All Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute articles
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NewsOcean bacteria team up to break down biodegradable plastic
Researchers uncovered the role of individual ocean bacteria in the breakdown of a widely used biodegradable plastic. They also showed the complementary processes microbes use to fully consume the plastic, with one microbe cleaving the plastic into its component chemicals and others consuming each chemical.
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NewsNew study illuminates how diatoms thrive in — and light up — the Southern Ocean
An area of the remote Southern Ocean that’s long confused ocean color satellites by reflecting large amounts of turquoise-colored light appears to be full of silica-rich diatoms, according to a new study. There is also evidence in these polar waters of coccolithophores.
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NewsFish ‘beauty salons’ offer insight into how microbes move within reefs
A new study highlights the potential impact of cleaner fish in coral reefs and the need to demystify their role in shaping reef microbial diversity and transmission.
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NewsFive projects to advance understanding of ocean systems in a changing climate
Five global science and technology projects are to join a program to address gaps in ocean data and modeling efforts by improving the breadth of research in the field and expanding capacity to understand ocean resources.
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NewsMulticellular life on Earth ‘didn’t arise as described in textbooks’
Oxygen didn’t catalyze the swift blossoming of Earth’s first multicellular organisms, a new study says, defying a 70-year-old assumption about what caused an explosion of oceanic fauna hundreds of millions of years ago.