curiously repetitious yet ever-changing songs of ...
Federal Agencies Remapping Coastal Areas Damaged by Hurricane Sandy 20 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
(Click to enlarge) In a Sandy-response project earlier this spring, a NOAA navigation response team — equipped with high-tech surveying equipment — searched for underwater storm debris and mapped the ...
Tiny Fish Make Big ‘Eye’ To Distract Predator, Boosting Chances Of Survival 20 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
(Click to enlarge) New research shows that damsel fish tail spots distract predators. (Photo by Paul Humann) Small prey fish can grow a bigger ‘eye’ on their rear fins as a way of distracting predato...
