Exploring a pathway for ocean carbon removal
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 2 April 2026
WHOI researchers share results from the first EPA-permitted ocean alkalinity enhancement field trial, showing that dispersing sodium hydroxide in the Gulf of Maine safely increased CO2 uptake with no measurable biological impacts.
Keywords: ocean alkalinity enhancement, carbon dioxide removal, LOC-NESS, Gulf of Maine, marine chemistry, climate mitigation, field trial
WHOI selected by NASA to investigate ocean worlds and their organic carbon cycles
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Published: 3 December 2025
NASA selects WHOI to lead InvOW, a five-year project linking 16 labs to study organic carbon on ocean worlds like Europa and Enceladus, preparing scientists for future life-detection missions.
Keywords: ocean worlds, NASA, Europa, Enceladus, astrobiology, organic carbon, life detection, space exploration
A first for RRS Sir David Attenborough: science in the dark
British Antarctic Survey
Published: 27 March 2026
The first polar winter science cruise on the RRS Sir David Attenborough maps Antarctic glacial seabeds and reveals how ocean processes drive wintertime glacier melting in perpetual darkness.
Keywords: Antarctica, Southern Ocean, winter research, glacier melting, RRS Sir David Attenborough, polar oceanography, sea ice
