Researchers establish long-sought source of ocean methane
An abundant enzyme in marine microbes may be responsible for production of the greenhouse gas.
An abundant enzyme in marine microbes may be responsible for production of the greenhouse gas.
Research reveals the upwelling pathways and timescales of deep, overturning waters in the Southern Ocean.
Simons Foundation supports enhanced computer infrastructure for MIT's Darwin Project, which focuses on marine microbes and microbial communities.
A new MIT-led Simons Foundation collaboration aims to understand basic principles and laws of microbial ecosystems.
EAPS professor honored for excellence in oceanography.
Better simulations of internal tides may benefit sonar communications, protect offshore structures, and more.
Study reveals closely related microbes can diversify rapidly via horizontal gene transfer.
Mapping whale calls, researchers find the predators feed in species-specific hotspots.
Surface waves can trigger powerful sound waves that race through the deep ocean, study suggests.
MIT Sea Grant is working with several partners to quantify the carbon storage of eelgrass beds in Massachusetts.
Cycling of nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, is more intense than thought, and emissions are increasing.
New research from MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reveals a hidden deep-ocean carbon cycle.
New study examines role of acoustic-gravity waves as ocean transport, early warning of tsunamis.
New MIT exhibit features high-speed underwater photography by former aquanaut Grace Young ’14.
Coral organisms use minuscule appendages to control their environment, stirring up water eddies to bring nutrients.