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M/V Sankaty broke loose July 27 due to "equipment, procedural, human factors," Steamship Authority says.

A study of 12 species of highly migratory fish predators—including sharks, tuna, and billfish such as marlin and swordfish—finds that most of them will encounter widespread losses of suitable habitat and redistribution from current habitats in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean (NWA) and the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by 2100. These areas are among the fastest warming ocean regions and are projected to increase between 1-6°C (+1-10°F) by the end of the century, a sign of climate-driven changes in mari...

In the search for the submersible that went missing on Sunday, June 18, off the coast of Newfoundland, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was not able to deploy its own

Officials on Tuesday said they continue to deploy search vessels and aircraft in an effort to the locate the submersible, but they have found no sign of it, and oxygen could be depleted by Thursday morning.

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s community online housing list is now accessible only to members of WHOI and neighboring science institutions.

/PRNewswire/ -- Earlier today, the human-occupied submersible Alvin made history when it successfully reached a depth of 6,453 meters (nearly 4 miles) in the...

Updated @2:10 pm On Saturday the Steamship Authority ferry Woods Hole crashed into a dock that belongs to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. SSA spokesman Sean Driscoll told The Times Monday the incident happened in “thick fog” however the cause remains part of an ongoing investigation. Details of the incident were slow to emerge and […]

/PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic right whales are in trouble. As one of the most critically endangered species on the planet, their numbers are reaching a...

/PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic right whales are in trouble. As one of the most critically endangered species on the planet, their numbers are reaching a...

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