Oral Histories Capture Impact of Eroding Louisiana Coast
As part of a two and a half year project, High School students interviewed residents from south Louisiana, about the cultural changes they’ve experienced and the coastal erosion they have witnessed. The project was designed to help raise awareness about the threat coastal erosion poses to their culture and future.
Oceans Arrived Early to Earth, New Study Finds
Earth is known as the Blue Planet because of its oceans, which cover more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface and are home to the world’s greatest diversity of life. While water is essential for life on the planet, the answers to two key questions have eluded us: where did Earth’s water come from and when?
Stunning Finds from Ancient Greek Shipwreck
A Greek and international team of divers and archaeologists has retrieved stunning new finds from an ancient Greek ship that sank more than 2,000 years ago off the remote island of Antikythera.
Silver Surprise: Millions of Anchovies Swarm San Diego Surf
Millions of anchovies swam off the coast of San Diego Tuesday, July 8 .
Tree Hitched A Ride To Island
Acacia analysis reveals globetrotting seed trekked 18,000 kilometres from Hawaii Island to Réunion island. The researchers propose in a study published this week, that a sea bird brought a seed from Hawaii to Réunion in its stomach or stuck to its feet in a one-off event some 1.4 million years ago.
California Impressions; By Noah Gorelick
California Impressions, is an image by Noah Gorelick.
Recycling The Stoke
ReSurf, a mentoring program that brings surfing to underprivileged children and teens around the world…
The Sunnydale Kids, Movie
“We can’t pretend to fix all of the problems inner city kids face. What we can do is give them a fun day out…”
Scientists Train the Next Generation on Oil Spill Research
As part of on-going research nearly four years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists from the WHOI teamed up with a group of high school students in Florida to collect remnants of oil from Gulf Coast beaches.