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Shelf Sediments, Freshwater Runoff From Rivers Brings More Carbon, Nutrients to North Pole

By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Apr 12, 2020 Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science

A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their international colleagues found that freshwater runoff from rivers and continental shelf sediments are bringing significant quantities of carbon and trace elements into parts of the Arctic Ocean via the Transpolar Drift—a major surface current that moves water from Siberia across the […]

Climate Change Led to Collapse of Ancient Indus Civilization, Study Finds

By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on May 29, 2012 Science/Education

A new study combining the latest archaeological evidence with state-of-the-art geoscience technologies provides evidence that climate change was a key ingredient in the collapse of the great Indus or Harappan Civilization almost 4000 years ago.

New Study by WHOI Scientists Provides Baseline Measurements of Carbon in Arctic Ocean

By Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on May 21, 2012 At Sea

Scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have conducted a new study to measure levels of carbon at various depths in the Arctic Ocean.